Life as a Quilter -- Julia Graber

Friday, May 03, 2013

Blue Bird, Twitter and Yellow Bird, Tweet

Can you see the tree now? You really had to have an imagination back here when I first posted.

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Inspiration: Red Robin on Pinterest by Yolanda from TinyKiwiCreations. Used by permission.

And now I’ve made a second one.

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Statics
Size: 20” X 16”
Fiber: Mostly cotton
Thread: An assortment of cotton and polyester
Fast Finished Triangles for easy mounting.
Exhibit at RAC Fiber Art Show 2013

Here are some close up pictures to see the detail.

Linking to:
Off the Wall Friday

Link a Finish Friday

Thank Goodnes It's Friday

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Family, Claire Bleu Quilts, Gina’s Quilt

Talya and Clyde

When a stray cat showed up at our house, Gabriel befriended it and named it Homey. Later when Homey came around she was much thinner. So Gabriel searched and found where she had her kittens. And when he kept watching he was sure one of them was a possum latching on to her belly.

Then he became the possums friend too and made a nice box and home for the mother cat and her little ones. Unfortunately Homey moved her litter and somehow, Pogo the possum didn’t make it. I like it when boys are kind to animals. It tells me something about their character!

Gabriel’s sister Claire Bleu came to visit one weekend.

She brought along her “en plien air” quilting picture that she had started a few weeks back, and wanted to finish it.

I was amazed at all the different colors of thread she pulled out to stitch onto the fused fabric pieces.

I encouraged her to make a small sample piece to practice on and get the thread tension correct. When I saw what she made, I thought it was way too nice to use for practice.

And then later she made a second one to go with the first one. She left these 2 pieces here for me to quilt and finish.

Here’s her finished “Graber Farms” quilt. She is planning to add a green border and fold it around a stretcher board.

And it really does resemble our farm! Great job!

Cousins with Ashton and Gina

Gina and Tina

Gina finished her quilt and I quilted it but didn’t get the binding on before they left.

She made a huge gigantic block for the back.

I could tell she was right pleased with herself and amazed her mom and friends!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Gina Makes a Quilt, Hangar Talk, and Guests

Gina obliged me by making a fresh modern quilt.

It was fun watching and helping her make her first quilt.

And she had fun doing it.

Gabriel, getting ready to cover the horizontal stabilizer of his ultra light Leagle Eagle.

He had lots of help.

Amy & Ashton served cold drinks for all.

It was a fun evening in the hangar for these siblings, cousins, and friends.

Dustin & Gina. We were so glad they could come from Penn Yan to be with us for almost a week.

Gluing, clamping, rolling, and ironing.

Talya had her first birthday.

We stretched out the table good and long for our pizza supper and fed 28. A few of the little ones sat at their own small table in the kitchen.

It’s good I made 4 pizzas. We only had a little left over.

Katie Jo and Ashton try their best to comfort Tina.

Guests other than our family were: Darren & Becky and Corina …

… Jeff & Sherri, Chloe, Skylar, & Campbell …

… and Jason & Karla, Katie Jo and Lia.

So … which floats in water, a regular Pepsi or a diet Pepsi? And what are the implications?

And like I said before, it was so good to have Dustin and Gina home for a while.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Emily’s Art, Family Life

I talked my sister Emily into making a small art quilt. She took a picture of their farm truck’s license plate and created this piece “painting” it with thread. I wish you could see it up close. She did a marvelous job!