Holiday Pine

This is the 4th quilt in my “Pine Series.”

Detail

Label on the back bottom left corner.

Stats: 12” X 13”
Fabrics: Mostly cotton
Thread: An assortment of cotton and polyester
Batting: Warm and Natural
Finished: 2012

Wedding Reception for Dustin & Gina

Dustin & Gina came home for the weekend for a wedding reception we had for them.

They came from New York with her folks, Mel & Ann and sister, Kaylie.

My sister Coleen & Glen from Georgia and their daughter Claire Bleu came for the event.

We took a tour of the Bogue Chitto Cotton Gin.

These 2 machines take the seed out of the cotton.

The seed is sold and used as a protein supplement.

What fun to play in this little pile of cotton seed.

The cotton is packed and pressed very tight and wrapped with metal straps into 500 pound bales.

The bales are wrapped and loaded into waiting van trailers ready to be shipped.

The gin was very clean but also very loud and noisy.

Saturday evening after the wind died down the boys pulled out their RCs and the Leagle Eagle.

There goes Joel.

Here comes Joel.

Then it was time for a pizza supper.

When Georgi was finished eating she decided it was time to fetch the sweets.

She almost had them when her daddy came and took her away!

When the pizza supper was over we passed out the song books and sang quite a while. I loved it!

Tina is about to overtake Stacy.

Michael has a fun time being dumped!

Momma reads “The Little Engine That Could” to her two tired boys.

Sunday afternoon we had the reception for Dustin & Gina.

Dustin entertained the little ones until the guests started arriving.

And then again the house about to burst at the seams!

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Does this mean that Kirby is about ready for school?

Holiday Pines

This is my third quilt in the “Pines” series. I’m having so much fun making these small quilts.

 

The back label.

 

Detail

Stats: 14 1/2” X 14 1/4”
Fabric: Mostly cotton
Thread: An assortment of cotton and polyester
Batting: Warm and Natural
Completed: 2012

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And now I’m working on my 4th pine. I’ve stitched the tree and trunk but need to quilt the sky and ground yet. And I need a name. Any suggestions?

Ugliest Pillow Case

Imagine my surprise when I won a fun award for

The Quilt With  the Ugliest Pillow Case.

It’s not only ugly but has grease stains and is very faded. We used it for many years on the children’s pillows.

Picking Cotton

They came to pick our cotton.

 

… and dump it into the boll buggy …

 

… and put it into these packer things …

 

… to make these modules.

 

Now they are ready to be moved to the cotton gin.

 

Tina Sue waited while Ashton climbed the module.

 

Ashton was glad to get back with Tina. It was scary up on that module.

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Sunrise from our front door.