Monday, September 02, 2013

Grandchildren and Denim Comforter

Life …

I took care of grandchildren a few days last week.

Ashton and Georgi played “Air Balancing Engineers” with old joy sticks and computer paraphernalia. As I walked by I heard Georgi say, “Nice landing, Captain Graber!”
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Is that a salamander or a lizard?
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Why is it so “cool” to wear your hat backward?
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… as a Quilter

Evie made this comforter from denim jeans and added bright colored fabric for Stacy.
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The boys used it for fields and roads as they farmed.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Scrappy Trips Goal Met

… as a Quilter
I set a goal for August to get my “Scrappy Trips” quilt top all pieced and ready to be quilted.
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I’m glad now to have met that goal and I have even started the quilting process.


Saturday, August 24, 2013

Life and Fractured Quilts

Life …
Quintens pose for a family picture.
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Six little clowns!
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Talya loves to snuggle up to Clyde and use him for a pillow.
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… as a Quilter
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We each chose 4 identical panels of fabric and sliced and sewed and diced and sewed them back together to get the #fractured look.
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Marilyn’s ducks above and fish below turned out so cool.
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Here are some fractures from others in our class.
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Flying to See Dustin & Gina and Dana Makes a Quilt

Life …
I made a fast flying trip with Paul and Joel to NY. Paul had a CAM Rapid Response meeting in PA. Joel planned to visit Dustin & Gina in NY after dropping Paul off in PA. There were 2 extra seats in the plane so I got to hop aboard to go along.
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Dustin took Joel to some airplane museum close by and Gina took me to a few little fabric shops around Penn Yan.

In his back yard, Dustin chopped and broke scrap slats for a bonfire.
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This is the back side of the house where Dustin & Gina live.
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They invited her family in for supper -- meat, potatoes, carrots and onions wrapped in tin foil and then smoked on the grill.
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Joel roasted his marshmallows to perfection.
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Gina fixed us a wonderful breakfast including homemade grape juice. Mmmmm good!
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I enjoyed my short stay with Dustin & Gina so very much. It just didn’t last long enough.
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On the way back to the airport Joel bought us a treat at Seneca Farms. I chose “peach” ice cream, the flavor of the week, . And that was mmmmmm good too!
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And then it was time to fly back home.
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… as a Quilter
Dana came over one day and became interested in making a small quilt. She’s a good fast learner …
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… and got a good start on her improvisational quilt. She’s making it similar to the quilt that Gina made here.
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We stopped for fuel at a small airport in Knoxville, TN. Seeing the Sunsphere reminded me of the AQS Quilt Show we had attended there earlier.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Wedding

Life …

Marcus and Beth had a lovely wedding this past weekend. Beth is Paul’s niece. Her dad passed away over 10 years ago so …
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… Paul got to walk her down the isle.
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Both Marcus and Beth love to hunt. After the wedding while we waited for the fish to fry, they had a time of shooting skeet
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Most everyone had a turn that wanted a turn.
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…as a Quilter

I basted my “Scrappy Trips” to get it ready for machine quilting.
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