Poultry Love

Posted on January 4, 2018 by pamelajeannestudio

It’s been so long since I posted that I forgot how! But it is coming back. I have been doing a little painting over the winter break from school. I’ve sold several paintings in my re-opened Etsy shop in the last few weeks, that I thought it was time to add some new stock. I still don’t have much time for painting, but I have this definite need to make. Yes, I have realized that I am a “maker”. I just have to make something to keep my sanity.

I finished this little 4″ x 4″ painting today. Is it a chicken or a rooster? I am not really sure– hence the gender neutral title. It’s obvious I never spent a lot of time around farm animals, but it makes me smile nonetheless.

Poultry Love by Pam Schoessow bluepumpkinstudio.com

I’ve also been quilting a little bit making several small quilty things for gifts. Since I am STILL without my longarm, I had to rent time on a machine at the local quilt shop to get my projects done. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take any pictures and now they are all gone! Well except for a table runner and some placemats that were just for me. I’ll try to post a picture of them soon (when I get the dining room table cleaned off!) Things are still a holiday mess around here, and I return to school on Monday!

Quilt Shop by Pam Schoessow bluepumpkinstudio.com

I did have a wonderful time last weekend with family in Provo, Utah. My brother and his wife just built a beautiful retirement home that is filled with treasures from their 30 years in the foreign service. It’s not a downsized home–but one made for lots of family and especially grandchildren. There were rooms and beds for 18 of us for the weekend–quite a feat. The highlight of the weekend was a 1 year olds birthday party for 2 nieces’ children that were born 46 hours apart last Dec 30 and Jan 1. 15 more family members showed up for the birthday party on Saturday. Highlights included a crawling race (results were highly contested!) and 1 year olds (Ada Kate and Sam) chowing down on their first birthday cake.

Dainty Ada Kate

Sam the Man

I won’t make any promises about when I will post again. I DO miss all of my blogging friends and hope to make it a higher priority in 2018.

Best Wishes to all of you for a happy, healthy and rewarding new year.

Free Pattern & Tutorial for Patriotic Quilt

Posted on May 30, 2016 by pamelajeannestudio

The school year is almost over and that means I have more time to quilt! I woke up Saturday morning with that in mind and this is the result. For a long time I have wanted to make some quilt projects and offer free patterns and tutorials on my pamsquilting.com website. Now I finally finished one! Hey, quilters, let me know if this is helpful. And if anyone makes a wallhanging like this of your own, I’d love to see a picture! Hope you are all having a great Memorial Day weekend. And please check out the USA wall hanging tutorial and let me know what you think.

Welcome to Music Class

Posted on July 27, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

I must confess that even though I didn’t teach music for several years, I was still collecting music themed fabric. Most of the time I didn’t know what I would ever do with it. But this was a no brainer.You know this HAD to go into a quilt.

I just love this print and was so pleased to finally use it.

The kids will need a special quilt to great them the 1st day of school.

The final quilt, that will fit nicely on my classroom door, will greet students through the end of Sept. The red apple fabric for the border was a must. These seasonal quilts are very fun!

original quilt by Pam Schoessow pamelajeannestudio.com

America the Beautiful

Posted on July 26, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

Every classroom needs a map. I purchased the center panel years ago. I added strips of fabric for the border and quilted it. It will be a great addition to my music room.

I’m not sure who designed this, but they obviously didn’t use spell check.

It will be fun for my students to identify the spelling mistakes. Nevertheless, I love the kitchy vibe of this print. Though it has that 50’s look, It was printed by Moda fabrics just about 10 years ago.

I’m trying to use up my vast stash of fabric, so I put another panel with similar colors on the back.

Can’t wait to hang this one up.

40% OFF MOVING SALE!

Posted on July 21, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

It’s time to get serious about this move I’m making across country in a couple of weeks. I discovered I have over 100 pieces of little art in my Etsy shop so I have decided to have a first ever SALE to lighten up a bit. If you are interested in some whimsical art from the “Quilter turned Artist”, then check it out at BluePumpkinStudio.com. The sale just runs until August first, and then I’m out of here! Thanks for all your support. I do hope to keep up with my blog better once I get settled.

10 Day sale at BluePumpkinStudio.com by Pam Schoessow

Fabulous Floral Applique

Posted on May 17, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

Here is another stunner pieced and appliquéd by Georgia. The piecing inspired much of my quilting.

Half Square Triangle Exchange

Posted on March 11, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

I thought I would share a bit of my latest quilting project. I designed this block to use several half-square triangles I have been exchanging with members of my quilting bee. We plan to make and exchange 24 of the little squares with triangles (in the center of my block) each month for the next 5 months.

original block by Pam Schoessow

I plan to make a large quilt to go on the wall in my living room.

The colors come from an area a rug that has brown, rust, aqua, gold and red.

As you can see, I only have 3 blocks finished so far. I plan also to design some simple appliqued flowers for the borders or sashing. I’m still designing as I go. I keep you posted on my progress.

Summer Quilting

Posted on March 5, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

Even on a cold day like today, I have to imagine that someday it will be Summer and I will no doubt be quilting. Even dreaming of Summer seems to warm me up a bit.

Summer Quilting 5 x 7 watercolor on paper by Pam Schoessow

Quilt Retreat on Lake Michigan

Posted on February 1, 2015 by pamelajeannestudio

I spent this Friday and Saturday at my annual quilt retreat along with about 25 other dedicated quilters. This is our 6th year at the Illinois State Beach Resort in Zion, IL. Not much swimming going on at this time of year, but it’s pleasurable nonetheless to gaze out on the icy lake as we get our quilting fix. Warning: This is a long post–but it’s mostly pictures.

I did a little improvisational piecing this year–no pattern, not much measuring, just fun play with some fabulously colorful materials. Kind of like painting with fabric. These are a couple of the wonky star blocks I made. Can you count how many different fabrics are in this one?

improvisational piecing by Pam Schoessow

Many others were more prolific than I. A lot of other fabulous work got done.

Such happy colors in this finished quilt top.

January 2015

Love this romantic table runner.

Cheryl works on an art quilt. Can you see the Chicago skyline?

Hanging the pieces up on the wall helps with color placement.

Love these hand appliqued hearts.

Most quilters are strippers at one time or another!

If you don’t sew, you would be surprised how long it takes to sew all these little pieces together. (And to make all the points and corners match).

Fun baby quilts

lots of elephants

cute fabric!

More wonderful piecing. We all worked very hard.

More stripping!

Everyone does their own thing, so we get quite a variety.

Wow! All those little pieces. Amazing what you can get done if someone else cooks for you! Striking!

Bev ( my roomie) models her new apron.

She also finished this small quilt. It just needs the binding around the edges.

Bev’s Quilt

A more modern slant

So what did I do for two whole days? Make a big mess, mostly!

Pam’s creative workplace

I brought a lot of bright, fun fabrics purchased just for the occasion.

Quilter’s candy

I don’t need no fancy machine! I’ve been sewing on this little gem for over 46 years! ( I started in my childhood–I’m not THAT old!)

Pam’s Singer Featherweight

I did manage to finish 13 star blocks. Haven’t quite decided how I will put them together. I just design as I go.

Pam’s star block fun

I put some borders on the 13th block. I think it will make a fun wallhanging when it is quilted.

Improvisational pieced block by Pam Schoessow

Well, that’s all folks. Hope you enjoyed the pics.

A Quilt for Me!

Posted on November 15, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

Pam’s drunkards path quilt

Being a professional machine quilter, I do a lot of quilting. But rarely are the quilts mine. I finish other people’s quilts. I started this quilt way back in July, I think. I start LOTS of quilts. They don’t always get finished. This one did! And it is just for me! I wanted something warm to cuddle up in when I’m watching TV.

It make it extra warm, I added wool batting and backed it with a cuddly fleece.

You may recognize this pattern from an earlier post. The setting is a variation using the curved drunkard’s path block. All the fabrics were from my stash, so this was stash busting! Those cream colored “paths” were just screaming for some feathers. Of course since it’s my quilt, I quilted my name in the center.

It looks great on my new sofa. And yes, it is very warm.

Day 29: Pumpkin Harvest

Posted on September 29, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I get a lot of inspiration from quilting–even quilting fabric. This picture was inspired by a piece of printed fabric I bought over 10 years ago. I still intend to use it in a quilt–someday. I think there are a lot of great artists out there designing fabric. In my dreams, I would be one of them!

Day 13: Pumpkin Patchwork

Posted on September 14, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I know. I’m a day behind. Somehow I’ll make it up this week. Years ago I bought a quilt pattern designed by Cheri Saffiote for Indygo Junction. That’s what inspired this little painting. I probably will never get the quilt made, so this is the next best thing.

Making Progress

Posted on August 8, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

Just wanted to let you all know that I have made some progress on at least one UFO this week. You might remember this Halloween quilt top from my last post. Well, with the addition of some wide borders, it is now a little lap quilt! Now it’s ready to pull out for the Fall.With addition of the orange and green borders, it measures about 58″ square–a nice lap size.

At first I didn’t think that the darker green border was a good choice. But my main goal in finishing this projects it to use fabric that I already have! I probably would have gone for a lime green or purple, but this fabric is growing on me. Who says everything has to match perfectly? Hope it makes it more interesting. I picked up quite a lot of this fabric at a guild sale years ago. I loved the little ravens (or are they crows?). It’s an unusual print and I finally found a place to use it. I made the binding out of another Halloween print that I had around.Also right out of my fabric stash I found this orange diamond fabric that looks great on the back. I added some extra blocks (and more of the green) to make the backing wide enough. Pieced backs are always more interesting just using one fabric. I quilted it with an all-over spiral pattern as you can see. Nothing fancy. Got to get these projects done!I find I do have quite a few Autumn fabrics and colors in my fabric stash. It’s obvious it’s my favorite season and now I have another Fall quilt project to add to my collection!

UFO’s–Not the Space Kind

Posted on August 2, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

If you are a quilter, you are very familiar with UFO’s (Un-Finished Objects). Dedicated quilters (and other crafters) have a LOT of those. I have too many to count. I buy all the materials, start a project, and then move on to something else before I ever finish. Some times I just buy the fabric and never start at all! Well, I’ve dedicated this month to FINISHING! I thought I would share some of these UFO’s and then let you know in the coming days of my progress.

Here are a few of the unfinished things I found lying around. I have dozens and dozens, so I will just give you a peek at a few.

This little Halloween table topper just needs to be quilted. Maybe I will add a border.

I found these blocks on Ebay some time ago. I’d guess they are from the 50’s or 60’s. They are handpieced. I added the polka dot and navy fabrics. I have six blocks. I could probably make a little lap quilt.

This little Fall stitchery is almost done. I hope it looks cuter when is is quilted.

Same with this tiny wallhanging. It’s my first attempt at hand applique.I’m ashamed to say I have purchased whole quilt kits that I never even started. I’m not even sure I like them anymore. If I do tackle them, I will probably update the fabrics. I liked this floral fabric a lot when I bought it years ago and found some coordinating prints. I started some piecing, thinking to make it into a quilted jacket. That’s not going to happen. But it would make a nice charity quilt. Here are a couple small holiday items. It wouldn’t take much to finish them. I just have to have a reason.

Loved the unusual color scheme in these holiday prints.

These “orphan” blocks I picked up at a guild meeting. I’m sure I could combine them into nice charity quilt. Our guild makes quilts for a local shelter for women and children.Well, I could go on and on, but I will stop for now. Time to get sewing!

Pink Tablerunner

Posted on May 31, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I recently finished this little runner for my kitchen table. It was supposed to be for February/Valentines Day. Well, yes, it is a few months late, but at least it is completed and not hanging around my sewing room any more!

The pink, red and orange color scheme came from the dishes above the table. When we built our home several years ago, I just had to have a plate shelf.

I designed the flower appliques. And I used fusible web to attach them and finished off the edges with a satin stitch. I did very little piecing for the background as the fabric was already printed with 1 inch stripes. I finished it off by quilting around the flowers with my signature free-hand feathers.

This was one of those “just for me” projects that I rarely get to.

Unfortunately, I picked the wrong time of day to get a good picture, but you get the idea.

Quilt Art

Posted on April 3, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

The paints called to me this morning, so when I should have been quilting (my job that actually brings in income) I was playing with watercolors instead. Well, at least I stayed with the quilting theme!

Cross Stitch Quilt

Posted on April 1, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I have quilted a few quilts for Maureen with cross-stitched blocks. The blocks on this quilt were hand embroidered by Maureen’s mom. You would think my hopping foot would get caught up in the cross-stitch or other embroidery, but actually it glides over it quite easily. Isn’t this a lovely quilt?

In the blocks, I outlined in the cross-stitched flowers which gave them great definition. I also added a curl design in the sashing.

For the borders, I did a free-hand scalloped design with flowers in the center. In between the scallops I added a small feather motif.

It’s always fun to look at the back to see the quilting even better.

I used my favorite washable wool batting, which will make for a lighter weight, warm, comfy bed quilt.

The Spring time colors of this quilt are so refreshing. Makes me think that Winter just might really be over!

More Quilter Eye Candy

Posted on March 3, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I recently finished quilting a couple more quilts for Georgia. She makes the most fabulous quilt tops, and these two are no exception. I love the colors and oh the fabrics! Each circle is made up of 40 different prints! So fun to look at.

I quilted each circle like a sunflower with “seeds”in the center with “petals”

Sometimes it’s easier to see the quilting from the back.

What a gorgeous, FUN quilt!

I especially love the arcs appliqued on the border. I used several free motion quilting designs to give it even more pizazz! Each quilt just seems to speak to me and tells me what it needs.

Another one just finished is a “cat” quilt. It’s a smaller wall hanging size. Isn’t it wonderful?!

The wonderful fabrics are really busy, so it’s difficult to see the quilting. I wish you could see it in person. I used a higher loft wool batting. With the heavy quilting in the background around the cats, it gives them real dimension.

It was hard to let these quilts go out the door! They really brightened up my week as I worked on them. I have a few more of Georgia’s fabulous quilts I have yet to tackle–so there are more wonderful quilts to come!

Happy Tablerunner

Posted on March 1, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I attended a quilt retreat a few weeks ago. The 26 of us brought our own projects to work on. There’s nothing better than spending three days sewing to your heart’s content and having someone else do all the cooking! I like to do easy projects so I can go home with something finished. I had a charm pack of 5″ squares (by designer Pat Sloan for Moda fabrics) that I wanted to create something with. I had also purchased about a yard of extra fabric that coordinated with the charm pack. I decided to make a table runner for my long kitchen table. I made up the pattern, which was quite simple.

I made rows of 3 prints separated by 2″ sashing. Then I added a wider border with the same fabric as the sashing.

The quilting was very simple–just straight lines. I varied the spacing to add some interest. I finished it off with an orange print for the binding.

Though this winter seems never ending (a few more inches of snow today!), this table runner makes me happy every time I look at it. And even though I didn’t measure beforehand, it fits my table perfectly. I couldn’t be more pleased with the result.

Gwen Marston Workshop

Posted on February 21, 2014 by pamelajeannestudio

I’m really fortunate to belong to a quilt guild that brings in fabulous teachers from all around the country. This week was no exception. I had the great opportunity to attend a day long workshop with Gwen Marston. Even though Gwen has been teaching in this industry for 3 decades and has written 26 books, I was surprised to find her techniques to be quite fresh and modern. I think she has changed my life! (well, my quilting life, anyway). Her approach to improvisational piecing was truly liberating. Here are some of the pieces she shared with us.

First, strip piecing with 30’s prints. Notice how everything doesn’t need to match up exactly. It’s OK!

Those black fabrics really give this movement!

It’s the use of solid colored fabrics that really give this a modern feel.

Gwen often takes her inspiration from antique quilts. Here is a new setting for strip pieced blocks.

Notice how the borders get chopped off in the seams. Just like they do with old quilts. That’s OK too!

I really love this one. Sewing fabric strips together is an old, old idea, but this looks like modern art!

Even though this one is made from 1890’s reproduction prints, it looks fresh and new.

So I had to try it. I cut strips any old shape and size and sewed them back together. You may notice that my fabric color choices are a lot like my painting color choices. I do love pink!

No measuring! No worrying about points matching or using a perfect quarter inch seam.

I like this “X” block I made for the corners. This is a 4″ block. Notice the tiny pieced bits in the “X”. Those are all different fabrics I sewed together and then cut into strips. Really not that hard!

I worked fast as I could to finish this little piece (about 20″ square) before the day is through.

I could quilt it now for a little wallhanging, or maybe I will turn it into a larger quilt. You’ll just have to stay tuned

to see how it all turns out. Just don’t expect it to be any time soon!

pamelajeannestudio

Quilter, Artist, Music Teacher

Tag Archives: quilting

Poultry Love

Free Pattern & Tutorial for Patriotic Quilt

Welcome to Music Class

America the Beautiful

40% OFF MOVING SALE!

Fabulous Floral Applique

Half Square Triangle Exchange

Summer Quilting

Quilt Retreat on Lake Michigan

A Quilt for Me!

Day 29: Pumpkin Harvest

Day 13: Pumpkin Patchwork

Making Progress

UFO’s–Not the Space Kind

Pink Tablerunner

Quilt Art

Cross Stitch Quilt

More Quilter Eye Candy

Happy Tablerunner

Gwen Marston Workshop

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