buckeye love...

our sarah sure does love babies.  and when they are little buckeye fans...

 

well, they just warm her heart.  and that melts mine.

 

there sure is nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby in your arms.  thank you mason and your momma and grandma for sharing. you sure made our sarah a happy gal. 

bigger than yesterday

yes i am referring to black friday. and just what could be bigger you ask? why it's small business saturday. of course we take american express. i wouldn't leave home without it.

but even bigger than that...it's the day us buckeyes live for all year...the day ohio state beats *ichigan aka that school up north. and to help us celebrate...

...all scarlet and gray fabric will be just $5.00 per yard. today only. offer does not apply to previous purchases and is limited to stock on hand.  yes, i might just be sitting in one of those seats. it all depends on the weather and miss sarah's breathing capacity.  no matter what...we will be rooting for our team...go bucks!!! p.s. we really do need to thank those ladies over at sweetwater. they really did us ohio staters proud with mama said sew!

scarlet & gray...

our newest fabrics...bliss blenders by hoffman and squiggles from moda in scarlet and gray can mean only one thing...

 

let the game begin...go bucks!!!  welcome home urban meyer.

scarlet & gray sweetness

...i know this is a stretch...but this buckeye girl just can't help herself. sweetwater just unveiled their newest collection...

photo from sweetwater

on the day we celebrate ohio state heading to new orleans for the final four. could this be an omen? you know we will order this entire collection. the only sad part...we will have to wait until september for it to arrive. oh sweetwater, how we love thee. 

she quilts scarlet & gray...

our front window is stopping traffic. so i must hurry and introduce you to the creator of the quilts you see...

meet darlene gerber and brutus:) darlene graduated from the ohio state university's college of agriculture and home economics majoring in agricultural education.  she first learned to quilt in 1990 and then found a renewed enthusiasm in 2007, when she started quilting in scarlet and gray and hasn't stopped since.  her quilt tops have been in the good hands of long arm quilter jennifer mccann of galena, ohio. you can follow darlene's passion on her blog. www.iquiltscarletandgray.blogspot.com

  

we sincerely thank darlene for allowing us to showcase her beautiful quilts, which will be on display through next weekend.

scarlet & gray...

from one buckeye lover to another...

...quilts by darlene gerber

and mary coffey

team colors

today is the day. the day set aside for all buckeyes. it's like a holiday for us ohio state fans. this momma buck is a tad nervous this year. not about the game. the scarlet and gray will win for sure. my two boys are in columbus together. for the first time...unsupervised. a brotherly bonding experience for sure. a passing of the parental alma mater torch i guess. meanwhile, up here in cleveland at jellen's house of fabric, we have all your favorite team colors.

scarlet and gray, maize and blue, purple and gold, brown and orange, green and gold. we now stock moda marbles in over 50 colors. perfect for your favorite fan. Go BUCKS!!!!

the best of buckeye connections

i have so much catching up to do on this blog, yet i just have to share something that happened in the store today. for me, it is one of those moments that just cannot be explained. coincidence perhaps. divine intervention. star alignment. small world happenstances. 6 degrees of separation. it is one incredible feeling however you want to define it.

the story really goes back to september 27, 2008. sarah and i attended our first ohio state football game together. just us girls. as you can see from this picture, our seats are pretty darn close to the field. you can thank sarah for that. her 18th birthday gift was an endowed scholarship in her name that will go to a master level candidate in the college of social work each year studying in the field of developmental disabilities. the wonderful person who helped us put it all together is jen from the osu development office.

back to 9/27/08. after getting our picture taken, we went for a walk. then we found a place to park sarah's wheelchair so we could people gaze. it's just fun to watch the thousands and thousands of scarlet and gray tee-shirts, jerseys, and sweatshirts gathering in the stadium. after awhile it becomes a blur, there are so many fans sporting the team colors.

i was sitting in somewhat of a daze, when i notice a woman walk by wearing the most stunning piece of buckeye apparel i had ever seen. i unlocked the wheels of sarah's chair and got up to follow her so i could study the detail better. and then i found a piece of paper to quickly sketch the design. i still carry it with me everyday.

the body of the jacket was a beautiful silverish gray silk shantung. down the left side was a row of very small quilted blocks in various shades of red cotton.

the back had a large quilted block o in the same red cottons with the infamous buckeye leaves in green and a few brown three dimensional buckeyes sewn on. i could not stop thinking about that jacket the entire game. once back in cleveland, i decided i had to make that jacket and set out to find the supplies i needed. and that is when i discovered the quilt stores i had often frequented in my earlier quilting days were closed. so i temporarily gave up on the project.
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spring forward to 2010 and lo and behold, sarah and i are opening our own fabric and quilt store. one night we went through the moda website and pulled off all the red, gray and black fabrics we could find. we just knew one day we would have a display of scarlet and gray quilts. a fiber tribute to our beloved buckeyes.

fast forward to today. august 24, 2010 at approximately 11:30 am. a customer brings to the counter the bolt of red marble and the bolt of gray marble now in our store but not yet positioned together. hmm...looks like a familiar color combination. an onlooker asks what she is going to make. the customer replys, "i make buckeye quilts." "oh really," says jen from the osu development office (who just happens to be visiting us in the store today). "i work at ohio state," jen states. and then the customer tells us of her website, i quilt scarlet and gray dot blogspot dot com.
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i was speechless. dumbfounded. in shock really. i still can't get over that jen was in the store at the exact moment this customer came shopping. his mysterious ways sure lead to wonderful connections.
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later in the day i went to http://www.iquiltscarletandgray.blogspot.com/. AMAZING!!!! Simply amazing. i have a new friend. one equally obsessed with the buckeyes and with scarlet and gray fabric!!! it doesn't get any better than that.

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thank you so much for coming in today darlene. and thank you jen for driving all the way from columbus to observe first hand the social power of a fabric house and sewcial lounge.