Cleaning, Finishes, Setting Sage, and Autumn Maple Quilts

Before I get to the “finishes” I want to tell you about …

Life …

We had our fall church cleaning today. Veronica ran the sweeper.

Angie washed windows.

And we had lots of other help that made the job go fast. I got to clean the sewing closet. It’s a walk-in style and big enough room to have a small Sunday School class.

In the big closet is the smaller closet where we keep finished quilts and comforters, batting, a box of scraps to be cut into carpet strips, and then on the bottom right are the tubs we use for our  communion and feet washing service.

I like these shelves that hold the fabric, backings, and projects in progress.

And now, it’s all clean.

… as a Quilter

Perry and Emily came this week. Perry to help with bean harvest and Emily to ... sew with me?

Remember how she started this little art quilt HERE and HERE? She added a tree and then spooled out thread for the leaves and covered the thread with tulle and stitched over it. 

And now it is finished!  She is calling it “Setting Sage.” It measures 14”X12” and is for sale for $99.00.

Emily also brought along her “fractured chevron quilt” and today got it all pin basted and ready to quilt.

I continue to work on my “lily” quilt.

I’m still trying to decide what color of thread to use on my lily, so I decided to make a small art quilt with a sampling of the thread on the black fabric.

I’m calling it “Autumn Maple.” It measures 12 1/2” X 12 1/2” and is for sale for $75.00.  SOLD

The back has “fast finished triangles”  ready for hanging.

The label.

Dana finished all 9 wonky blocks and is ready to sew them together.

Her twin sister Sarah came for a friendly visit today. They both have bubbling personalities and they both love cats!

Sunrise

I’m glad I got up early this morning.

September in Review

Click on each picture for more details of the month.

         

         

          

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/

Edwin Knepp

When I came to Mississippi back in the 70’s to teach at the Magnolia Christian Day School, I stayed with the Edwin Knepp Family.

This past week Bro. Edwin “went home to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, September 22, 2013. He was in declining health in his later years and died in his home near Macon, MS.”

I so much enjoyed staying with this family while I was away from home.

Loving, kind, compassionate, and jolly are words that describe Bro. Edwin. He drove truck for us for many years. “Preacher” was his CB handle. And he loved to preach a good sermon and had a concern and vision for the Church. He will surely be missed by many people.

Here's a link of a post when Edwin & Tressa were in our home.
And another one of cottage meeting with Edwin & Tressa.
And here is another one.

We are Grandparents Again

Life…

Little Teryn Ray was born to our third child, Quinten Ray & Evie this morning. I took Kirby, Stacy, and Ashton to the hospital to see the new baby.

WIP -- The Start of Something New

I began a new project with this piece of fabric for my background.

I cut out 1 1/2” squares and then shaped them like a lily, thinking I would fuse them to my background fabric. I placed a few of the cut out lily shapes onto the background flowers and thought they didn’t show up enough.

Then Emily took the little tiny leftover triangles and fused them on to a yellow background here, and I love what she has going on.

So, I decided to change my background too.

I added a border to make it bigger and then …

… proceeded to lay the lily shapes on the yellow background. But … I just wasn’t happy with the way it looked.

So … I went back to my original idea, the flower background and laid more lily shapes onto it. Now I think I’m liking it!

And now I've added borders and finished the background.

New Recipe and Rise & Shine Quilt

Life …

These boys invented a new recipe. Take 3 cups. Add 1/2 cup of laundry detergent to each cup. Then add 1 tablespoon of party mix to each cup and fill with water.

You really don’t even need to stir it.

The next step is to clue Gramma in on what’s happening. And then … throw it out!

We enjoyed piano music by Carolyn while she was here. She just didn’t play often enough!

… as a Quilter

I helped Carolyn finish her “Rise and Shine” quilt.

The label.

~~~ Parting Shot ~~~