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Nonnie's Nook

7/15/2015

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Colorful Scrap Quilts

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WE all like to get stuff done. Nonnie, as known to her 12  grandkids, is my mom and she is no exception. Her sewing nook is a space nestled in the eaves of her very old Cape Cod house, hums with creativity. She makes quilts and lots of them to give away, hang over the couch, for her kids, plus the grandkids who are entering college to brighten up their dorm rooms and "to just use up the old stuff I've got"!  Yes, she is talking about lots of my old stuff that I have handed to her over the years. Strike offs, samples that never went into production, things I designed over the last 20 years plus my most current collections. She likes lots of color and is traditional in most of her methods. Nothing too complicated, prefers a scrappy look and to quote Freddy Moran, "when in doubt just keep adding more color because eventually it all goes together!"
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kitty is an old strike off- as you can see to the left is just white space from the original sample from mill.
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Elsa's Ott-lite hard at work too!
I love her relaxed attitude toward quilting and life in general. She doesn't worry about it,  enjoys the process, blends all kinds of prints together and relies on favorite magazines she gets at LQS and books from C&T for inspiration. She usually has a picture or project page she is using as a guide whether it be loosely followed or not. One if her favorites is by  Cheryl Arkinson  and  Amanda Jean Nyberg, Sunday Morning Quilts which is full of cheerful scrap quilts. We spend hours looking at ideas together when she is deciding on a new quilt to make. 
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Simple to recreate this with strips from precuts and FQ and your stash!
This quilt below was a super fun quilt to make hence the name "Scrappers Delight" design by Amanda Jean Nyberg. I sewed up a few blocks with mom too for Ella as she left for upstate New York to school. She says it's the cheeriest thing in the dark days of winter and loves having it with her. Lucky girl!
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Ella's College Quilt by Nonnie
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Just look at all those prints together and how they work!
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Left-my wedding collection "Romancing the Sea" 1995 P&B Textiles. Right Art Nouveau colors for Rose
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The more they get washed, the more loved they are!
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So that is just a glimpse of Nonnie's World. She has made many more quilts than sampled above and she will continue to work with all her stash to WOW her kids. Lucky us is what we all say. Lucky us.....
Written with Love,

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PS- I have a collection of assorted Print Packs in my shop if you want to beef up your stash like Nonnie's. Buy 5 or more ($9 each) I will give you the book, Sunday Morning Quilts for free as I have a few in my studio that I would love to give away. Offer good while they last. Note that scrap bags will vary slightly from photo at times. 
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9 Comments
Kaholly link
7/16/2015 01:06:56 am

Your moms quilts are amazing! Your pics are wonderful. I've spent many a day along the beaches of CapeCod over the years.

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jennifer sampou link
7/21/2015 09:19:45 am

Thanks so much for your comment and yes, the beaches of Cape Cod are so special....funny enough this one is called Sandy Neck....But there's lots of rocks!

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ruthmary
7/16/2015 01:09:10 am

Oh my! I can see where you get your talent and love of color. And you reminded me to get my Sunday Morning Quilts book off out and grab my bags of scraps. Thanks for all the inspirations in this posting.

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jennifer sampou link
7/21/2015 09:20:37 am

:) Ruthmary, yes get that great book out and your big bag of scraps!!

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Marianne
7/16/2015 10:00:44 am

I loved this post! It's so sweet. Thanks for sharing it, and I love your mom's quilts.

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jennifersampou link
7/21/2015 09:22:00 am

I am so glad you liked it Marianne. My mom loved it too :) I had to coax her a bit but once she saw it all done, she said she was surprised how great they all looked. so sweet :)

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Eaine Gates
7/17/2015 01:51:24 am

Love all the quilts! You are all very lucky to be able to wrap yourselves in her love no matter where you go. What a wonderful gift the two of you share.

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jennifersampou link
7/21/2015 09:25:31 am

HI Eaine. Our sewing together has been a life long thing, and I do feel so lucky to have this with my mom...thanks for commenting.

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MARIE N DUCROS
8/25/2015 07:26:25 am

lovely quilts...had dinner with your mom and dad last week and she told me to go on website.....we are old boggestow friends... your website is spectacular and so are your quilt patterns and your mom's. thanks for sharing....mdc

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