Work in Progress Wednesday

I am slowly thread painting, quilting, binding, and trying to finish up these two small art quilts that my niece Claire Bleu started.  We are collaborating (doesn’t that sound professional?) on these pieces.

 

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Georgi is staying with us a few days while Joel and Sheila attend her Grandmother Showalter’s funeral in VA.

 

Gabriel resurrected “The Incredible Machine” on an old computer. He brought back some old memories from when our children played that game over and over again.

Granny’s Scraps Quilt

 I’m joining the Spring 2013 Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy’s Creative Side.

 

 Twice a year we get to enjoy an online quilt show from our own home hosted by Amy.
 

I’m calling my entry “Granny’s Scraps” and entering into the Group/Bee Category.

You see, last year Evie found a pile of 3” scrappy squares at our Magnolia Sewing Circle from cottons, polyester/cotton, and shirting. She brought them over to my house and wanted help in designing a quilt.

What could we make with such an odd collection? … We divided the squares into 3 piles, light, medium, and dark.

Then we put them up on my design wall in “granny square” fashion dividing the lights from the mediums with a single row of darks.

We were right pleased with the outcome and took it to our Magnolia Sewing Circle to get help with the hand quilting.

Mary, Thelma, Paul’s mom, and Anna Mae have a turn putting in stitches.

Even the children like to be around the quilt.

Here it’s all finished and ready for it’s new home.

 

 

Detail and backing.

Granny’s Scraps

Finished: May 15, 2013
Dimensions: 90"X74"
Fiber: cotton, poly/cotton, shirting
Hand Quilted by Magnolia Sewing Circle Ladies
Category: Group/Bee

Hangar Doors and PTQ

The farm boys have been working on the sagging hangar doors.

 

They removed the main wooden beam above the doors and replaced it with a metal one.

 

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Saturday I went to our monthly PTQ meeting. I always enjoy the “Show and Tell” to see what others are making. Sandi made this Pineapple Block quilt. Notice that the center square is a 4-patch instead of one fabric.

 

This 12 year old girl was a visiting guest. She made this quilt and needed help with mitering the borders. We were glad to help her and hope she comes back.

 

Patti, Ebba, Diane, and Linda show quilt tops they made in a class.

 

 Marjorie has finished her Hunter’s Star quilt.

 

Sue, Rita, Diane, and Patti show quilt tops they made in Paducah.

Work in Progress and Our Family

My design wall is full! I have a lot of projects that need finishing! And then too I have a few that are ready to go on exhibit and I just got back some of my work from another exhibit and decided to pin them up also for the time being.

 

A few years back I was influences by my sister Polly the Patchworker at a quilt show to purchase some embroidery blocks from Africa. In so doing we would be helping out disadvantaged rural African women. You can read about the Tambani project here. I pulled out my blocks and sashed them and sewed them together to be hand quilted later. I am needing some hand work for a road trip we plan to take West this summer.

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We used to be two … and now we are 17!

Fabric Giveaway

Join us at Sew Mama Sew for lots of giveaways.

This giveaway is now closed. And the winner is Marcia W. who said "Purple Irises are my favorite flower and my purple iris quilt on my bed highlights this .

I’m giving away purple fabric. A fat quarter of 6 different pieces.

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment about something purple.

And for me, I’m reminded of the child’s poem

GRANDPA DROPPED HIS GLASSSES

Grandpa dropped his glasses once
In a pot of dye,
And when he put them on again
He saw a purple sky.
Purple fires were rising up
From a purple hill,
Men were grinding purple cider
At a purple mill.
Purple Adeline was playing
With a purple doll;
Little purple dragon flies
were crawling up the wall.
And at the supper-table
He got crazy as a loon
From eating purple apple dumplings
With a purple spoon.

written by ........ Leroy F. Jackson

 

I’ll choose a winner by Mr. Random on May 11. This giveaway is only open to US mailing addresses.