Seeing Stars

~When I give to you what I make with my hands, I share my heart~

I am still working on our website, which means I am constantly taking pictures. Since I have quite a few building up in my "Treasured Times" folder, I thought I should start showing you some!

To start, let's look at some fat quarters with a twist.

Fat Quarter Stars!!!
Each of these lovely stars has 5 full fat quarters nicely folded into this charming shape.
And look at all the colors they come in!
Wouldn't these be wonderful stocking stuffers? I know that I would love to find one in amongst my goodies!

Okay, now I have a completely un-quilt related photo.

Our craft cat! This is Mr. Odie, and he loves craft supplies. So he always likes to be down in our craft room and certainly enjoys playing with all our quilts. Both cute AND annoying! I took this at the same time as the stars and just thought you needed to see :)

Well have a nice night all! Sorry for neglecting the blog, but it has just been a crazy month so far! I'll try harder :)

St. John Quilt Gallery

~Love is the thread that binds us. ~Author Unknown~

Time for a whole bunch of photos my friends!

Well, I suppose that I should explain a bit what those photos are about. I mentioned in a previous post that we were readying ourselves for our own quilt show-- our very first opportunity to sell our goods! It is at St. John's Nursing Home here in Billings.

Here is the Art Gallery hall before Treasured Times QuiltingAnd after Treasured Times Quilting! Let's see some details!We were able to cover the walls with gorgeous folds of handmade goodness. Most of our goodies are quilts made for friends and family, but we are more than willing to accept custom orders to recreate any of these beauties.

A lovely little kitty quilt made for a coworker of Peggy's.This is probably my favorite quilt we displayed-- it is Nichole's Trip Around the World Quilt! Absolutely beautiful!!!Table Runners for all holidays!
A lovely display of hand-stitching which was completed by Peggy's mother, Grandma Ginger.
And yet another embroidery quilt-- this one made for Austin for graduation, done by Nichole.
And as you can see, we were also able to set up a table with some other lovely handmade goodies-- potholders, rugs, pincushions, and even Scrappy Balls!
We even brought in a dress form to display our Scrappy Scarf and Embroidered T-shirts I would love to look as cute as that dress form :)

Now that you've seen the finish project... let's take a step back and look at the process... the six- hour-long process...

We found that ruffling the quilts and tying them off with some part of the Scrappy Ball of Goodness turned out really cute.

And it wouldn't be us if we weren't finishing up some tiny detail at JUST the last moment :) Good think Peggy can bind quilts at the speed of light!

However, as you saw, we wanted some of our more detailed quilts to be fully displayed, so...

We used safety pins to pin jump rings to the back and then hung them using Command hooks, as not to damage the walls(more on that later).

Then they had to be hung,
hook by hook,
and a little help from a ladder!But they all got up there! At least they got up there...

So now the back story on the Command Hooks. The TV commercial lady who hangs a stuffed stocking on one of those hooks and has it hang perfectly lies! Those hooks sure look nice and they don't damage the walls, but the don't hold either!

After some of the elders at St. John's gave Nichole a call telling them that a few quilts were coming down, a buddy of mine, Matt, and I went and replaced all the Command Hooks with nails. Which would have been by far easier if we had gone that route in the first place, but all is well now!

So I hope that someone out there has a few moments to spare to drop by St. John's sometime this month(as the gallery will be there all month) and take an up-close look at these lovely quilts! It is at the main campus of the nursing home, at Chapel Court. Look for the big red canopy!

Have a nice night all!

We love Best Press!

We love it so much that we stock it in all the scents they have! I just uploaded all these lovely photos onto our website and got their descriptions all nice and filled out. I would show you, but the website isn't published yet. One day my friends, one day :)

Have a good one!

Our Contribution

~If I stitch fast enough does it count as aerobic exercise?~

So, our friends over at Raffia Sisters are having their biannual Scrap Camp. And as you know that we are more than just quilters, we are most certainly going and are THRILLED to be doing so!!! We love Scrap Camp and this will be our third.

However, this will be our first as Treasured Times. So, Treasured Times had to make a Scrap Camp contribution, right?

Take a couple of these newly formed guys,stick them in these awesome little needle cards,place three yoyo, three buttons, and a little rick-rack on the cardpop them in one of those awesome pillow cases then tie them up with green raffia!

Then stack! Ahhhhhh adorable! I love them! There will be one on each table for each camper coming up on the first weekend of October. I am hoping that everyone will be just as thrilled as I am with these goodies. Also, must thank the Sisters for allowing us to create these awesome goodies! Love you gals!

Well I need to get back to math.... yuck.... Have a good evening all!

Business Cards!

~Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts!~

At long last, they are done! I have mastered the computer programs, managed to print them so that they are DOUBLE-SIDED, and folded them on the perforated lines so that they are now individual cards! And just in time for our Scrap Camp contribution... More on that later! Now, time for the reveal!


EEE! I like them pretty well. I got to use my photo that took forever to make look like that, and I got all the information on there in a clear, easy-to-read format! What could be better? Well, now that I think about it, if you can point out anything that IS better, just tell me! I would love to hear!!

Have a nice night folks. I am off to make tiny little yarn balls for my crochet lesson I am giving to my health class on Friday. See ya!

We've been...

~Stitch your stress away~

Long-arm quilting

IroningStitchingand piecing our way to...
our very own quilt display! Yes, for the month of October Treasured Times Quilting and Gifts has a room at St. John's in which we will create a display to show off our products! Currently we are busily getting all of our projects finished, as you can see :)

So, when there are some more details about our display, I will tell you exactly where to find it and when you can see it! Have a nice night you guys, I'm heading off to bed! School starts at 8:40 tomorrow :)

Website!

~Dull women have neat sewing rooms~ (I'm not dull!!)

So, we have a development! I am guessing you already have an idea, you know, looking at the title of this post. Yes my friends, we are going to have a full-fledged Treasured Times Quilting and Gifts website!

You may be thinking... well... what am I looking at now?? This is merely a blog my friends! You can't shop on a blog, now, can you? However, a wonderful website from Yahoo with a shopping cart and lots of room for items certainly lets you!

And so, the website construction begins! Like our header?

Look familiar? :) Just because we are getting a new website doesn't mean we are abandoning the blog. Quite the opposite-- we are tying into the blog.

Remember my title as photo lady? Do you know what this website MEANS for the photo lady? It means that every. single. item. must be photographed. Lucky for me I have an assistant

You remember Presley, right? Well she's a good photo lady too!

And I SUPPOSE I can give you guys a sneak peak at some of our product photos

Pretty nifty, huh? This is only a very very very very small fraction of the photos we have taken and that need to be taken, however. Don't worry, this just means that I can keep posting product photos any time I need a filler on the blog. Well, there has to be some benefit for me if I am taking all the pics! :)

Alright all, I am signing out for now. Have a lovely afternoon!