I have PIGS, lots and lots of PIGS!
Earth friendly PIGS.
PIGS in mesh bags.
Even Jamie's PIGS are at my house in their designer bags.
So, what are PIGS??? Projects in grocery sacks. I love this new quilting acronym I found in my quilt magazine. I have to say that I'm a PIG farmer!! How many PIGS do you have?
Nann, Tracy, Jamie and I sewed for 5 hours on Saturday!! This quilt is for my cousin, Pam. Her daughter, Rae, died in a car accident 2 years ago. Pam brought me all her shirts and PJ pants last summer to make a quilt. 
Tracy ironed interfacing on all the back of the shirts. I cut out the pieces and Tracy helped put pieces together for squares. I sewed and sewed, and then Tracy ironed the blocks. Nann took over when Tracy had to leave. I went with 4 blocks and came home with 70!! (At this point I need to take a second and tell Pam to pick herself up off the floor....I know you are in shock to see it finally getting done!)
I'm so glad they helped me....I couldn't have done it without their help. It felt so good to get so much done. I only have to sew 30 more blocks and then put it together and quilt it. 
There were some fun T-shirts to use. 
Here's Tracy laying out blocks. Mom has a big great room to spread all our machines out and the ironing board. Mom usually keeps her house really warm (HOT)...and it was freezing Saturday. They were out of town and so the heat was down. Such a funny feeling to be cold at her house.
Nann working on a receiving blanket.
This is Jamie's Americana quilt she worked on. Jon and Bekkah took Jack fora few hours so she could sew. 
I'm behind in everything lately it seems. My Mom' birthday was last week and I wanted to wish her Happy Birthday. As a teenager no one wants to grow up and be like their mom. I remember the day when one of Mom's neighbors said to me "You quilt just like your mom." It was the best compliment she could have ever given me. Hey, it's not so bad to be like your mom after all. When I think of home as a child I can hear Mom's Singer sewing machine going 90 miles an hour and her sewing clothes or a quilt project. She sewed almost all of our clothes (even underwear!). We had a big front room in our Springville home, and I think there was a quilt up most of the time. I remember playing under the quilt while she quilted away, often with a few ladies from our ward. When I got old enough she taught me to hand quilt. She used to tell me I had pretty little stitches and ask me to quilt with her. I think she did it just to get me to help!
She raised 8 kids as a stay at home mom. We always woke up to good hot breakfast before we headed off to school. Two days a week she did laundry to keep up with the mountains of dirty clothes we produced. There were would 8 piles of laundry neatly folded on the counter. We had to put our away before we could eat dinner. Saturday was chore day. We all had to pitch in and do a major housecleaning job before we could do anything else that day. It taught us the value of hard work and a clean house. I didn't realize all that she did for me growing up until I became a mom. It's not easy keeping a house going. I love you Mom!!
Here's my latest quilt project in this post. I've had this fat quarter bundle for a while and finally found a pattern I liked to go with it. I didn't have enough fabric for the back, and I was trying to be frugal, so I pieced green and cream blocks to go up the middle. I love the way it turned out.