A Trunk Show at Our House

When Cindy A. asked to bring 19 quilters to our house to see and talk quilts, I was more than happy to oblige.

I draped quilts over the balcony and told stories of each one and then flipped it back to the couch on the loft.

Then they gathered in my bedroom for a …

… bed turning.

I showed them my sewing room and talked about my fiber art quilts.

Lunch was next on the agenda.

It was a beautiful day and some of the ladies chose to …

… eat outside on the carport.

Then we gathered back into the living room to talk more quilts.

I think I enjoyed the day as much as they said they did!

When they left here they stopped at The Ole Country Bakery in Brooksville and then headed South to The Village Cloth Shop in DeKalb, MS. I wonder what all they bought!

Super Moon, Possum Town Quilters, and Nell’s Quilts

Life …

… as a Quilter

The Possum Town Quilters are a great inspiration to me. Here are a few quilts shown at our last meeting.

We had a guest speaker, Nell Oliver, who came and showed us a few of her quilts.

I thought this top was finished and ready to be quilted. But no, Nell is adding another round of beautiful applique to make it a bed size quilt.

Our Possum Town quilters are eagerly learning her techniques for hand applique.

Peacock Quilt Challenge

I took up the challenge to use a panel of peacock feathered fabric along with 2 other fabrics to make a small quilt.

I first fused the fabric to Heat-n-Bond fusible. I was wishing for “Misty Fuse” to try out but alas I didn’t have any.

I cut the panel into 1” squares on the diagonal.

I drew a grid 1 3/16” X 1 3/16” on point onto my dusty gold background fabric with a cheap Bic mechanical pencil. I’ve heard that the lead is so cheap that it will dust away by the time you are finished with your project.

Then I added the other squares, the blue squares at the top and the light squares at the bottom. Not appealing at all. There is no contrast.

So I laid the light squares at the top and the blue at the bottom. Much better!

And I fused them all in place. (I’m sorry about the color and lighting)

I thought the quilt needed a focal point and a shot of another color, maybe red/orange.

In the mean time I quilted the squares to the background +/- 1/8” apart horizontally.

I finally decided a silhouetted peacock with a touch of red-orange would be my focal point.

I’m now quilting the feathers with a variegated thread.

And now I'm needing a name for the piece. What does a peacock represent? Haughty pride???? Solomn brought peacocks back with gold, silver, ivory and apes. ... God asked Job, "Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? ..." What are your suggestions for a name?

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Life and Quilts

Life …

Grampa makes a good “horse” for the “riders.”

The field corn just keeps on growing and …

… soon it will be …

… time to harvest.

… as a Quilter

We were invited to Jeff and Kathryn’s for lunch today. I enjoyed seeing her “Rhubarb Pie” quilt. I think it would be something easy for our Sewing Circle to make for charity quilts.

Kathryn, Dorcas, and Darlene put together this “News Flash” quilt for Dorcas from American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. Dorcas is getting married in September.

They also put together this blue and brown “Rail Fence” from their scraps and I think it is lovely, just lovely!

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.

    

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..

Tina and Ashton

The Ant Universe

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

Georgi and Tina

… as a Quilter

Some of us ladies with the Possum Town Quilters went to Jackson to the Ag Museum to …

… to honor these 2014 Outstanding Mississippi Quilters.

We could have spent more time at the museum.

Lawana S. from our guild was one of the ten. She had this log cabin quilt and …

this quilt displayed in the museum along with the other quilts of the honorees.

My “nine patch” is still a work in progress. I have 12 blocks yet to go.