Tweet – Blogger’s Quilt Festival

Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side is hosting her 2013 Fall Blogger’s Quilt Festival. If you can’t make it to Houston for the Quilt Show there, you can enjoy this Quilt Show from your own home here and at your own convenience.

 My entry for the show is

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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.
Exhibited at RAC Fiber Art Show 2013

Category: Art Quilt

I made Tweet as a companion to Twitter. You can see it here.

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

Here are some close up pictures to see the detail.

Life and Quilt Lily

Life …

Quinten gives his boys an aerial view of our house.

Scott enjoys a ride in Gabe’s newly acquired sailboat.

And now, Gabe takes it out for a ‘spin’(?).

This load of mulch is for the grandchildren!

… as a Quilter

I’m working now on the borders of “lily.” I’m needing to come up with a name. Do any of you have a good suggestion?

A Busy Week

Life …

Perry and Emily’s son Andy, brought a friend, Grant, along down to Mississippi from Virginia to help a few days on the farm harvesting beans.

I kept Talya for one night and part of a day while her sister Georgi went to the hospital for hernia surgery.

As I was leaving for Starkville one day, I noticed a light in the dash that warned me of a low left front tire. Quinten and Jamie got me going again.

I baked three peach pies. One for us here at home and the other two for our school’s annual fish fry on Friday.

The school gym was full with attendees at the fish fry.

And then we had the Annual School Benefit Auction on Saturday.

Gabriel helped run “Grandpa’s Express” making lots of children happy.

Paul and I practiced and sang with this octet for Jerry Yoder and Cindy Mast’s wedding.

The happy couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Yoder.

The ABC sisters, Arlene, Beattie, and Cindy sing one last song together.

… as a Quilter

My sister Emily took me to Boonville to Mr. Claude’s quilt and fabric shop. He uses a yardstick, carpenter’s square …

… and scissors to measure and cut fabric.

Harvest and Art Quilts

Life …

The farm hands discuss what needs to be done next.

They needed me …

… and Emily to help transport the combine headers west of Brooksville.

Now Perry is ready to roll.

He cut out a swath of beans for me to park the header trailer. I pulled around and tried backing up, but it didn’t work very well. So I unhooked it and let it sit right where it was. Then I went to pick up Emily further on down the road.

… as a Quilter

Work in Progress – I continue to work on my “lily” quilt. After quilting the background, I fused on the black shapes and then marked lines to stitch the bottom of the lily and stems with my walking foot.

Finished – Emily has finished another art quilt, “Soup’s On.” It is mounted around a 10X10 canvas stretcher. $45.

Detail.

Jetman, Fractured Quilt, and Design Wall Monday

Life …

Kirby, the amazing rocket powered flying Jetman!

… as a Quilter

Emily finished her “fractured quilt.”

She and Perry plan to go back to Texas this week. I hate to see them go!

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Design Wall Monday with Patchwork Times

I’ve done some repining but nothing much has changed.

I did try using sharpies and alcohol to color a small piece of fabric in the top right hand corner, but I’m not real fond of the process. And Dana sewed the bottom row of her “wonky blocks” together.