Sunflowers and Design Wall Monday

Life …

Paul and I went for an afternoon drive on some of MS Wildlife property where we do some farming.

I loved the field of sunflowers and …

… Paul spotted some deer, two dots way off at the distant woods.

… as a Quilter

On my design wall is “Cypress Moss” and my peacock challenge. I’ve blocked it once and I’m ready to tackle the piping and binding.

I’m still undecided about a name. Some of the suggestions I received are:

Saucy, Hatched From a Golden Egg, Plain Fancy, Solomon's Splendor, Solomon's Saucy Splendor, Plumed Elegance, Royal Splendor, Solomon’s Chicken, Pride & Joy, Eyes for You, Heavenly Grace, Heavenly Eyes, Eyes of Heaven, Godly Wings, and Proud as a Peacock.

Surely something should “click” from this list, but I’m still undecided.

On My Design Wall

Now for more piecing …

Now for the quilting …

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Design Wall Monday and Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt

Life …

I accompanied Paul driving a bus load of youth to Bay Springs to sing Christmas carols for residents at a nursing home.

… as a Quilter

On my design wall…

… I’ve pinned my continuing “Sailboat” series that needs to be finished.

I’ve started working on clue #3 of Bonnie Hunter’s “Celtic Solstice” mystery quilt even though …

… step #1 is only partially completed and step #2 hasn’t even been started.

And the winner of my Fabric Giveaway is #130, Robin. Congratulations!

Mrs. Miller, Design Wall, and Sailboat Quilt

Life …

This afternoon we enjoyed a visit with our neighbor ladies, Mrs. Miller and her daughter Ann. We enjoyed catching up on their lives and hearing about their family. They kept bringing out out the snacks, ‘Bit O Honey,’ ‘Milky Ways,’ ‘Snickers,’ chips, Coke, and water. And then before we left they gave us big yardage of 3 pieces of fabric. Talk about true Southern Hospitality, that was it!

… as a Quilter

I was uninspired by the blocks I have had on my design wall for the last couple weeks and decided to put them away and pull out something different to look at for a while. Check out other design walls at Patchwork Times.

I made a new small piece of fiber art this week called

Sailboat.

Inspiration came from a picture Amy took a couple weeks ago of Gabriel with his newly acquired sailboat on Joel’s fishpond.

Detail

Getting ready to sew on the binding.

The back.

Sailboat

Size: 7” X 10”

Content: cotton fabric and an assortment of cotton and polyester threads

Techniques: fused, machine stitched, hand stitched binding on back

Fast Finished Triangles – ready to hang

$45.00 SOLD

Check out my current post for a chance to win 4 yards of fabric.

Show & Tell Tuesday

Jetman, Fractured Quilt, and Design Wall Monday

Life …

Kirby, the amazing rocket powered flying Jetman!

… as a Quilter

Emily finished her “fractured quilt.”

She and Perry plan to go back to Texas this week. I hate to see them go!

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Design Wall Monday with Patchwork Times

I’ve done some repining but nothing much has changed.

I did try using sharpies and alcohol to color a small piece of fabric in the top right hand corner, but I’m not real fond of the process. And Dana sewed the bottom row of her “wonky blocks” together.

Emily’s Red Bird Quilt and Design Wall Monday

Emily has already finished another fiber art quilt she is calling “Red Bird.”

It measures 12”X15”.

I love the beads she added for berries that you can see in this detail shot.

Visit Quilt Matters  and QuokkaQuilts for more finishes.


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Design Wall Monday

Dana’s nine wonky blocks are waiting to be sewn together.

My rooster quilt on the left is folded/rolled up to make room for some blocks that I pulled out of storage. I started making a sampler quilt years ago and got sidetracked. Now I’m thinking maybe I should just finish each block separately making them into little fiber art wall hangings.

Maybe I’ll look at them for a while and see if any other inspiration strikes.

Design Wall Monday and Guest

Life …

Uncle Edgar Strite from GA came for Edwin Knepp’s funeral and spent the night with us. I was so sorry that Aunt Evelyn didn’t come along.

… as a Quilter

See other Design Wall Mondays at Patchwork Times.

Dana got 3 more blocks sewn for her quilt and I did some machine stitching on my “lily” quilt.

I’m stitching close lines about 1/8” apart and I’m calling them “organic” because I can’t get them precise and even.

And then I got tired of stitching just straight lines, so after stitching a band 3” wide I changed my mind, stitch, and color of thread.

And now I’m going to set a goal  for "A Lovely Year of Finishes" to have all the quilting finished on this quilt by Oct. 30. I really hope to have it all finished, {as in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away}.http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/09/30/design-wall-monday-28/

Design Wall Monday -- Carolyn's Quilt

Carolyn finished piecing her quilt top together. Now we need to think of a name for it. Any good ideas?

Work in Progress and Our Family

My design wall is full! I have a lot of projects that need finishing! And then too I have a few that are ready to go on exhibit and I just got back some of my work from another exhibit and decided to pin them up also for the time being.

 

A few years back I was influences by my sister Polly the Patchworker at a quilt show to purchase some embroidery blocks from Africa. In so doing we would be helping out disadvantaged rural African women. You can read about the Tambani project here. I pulled out my blocks and sashed them and sewed them together to be hand quilted later. I am needing some hand work for a road trip we plan to take West this summer.

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We used to be two … and now we are 17!

Jacob's Ladder -- Design Wall Monday

I have finished sewing my 36 blocks together for the center of my "Jacob's Ladder" quilt.

 

 

Now I'm working on a border.

So tell me, do you see any winding staircases? What would be a good name for my quilt? Genesis 28:10-22 tells of Jacob of old as he slept, with a rock for his pillow and saw a ladder reaching to heaven with angels going up and down. There he met with and received God's promises.

 

A New Project & Georgi

I have started a new project. And I know you are thinking that I need to finish up some of my other projects first. However, this one has a deadline, and if I don't start now and keep at it, I'll miss the deadline. So, I've pushed everything else to the back burner.

I need 36 blocks similar to these. Some of them will be "double" blocks without the black triangle. And then you can see on the top row that there are 2 with smaller black triangle centers. I'll have to pitch those blocks or use them for something else, maybe on the back of the quilt.

Georgi gets her hair combed sitting by the sink. When she was smaller Sheila sat her down inside the sink to get the job done!

Design Wall Monday & Other Things

I have been working on these 2 projects recently. The quilt on the left is a fresh modern quilt for charity and the quilt on the right is the beginning of an “Instant Garden” from the class I took with Marilyn Doheny.

I can see an eagle soaring above the garden with a snail, 2 butterflies sitting and one butterfly with it’s wings spread. But, what is that torch like thing sticking up from the bottom? Really, I have no idea. I just had the strips and needed to make something with them.

Tina Sue occupies the blue chair.

Remember a couple posts back where Gabriel had a box with a hole in it trying to make something that would blow a puff of air? Well, Craig found a store bought version (vortex cannon) and couldn’t pass it up. Now they are blowing a puff of air at what? A wasp’s nest? Yes, a wasp’s nest. Then they started throwing rocks at it. And soon they all took off running!

"God is great and God is good ..." Can't you just hear us singing our prayer song before our picnic?

Saturday evening rides with Gramma. We are missing Georgi & Talya.