Life as a Quilter -- Julia Graber

Tuesday, June 03, 2014

SAQA Trunk Show

Pinch me! My little “Sailboat IV” is going to Australia. It is in Trunk G.

“25th Anniversary Trunk Show

The trunk shows have started traveling! It was so incredible to see all the pieces together at the conference. Trunk G will be traveling throughout Australia:

Suzanne Mouton Riggio - The White Hat *** Ivy Jensen - Jewel Tones *** Julia Graber - Sailboat IV

If your area would like to borrow a trunk show, please contact your regional representative to make arrangements.

Trunk Show Schedule:

Trunk ASouth Carolina and Georgia, through October 2014
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, November 2014 - January 2015
Trunk B
Illinois and Wisconsin, through August 2014
Alabama/Arkansas/Mississippi/Louisiana, September - November 2014
Trunk C
Connecticut, through January 4, 2015
Trunk D
Burke Arts Council, Morganton, North Carolina, August 4 - October 1, 2014
Florida - October - December 2014
Trunk E
Curitiba, Brazil, August 27 - 30, 2014
Virginia and North Carolina, October - November 2014
Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, December 2014 - February 2015
Trunk F
Western Canada, through April 2015
Trunk G
Australia, through April 2015
Trunk H
Oregon, August 2014”

Wheat Harvest and Wishful Quilting

Life …

I picked up Kirby and Stacy at 3025 and brought them home to play with Ashton.

… behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. –John 4:35

Cutting the first swath around the field.

Following Grampa.

Grampa showing our grandsons how it is done!

… as a Quilter

I received my “Spring Storm” quilt back from the SAQA exhibit Southern Voices, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

My design wall has been like this for weeks. I’m hoping I can work on it today.

Sunday, June 01, 2014

Mississippi Quilter’s Association Summer Gathering

Yesterday I took a “Kaleidoscope” quilting class in Jackson at MQA’s Summer Gathering.

We had a wonderful time with Gloria Green as our teacher.

I enjoyed seeing what all the other ladies made in their classes and the “show and tell” time.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Mississippi – AMB Blog Tour -- Giveaway

I am honored to be a part of the AMB blog tour representing Mississippi.

One of my first thoughts about joining the blog tour for AMB was to find pictures of actual Mississippi license plates. I liked how this plate represented Mississippi’s forestry with the pine trees, the coast with the water at the bottom of the plate, and the magnolia, the state flower.

So I proceeded to make a trial block and ended up with this, “Go Mississippi.” You can see my process HERE.

Then I simplified the block and made “Go Mississippi II” using the AMB fabrics.

I wanted to try a third block, something completely different. Different colors and different style. So I used this license plate for inspiration.

I still liked the idea of using the pines, magnolia, and coast line but I liked the periwinkle background to this plate. So …. here is

“Go Mississippi III”

And did you know that AMB solids are made here in the USA? Maybe some of that cotton that we grew on our farm, that was ginned locally (Scroll down on that link to see the gin.) went into my own quilt block!

Mississippi has some interesting sites to see and things to do.
Explore the Natchez Trace – A Unique Journey from Natchez to Nashville.
The Tupelo Automobile Museum has the largest selection of classic cars east of the Mississippi River.
The Dentzel Carousel in Meridian brings back memories of days gone by.
Spring Pilgrimages in Natchez, Aberdeen, Holly Springs, and of course Columbus where I get to volunteer with hand quilting.

This giveaway is now closed.

Clothworks is giving away a fat quarter bundle of 8 of their AMB solids to one lucky winner. And I’m giving away 7”X7” squares of my left over AMB fabric to another winner. To enter the giveaway leave a comment on this post letting us know why you would like to visit Mississippi. And if that reason is to come visit me, then “come on!”