Life …
My sister June and Jim brought two of their grandchildren and Mother to Mississippi to visit us over the Thanksgiving holidays.
We took them out to Bogue Chitto Cotton Gin for a tour. Paul shows them a hand full of cotton seeds.
Keyona and Afton watch the cotton bales being wrapped for shipment.
This is our group watching the loud machines strip the cotton from the seeds. Actually there are saw blades that pick the seeds from the lint.
… as a Quilter
Keyona and Afton are trying to pick some fabric to make a small quilt.
We decided on making “wonky” squares like Gina, Carolyn, and Dana to make it easy. I set up my trusty old Bernina 1130 in my SewEasy table for Keyona.
Afton used Amy’s trusty Bernina 1260 set up on Paul’s desk.
June sat at my desk doing beautiful hand work with silk ribbon and thread on her black velvet diamonds.
Mother sat back in the corner hand stitching her hexies together, a project that Polly helped get started for her. She loves it and her points are coming out very precise and the flowers lay nice and flat.
Ashton had his own ideas about making quilt blocks and used my trusty Bernina 170 to make his creation.
My job was to cut the strips for the girls, guide them in their sewing, watch out for Ashton and do whatever else that needed to be done.
1 comment:
I wish more people could see these pictures of young people sitting at sewing machines -- it's a credit to you to turn them loose on your collection of machines. The only way they can learn is to DO! And I enjoyed your pix of the cotton gin. We were in your neighborhood a couple of months ago and were amazed to see the huge construction! So glad to see this sign of progress in Noxubee.
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