Monday, July 07, 2014

Corn Day

Last Saturday our day began in Phillip K’s corn patch, filling buckets with Incredible sweet corn.
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Even the younger children helped.
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Paul’s mom was a trooper and …
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… stuck with the job until it was done.
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Daddy took his place at the hot stove.
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Silking and cleaning. They look like they are having fun!
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Emily
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Cutting the last of the corn off the cob and bagging it up for the freezer. Little Delta Joy gets special attention from her Great Gramma Graber.
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The young cousins earned this swim after helping so well.
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~~ Parting Shot ~~
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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Nine Patch Quilt

I just finished sewing all the double nine patch blocks. Now I’m ready to sew the blocks together to make the quilt top.


Needle and Thread Thursday  Creations by Nina-Marie  

Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Recap of Quilting in June

 I made a small kaleidoscope quilt in a class with Gloria Green.
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Teryn’s quilt top is now all pieced.
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 “The Folks” is ready for quilting. 

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My nine patch only needs 12 more blocks.

Linking up with
 Lily's Quilts

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Delta Joy, Mississippi Outstanding Quilters, and Nine Patch

Life …

We welcomed a new grandchild on my birthday, June 30. Joel and Sheila are glad to have Delta Joy join their family with Georgi and Talya. She only weighed 4 lbs. and 15 oz..
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Tina and Ashton

The Ant Universe
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After visiting with the Schrocks and the Grabers, we spied these cousins.

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… as a Quilter

Some of us ladies with the Possum Town Quilters went to Jackson to the Ag Museum to …
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… to honor these 2014 Outstanding Mississippi Quilters.
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We could have spent more time at the museum.
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Lawana S. from our guild was one of the ten. She had this log cabin quilt and …
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this quilt displayed in the museum along with the other quilts of the honorees.
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My “nine patch” is still a work in progress. I have 12 blocks yet to go.


WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Friday, June 27, 2014

Summer Bible School and Nine Patch Quilt

Life …

I’ve been teaching grade 7 at our summer Bible School this week.
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Amy bought some sweet corn for us to enjoy.

… as a Quilter

On my design wall ...
My 9-patch quilt is slowly coming together.
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I’ve finished all 36 of the inner blocks. Now I need to sew the 28 border blocks.
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Creations by Nina-Marie    
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