Life Over the Holidays

I'm lagging behind on the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, #OnRingoLake which isn't unusual for me at this stage of the game.

I've even entertained the idea of adding a little zip and zing with the addition of lime green placed sporatically throughout the quilt. What do you think?

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The small group around our table for Christmas lunch included Paul's sister Jeanie & Galen, his folks, and Amy & Ashton.

Sunset at our house from the other side of the pond.

Paul worked on Ashton's hover board ...

... and got it going again.

If only that 300 lb. sow wouldn't have barged her way through between Paul and the gate.

Christmas Evening with the Grabers

We had a fun evening with the Grabers on Christmas Day.

With help from the adults, the children made and decorated pretzel log cabins.

It's so nice that Paul's folks are still able to be up and around and enjoyed the evening with us. Later in the evening we sat in a circle and sang gospel songs along with a few Christmas songs.

Joel provided deep fried hot poppers and cheese sticks.

Craig helped me cook taffy.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

May you feel the peace and joy of Christ's coming.

Rejoicing in this life-giving hope! --Julia

Merry Christmas

May you experience the joy and peace of Jesus Christ this Christmas season.

Possum Town Quilter's Christmas Party

There was an array of goodies provided by everyone.

Brenda, Terri, Terry, Eva Marie, Tonya, Carla

Diane with Autumn Leaves

Brenda & Patti, similar but different!

 Terry and her Sampler

Brenda and her Sampler

Eva Marie. I think this is only the 2nd quilt she has make.

Life … With Only a Little Quilting

I’m participating in The Pi Project. I let some of my grands pick out fabric for their own number (their age), and then I quilted their block and I’m sending the unquilted block to the Pi Project.

You too can participate.

The Pi Project
From Sally Sellers
If you don't know about The Pi Project, let me tell you about it: it is an international public art project celebrating the number Pi.  Digits are made by individual participants on fabric (hooray for fiber art!) and sewn together in the precise order in which they appear in Pi.  The result is a fabric "ribbon" that could be 200 feet or 2000 feet, depending on participation.
The Pi Project is gathering steam, but I still need numbers, especially from fiber artists!  The public has responded positively and I've received many digits on 9.5" square (24 cm) pieces of fabric.  The squares need not be fancy at all.  The deadline is Jan 31, 2015, although ASAP is a far better deadline.  Please send me a digit, and spread the word to others.  For more complete information, go to www.ThePiProject.org.

More quilting on “Another Glimpse Through the Lattice.”

Graber Farm’s Christmas supper at The Grill.

Paul’s niece, Amanda and Phil (not pictured) and children came for a short visit.

My sister, Emily and Perry stopped in on their way to and from VA.

Georgi and Talya

Christmas lunch with the Grabers.

Merry Christmas

May you each experience the blessings of Christ this Christmas.

--Julia

Christmas Cactus Quilt and Irises

… as a Quilter

I started this “Christmas Cactus” quilt in February of 2004 and finished piecing it in March of 2005. It’s been stored for a long time. I finally got it out and sent it to Elmina Lee for longarm quilting. Now I’m binding it to finish it up.

The iris field looked so pretty one evening this week.

I went back the next morning and found cows in the field. I’m afraid the irises won’t be pretty for very long.

See what other quilters are doing at
Amanda's "Finish It Up Friday"
and
Nina Maria's "Off the Wall Friday"

Merry Christmas

Blessings to you this Christmas.

Design Wall, Quilts, Christmas with the Grabers

This morning my design wall holds 3 projects. First on the left is 4 rows of my Orca Bay mystery quilt waiting to be completed. Next is a new project I'm working on for a challenge with my Possum Town Quilters. And the last project in the top right corner is a Tossed Nine-Patch that I'm helping Laura to make. We keep changing around the fabric on that one and can't decide what looks the best. We had a white with a little black print in place of the green but it got lost in with the larger squares. Any ideas out there?

To see other Monday Design Walls go to Judy's blog.

Paul's mom keeps surprising me with quilts. She did the hand embroidery work on this one many years ago when she worked the night shift at the hospital.

I love the lazy daisies and the goldenrod color she added for sashing and border. I'm so afraid she is going to have it all quilted before I have time to get up there to help her.

A nice visit with Grampa Graber.

Sweet little Kirby!

Making an impression!

Chloe & Jeff

Family Christmas & Orca Bay Mystery

Yesterday we had our family in for lunch. All our our grands were here.

We opened our gifts in the afternoon.

McDonalds was a great hit!

Even the adults enjoyed the children's play toys!

Aunt Evie holds teeny, tiny, Tina for the first time.

Here's Paul showing my wonderfully whimsical quilt from Laura Wasiloski. If you haven't read the story behind this quilt you may do so here.

We fixed pizza for supper and had Angie's family, the Greg Martins join us.

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Orca Bay

I got a few more stringed triangles done on my Orca Bay Mystery Quilt. After trying out 2 different techniques of sewing the strings I resorted back to Bonnie's telephone book pages for foundations. It's working great for me. I also got my 56 red squares cut out for the centers of the Ohio Stars. Maybe this week I'll have more time to sew!