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This giveaway is now closed.

I’m offering 6 fat quarters of fabric in this give away, 3 red and 3 green. Think of complimentary colors, think of geraniums, think of apples, think of Christmas, think of the Northern Lights, and tomatoes. What could you do with this fabric?

To be in the draw, all you have to do is leave a comment telling which one of my  quilts in the tab “New  Quilts from an Old Favorite” you like the best.

For an extra chance in the drawing become a follower or follow by e-mail and come back and let me know. If you are already a follower let me know that as well in your second comment.

This giveaway will be open until Mar. 17, 2013 at 5 p.m. PST and to US addresses only. Then we’ll choose a winner with Mr. Random Generator.

Out on a Limb–Confused

Our Possum Town Quilters suggested that we make a quilt 9X12 or smaller to help raise funds for AAQI. We could choose a theme from many sayings that they provided. I chose “Out on a Limb.”  These quilts will be exhibited and sold at the RAC in Columbus, MS in July. Proceeds will go to Alzheimer’s Research. Those that don’t sell will be donated to AAQI.

Confusion is often a symptom of the disease so I’ve tried to depict it this way.

This is the back, finished with the fast finished triangles AAQI suggests to use. Just place a small dowel rod under the top triangles and it’s ready to hang.

Size: 12”X9”
Made of mostly cotton fabric.


 

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My design wall looks like a jumbled mess with 3 different projects on it. Two of them have deadlines. I must get back to quilting.

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My sister Emily brought Mother down from Virginia yesterday. She’s going to be with me for almost a week.

Ashton has already enjoyed Great Grandmother reading “The Little Brown Bear” stories to him.

Magnolia Comfort Knotting

Some of our church ladies met in the morning to put the comfort tops, batting, and backers into the frames.

After the batting had been removed, the children enjoyed playing with this big box.

We pushed tables together to help support the frames while we worked.

With the tops in the frames,  and some of the frames on the stands, we were ready for the evening knotting.

Many helped with the tying, from the young to the old.

Jason’s long arms could reach way in to get that needle and yarn stuck just right.

Some of the men did better at visiting than tying knots.

I enjoyed my place here at this quilt with these ladies.

And across the quilt sat these young children.

How is it that these people clothed in blue and yellow chose a blue and yellow comforter to knot?

These young people look like they are having a lot of fun.

These small children could hardly wait until the work was done to enjoy the finger foods.

Spring Storm

I have finally started my Ultimate Guild Challenge, Spring Storm. A storm where there is, and I quote from Thesaurus, “ambivalent, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, borderline, debatable, dithering, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hemming and hawing, hesitant, iffy, in the middle, indecisive, indefinite, irresolute, moot, of two minds, on the fence, open, pendent, pending, running hot and cold, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vague, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy.”

Then I saw a picture of a girl with an umbrella in the rain. Well, I decided to make strips for a background with the umbrella and girl in the foreground. Wouldn’t that depict “Spring Storm” only in a different way? So I started with blue strips for the sky and green strips for grass.

But, I soon became discouraged with that because of the work involved in the girl and the umbrella and went back to my original idea of depicting “indecision.” Choose you this day, one or the other, red or green. No dithering, waffling, or wavering around.

“choose you this day whom ye will serve … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. –Joshua 24:15

This is going to be my goal for March with

A Lovely Year of Finishes

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I got to take care of Tina last Monday, something I don’t often get to do.

She is drawn to the Little Tikes car, just like some more of our grandchildren.

With Grampa’s permission Ashton played his guitar while Amy jammed out on the tamborine! What a racket!

Green -- Rolling Hills

When the CAC sent a call for entries for a GREEN exhibit I decided to submit a small piece that I call “Rolling Hills.”

I found a piece of green fabric that gradually shaded from one green to the next. Ombre, I think it’s called. I cut the fabric in strips and sewed a cream narrow strip between the green strips.

Then I added a backer and batting, basted it with safety pins and quilted organic lines with my sewing machine.

Then I shaped and cut the top of the quilt into a smooth curve for the “rolling hills.” Next I added the cream fabric to the top along with batting and backer and echo quilted the curve.

Instead of the regular 1/4” binding that I’m used to, I made it 1/2” to keep it consistent with the 1/2” cream vertical strips in the quilt.

The back has “fast finished triangles” for mounting with a rod.

I printed the label onto fabric that I had ironed to freezer paper and sent it through my printer.

This was a WIP, but now I'm all finished. Check other WIP at Freshly Pieced. And meet other quilters at Lily's Quilts.

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This is what greeted me the other day when I drove in the lane and up to the house.

The next day we saw him and smelled him, road kill, out on the highway.

Gabriel is still faithfully working on his ultra light, Leagle Eagle in his spare time.