Family Life

Dustin & Gina are getting married on Oct. 13. Congratulations!


Three little munchkins, Talya, Georgi, & Tina.


Quinten is now a certified A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) mechanic. Congratulations!


Jed & Vicki came one evening so Amy could help work on their engagement pictures.

We had guests after hymn sing one Sunday evening.

Lowell & Veronica


Walter & Myra


Quinten & Evie


Laura came back for a visit.


What is Paul shooting?


Now, I'm kinda scared to walk under that tree!


Joel & Sheila brought their family of girls for a little visit.


Story time with Gramma.


Cousins, Dustin, Scott, & Gabe strike up a tune, "Lean on Me when you're not stong and I'll be your friend ... " accompanied by Ashton and ...


... Amy.


It's already time to harvest corn.


We hosted guests last Sunday evening in our home.

Lester & Louise


Jay & Shirlene and daughter Carla


Phillip & Mary and family

Weekly Photo Challenge

This week's challenge is called, The Best Part of My Day. I chose to make a small quilt (11" X 8 1/4") of my hands at the sewing machine.

I first had Amy take a photo of me at the sewing machine.

Then I cropped the photo.

Then I changed the image with the "glowing edges" filter on "Picture It 9."

And with the negative of that, I tried printing it on my fabric which didn't work very well.

I ended up printing the light image on paper and cutting out a portion at a time and tracing around it onto my fabric.

Detail

And now, here is a sneek peak of my work in progress for next week's "Fun."

Liking Libby (again)

So, here is my final, and I hope it is final, changes to Liking Libby.

 

Can you see how I removed the gold continuing trim from the second picture and replaced it with a satin stitch around each section of the ribbon?

I like it much better!

And I still see some other improvments that I could make, but as of now, this will do.

Asian Influence

Remember the "Ghost Quilting" class I took recently by Martha Ginn where I made this quilt Asian Influence I?

And then I tried a second one Asian Influence II and had trouble with the thread breaking and felt like pitching it. But now I'm glad I didn't. I persevered and finally finished it.

And then I made Asian Influence III.

All three of these small quilts measure around 12"X12" and they were 'oh, so fun' to make.

Possum Town Quilter's Quilt Exhibit

If you are in Columbus, MS plan to spend and extra 20 - 30 minutes at the Rosenzweig Art Center this month.

Our Possum Town Quilters is having the exhibit this month. Our quilts will be up until the end of July.

You are invited to the opening reception this Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

Here are a few pictures of some of the quilts on display.

Busy Bee

I watched longingly at the June Photo Challenge in which some of my friends were participating. I wanted to make a simple "Journal Quilt" each day of the challenge but I knew it would be way too much for me. Now that June is over, they are having a "Weekly Photo Challenge." I decided to join them thinking that maybe I can make a small journal quilt once a week.

This week the word is "busy." I too thought of "Busy as a Bee" as did some of the others. So, here's my first quilt for this challenge. It measures 9"X12" and I call it "Busy Bee."

Detail

Fairy Quilt Godmother

Here she is, all quilted up!

Close up and detail of quilting.

Before quilting her face.

This lady will be on exhibit with a few of her friends of like kind at the Rozenwig Art Center in Columbus, MS for the month of July. I hope you will stop by and tell them "hey!"

Kendall and Crystal

Congratulations and Best Wishes to our friend and neighbor

Crystal to her best friend Kendall!

Crystal did this remarkable drawing that was set up on a table as you entered the reception.

The bridal party.

We learned that when he came to visit Crystal for the first time, little sister Rosanna greeted him at the door with a handshake with a hand full of butter!

Corn Day

I was so glad for all the help we could get.

Sheila was glad to have corn for her freezer too.

Dustin & Sheila have quite the interesting conversations.

We put up 80 - 90 pints.

Paul and Dustin stuck with us until it was all done.

Talya did well and was easy to care for.