Showing posts with label Sequoia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sequoia. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Farm Life and Sequoia Quilts

Life …
I kept Talya and Georgi one day this week so their mother could help shampoo rugs at the school.
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Ashton looks higher than he really is.
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We took a walk out the lane to get the mail.
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The water has been leaking from the pond. Usually this is no place for the grandchildren to play; but since I was with them they had great fun throwing rocks.
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Paul & Ashton took me on a 4-wheeler ride across the road to look for deer. Instead, we saw lots of egrets roosting.
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My nephew Andy and his brother’s daughter, Emorie came last evening and spent the night on their way to Texas.
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There’s a red tint to some of the roofs at the shop.IMG_6335

Notice how the kernels of corn have little bits of red at the tip.
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It’s kind of like chaff and the farmers call it “bee’s wings.”
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… as a Quilter

The two sequoias I started earlier are now finished. These measure 5”X7”.
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The backs with the labels.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Two More Sequoia Trees

I’ve started two more Sequoia tree quilts. These are smaller only 5”X7” each compared the the Sequoia I made here.


And then, I’ve started another tree.



This one is located in a swamp with moss on the branches.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Finished Sequoia

I continued working on the sequoia tree and finished it up yesterday.
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This is the picture that I took and worked from.
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I tweaked it on the computer to lighten it up some …
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 … and then changed it to “antique” or “sepia” to print it onto fabric that I had ironed to freezer paper.

Click here to see the quilt before I started with the quilting and thread painting.

Detail
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Back
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Label
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This small quilt only measures 8” X 10 1/2” and is made from cotton fabric and 80/20 batting. I used Superior’s King Tut thread for the quilting and thread painting and finished the back with “fast finished triangles” for mounting.
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Linking to Thursday Threads

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Sequoia, Wedding, and Guests

I’ve started another small art quilt. Inspiration came from our recent trip west to the sequoia and redwoods National Parks.
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Click here to see the finished quilt.

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Saturday we attended the wedding of Jason Nissley & Rosalie Petre.
Congratulations and best wishes!  You know they are right pleased with that marriage certificate!
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We hosted overnight guests in our home. Davie & Paula Showalter from Virginia and 2 of their children, Hannah and Renae.
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We also had Elam and Ellen Heatwole. Ellen and I go way back to childhood days and youth group. It was so good to have them in our home and do some catching up.
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