Busy, busy, busy.............

It was indeed a busy week.

Monday my friend and email ad lady, 

Sandy Noelsh and I drove to Springfield, Mo. 

- actually she drove and I rode.  

It didn't start off too well.

When I picked her up, she started 

the car and the air-conditioner

blew hot air instead of cold.

After a quick trip to my neighbor who

also has taken care of our cars for 20 odd

years, it had a new air conditioner motor 

and was blowing cold air again.  

Since it's a 4 hour drive to Springfield 

that was very good.  There are lots of 

advantages to living in a small town :).

The long and short of it is that we made it to Springfield

where Sandy's sister, Charlotte, is a member of the

Ozark Piecemakers Guild.  

Tuesday I gave a lecture at 10:00 A.M. and then again

at 6:00 P.M.   It's a very large, active Guild and has a

Day Meeting and then an Evening Meeting.

Then on Wednesday, I taught an all day workshop 

on the basics of Needleturn Applique to these lovely ladies.

Throughout the entire thing I was very well taken

care of by their program chairman, Mary Loker.  

Thanks Mary.

Thursday and Friday, I stayed at home and rested

so that I could drive to Lenexa on Saturday to

meet with the  Walnut Valley Woolen 

group led by Robin Van Allen (on the far right).

They have spent the last few months working

with my Birdsong pattern.  The backgrounds

of their quilts are cotton and the appliqué is wool.

We had a delightful time looking at quilts

and eating a great lunch at the Hyatt in Lenexa.

Our Deal of the Week is

Town and Country,

one of my favorite BOM patterns.  

To get one of your own click here.

I want to thank all of you for your good wishes and

prayers for Pep.  And all the hugs for me.  

Pep is entering his 3rd month on the 

medication and the bad side effects are only

supposed to last for 3 months - God willing and

the creek don't rise.

Keep quilting ladies - I certainly am. :)

Creating things always helps and I'm working

on "Jan and Pep's Marvelous Adventures"

our 50th Anniversary Quilt.

Right now I'm in Springfield, Mo

Giving a workshop to the 

Ozark Piecemakers

I just love that name!

I gave my lecture twice - 

 yesterday morning and last night

and by tonight I am going to be 

plain old tired.

I always get worn out but I also always

enjoy myself very much.  Quilters 

are such nice people.  :)

Since I got this ready in somewhat

of a hurry this part will be short.

These are pictures from our 

Deal of the Week 

Sleigh Bells by Martingale -

They do such awesome work :)

And this is Old Glory - our June Tablestand Quilt

Front and

Back.

And once again this week we're featuring

our quilt America for Me.

We're cutting more kits since 

we sold out so quickly.  And of course,

we still have patterns.

And once again a big thank you from

all of us to Mary and Connie of Country Threads.

Another quilt from Oceans Aweigh.

Storms never last by Waylon Jenning

& Jessie Colter became our song.

It still is.

And I'm asking for prayers for Pep.

He's on an experimental medicine for his 

severe COPD and it is kicking his butt :)

See you next week ladies and

Keep Quilting.

How time flies by when

You've been busy.

America for Me 2019

available as a pattern or a kit.

This quilt is a lot more complex than it seems.

It has 17 reds, 14-15 blues, 4 creams 

and 2 background prints -- Whew!

I really like the way the top turned out though and 

can't wait to see it quilted.

To order the pattern or the kit click here and search

for

America for Me.

Oh and I can't forget to say a huge THANK YOU to

Mary and Connie of Country Threads.

I have the original quilt but not the book 

so Mary answered lots of questions

and then Connie just sent me her book to use.

Thanks ladies, you're the best.!!

And Pep still misses the Kettle Corn:)

This is our June :) Tablestand Quilt.

Sorry it was so late but there has been a lot 

going on around here.

I think it was worth the wait though.  If you 

join the Tablestand Club you get 15% off the kit

and 15% off the stand and any headers you order.

Email Tammy at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com to join.

To get the kit click here and search for Old Glory

Now, I'm sorry this has to be so short this week 

and probably next week too.

Next week I'll be in Springfield, Mo. giving 

a lecture and workshop for the Ozark Piecemakers 

at the beginning of the week and the 

Walnut Valley Guild at the end of the week.

Right now I have to go set a live trap for

the raccoon that's been killing my chickens.

It got my favorite Cochin hen and rooster 

yesterday and I am not happy with it.

So many quilts, so little time.......

This is "America for Me"

a quilt I designed in 2004.

It was published in my book

Lady Liberty.

It was recently pictured on the blog

of Country Threads owned by

my friends Connie Tesene and 

Mary Etherinton.

I first knew about it when I started getting

lots and lots of emails asking for the pattern.

Unfortunately, somehow my book was misplaced,

but Mary and Connie (who have theirs) have

been very helpful in getting me the instructions

 from their book.

What I have been doing the last few days has

been drawing the quilt again.

I've also search Moda's website for the fabrics

to use.  Alas, the background plaid and most of the

other fabrics are long gone.

I've found a lot of good substitutions though

and in a short while (with a lot of help from

my friends) there will be a brand new

quilt called America for Me.
We'll send out an email and announce it
on the blog when it's finished.

I'm pretty excited.  It's always good to meet 

old friends again.  

  

This is the Jan and Pep block from my latest

BOM I'm working on.  It's called

Jan and Pep's Marvelous Adventure

and is a quilt celebrating our 50th anniversary

which is October 18th, 2019.

It's made out of my fabric line Clover Meadow

that is showing to shops now.

And "no" I'm not dragging Pep along.

We're holding hands and he's letting me

go first because he's a gentleman.

Maybe, I should change the block and 

put my hand behind his.  I'll try that and 

show you next week and see what you think.

I'm showing a quilt each 

week from Oceans Aweigh.

This is Ships, Stars and Whales, 

a favorite of mine.

Whales are so awesome.

And this is my new kitty.

Her name is Katherine - or

Kitty Kate Kat.

So now we have Queen Elizabeth and

Katherine the Great.

I miss my Rufus but she helps a lot.  

Have a good week ladies

and keep quilting.  :)

Happy almost 4th of July

This is 

Flags of the American Revolution

a 76" x 76" 12 Month BOM

that is our Deal of the Week

this week.

We thought it seemed timely.  

The pattern not only has drawings of

all of the blocks but lots of information on each flag.

My husband Pep found the blocks when 

he was on the internet looking for a

Gadsden Flag and thought they looked 

like something I might want in a quilt.

He was right!

Our book this month is Oceans Aweigh,

dedicated to my late father-in-law

Byron Patek who commanded a mine

sweeper in the Pacific during WWII.

96" x 89"

Byron told many a tale of far off lands, Spam 

sitting on a dock in the sun and fights started in

the Officers Club over smuggled Coke.

52 1/4" x 60 7/8"

When I think of ships and sailing and

travel, I think of him.

He was also just about all a person

could ask for in a father-in-law.

We miss him but his legacy lives on.

He has a son and a grandson named Byron Patek -

Byron Henry Maxwell Patek

&

Byron Theodore Quinn Patek.