Life and Possum Town Quilters

Life …

Kirby graduated from kindergarten.

Miss Kendra made dresses for the girls in the class.

And then more and more children wanted their picture taken.

Fun on the seesaws.

For teaching school for 3 years, our sewing circle gave Miss Renee a quilt, Raspberry Cactus. She is second from the right.

Oh, if only I were old enough to play Prisoner’s Base.

More fun on the playground.

… as a Quilter

Katie, a new quilter, makes wee quilts for stillborn babies. One to wrap the baby in for burial and the other for the grieving parents.

Sue’s “2 for 1 Hula” blocks, Hawaiian style from the Stacy Michell class I took with her in Paducah.

Another quilt by Sue.

 

Diane’s Christmas Medallion

Barb’s medallion quilt.

One block and 2 completely different quilts.

Mississippi License Plate Quilt

Life …

Grampa adds a stake to the signs that Ashton helped to paint.

… as a Quilter

I finished my trial Mississippi license plate block. Since this was a trial, I decided to go ahead and quilt it. I want to simplify, yes, simplify for my real quilt block for the AMB blog tour. I’m calling it

“Go Mississippi.”

The back and label.

 

Detail

12" X 7"
$60.00 SOLD

American Made Brand Fabric by Clothworks and Mississippi License Plate Quilt Block

I was recently invited to be part of a blog tour of American Made Brand fabric. Clothworks is introducing a new line of fabric that is grown, produced, manufactured and distributed in the USA.  So when Candace at Clothworks asked me to participate by making a Mississippi license plate block using the AMB fabric … I said yes.

The fabric arrived recently and the colors are beautiful. They are all solid.

I decided to make a trial block using fabrics from my stash. I found a picture of an old license plate …

 

… and zeroed in on the pine trees, the magnolia flower, and the ocean at the bottom. Here’s my first trial quilt block.

Life and Raspberry Cactus

Life …

These munchkins are ready for a ride!

Wonderful bedtime stories from Uncle Arthur.

I used to think this kind of jumping was fun!

Ponds, boats, streams, digging, water, and friends make for lots of good fun.

… as a Quilter

Remember the “Christmas Cactus” quilt that I started years ago? I got it back from my longarm quilter, Elmina and added the binding to finish it up.

Detail

I think instead of “Christmas Cactus” I'll call my version “Raspberry Cactus.”

I found the pattern in an old “Quiltmaker” magazine. You can purchase the pattern from here.

Quilt – Windsor Wreath

I took a workshop called “Windsor Gardens” with Karen K. Stone in Paducah. She got me started with this small quilt that I’m calling

Windsor Wreath

13 1/4” X 13 1/4”

Detail

Label on the back

$75.00
Materials: cotton and cotton batiks, Superior Rainbow’s ‘Salsa’ thread
Heavily organically stitched +/- 1/8”