Work in Progress Wednesday

Life …

Paul has been picking corn and running the grain dryer for the last couple days.

This machine will help with all the field work that needs to be done.

Hundreds of birds landed at the edge of the pond.

… as a Quilter

I started working on the cypress tree with moss here last week. I wasn’t happy that the moss didn’t show up more so I added darker fabric over the lighter pieces of moss fabric. Now the piece is ready to be quilted.

The trunk of the tree and the branches with moss to the right of the trunk are quilted. I have yet to machine quilt the branches and moss on the left side and all the background.

Here’s a close up picture of the left side of the tree trunk.

Bubbles, Work, and Wind

Georgi came one day last week. I tried to make those sturdy bubbles for her and Ashton. Somehow they didn’t work very well.

I did manage to get a few big bubbles but mostly they were piddly and popped before they got to any size.

With my camera in one hand and the bubble hoop in the other I snapped picture after picture after picture.

If I would have tried to get this picture, I’m sure it wouldn’t have happened!

I had a little help cleaning the porch and carport.

A wind storm came through and peeled the roof back on Paul Shirk’s shop.

Ashton, Jesse, Paul, and Paul assess the damage…

…and then Saturday some of the men from church had a work day to help clean up the mess.

Two More Sequoia Trees

I’ve started two more Sequoia tree quilts. These are smaller only 5”X7” each compared the the Sequoia I made here.

And then, I’ve started another tree.

This one is located in a swamp with moss on the branches.

Finished Sequoia

I continued working on the sequoia tree and finished it up yesterday.

This is the picture that I took and worked from.

I tweaked it on the computer to lighten it up some …

 

 … and then changed it to “antique” or “sepia” to print it onto fabric that I had ironed to freezer paper.

Click here to see the quilt before I started with the quilting and thread painting.

Detail

Back

Label

This small quilt only measures 8” X 10 1/2” and is made from cotton fabric and 80/20 batting. I used Superior’s King Tut thread for the quilting and thread painting and finished the back with “fast finished triangles” for mounting.

 

Linking to Thursday Threads

Sequoia, Wedding, and Guests

I’ve started another small art quilt. Inspiration came from our recent trip west to the sequoia and redwoods National Parks.

Click here to see the finished quilt.

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Saturday we attended the wedding of Jason Nissley & Rosalie Petre.

Congratulations and best wishes!  You know they are right pleased with that marriage certificate!

We hosted overnight guests in our home. Davie & Paula Showalter from Virginia and 2 of their children, Hannah and Renae.

We also had Elam and Ellen Heatwole. Ellen and I go way back to childhood days and youth group. It was so good to have them in our home and do some catching up.