Quilts for Lois and Josey

Remember how the Graber ladies got together to celebrate Lois’ 60th and Josey's 40th?

I decided to make them each a small quilt.

I enlarged the pictures and tweaked them on the computer and then printed them onto fabric.

And then the stitching began.

Josey

Detail

Lois

Lois’ neck looked too fat and puffy so I added some stitched lines to slim her down!

 

Detail

The backs are labeled and finished with fast finished triangles and ready for hanging.

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Graber Ladies’ Outing

I went with Paul’s sisters and Mom to Fort Payne, AL for a weekend birthday celebration for Lois and Josey.

I just couldn’t obey the sign above the door.

We had brunch at Cracker Barrel and …

… then shopped at quite a few thrift stores. Josey is contemplating. Should I or shouldn’t I?

Yes, she did!

We stopped at Rainsville, AL to visit the man with over 2000 Purple Martin houses and confirmed 1067 pairs of nesting birds.

Most of the martins had already left for the winter.

Dorcas grilled steaks for our Saturday evening supper.

Happy Birthday to Lois and Josey.

 

On Sunday we took a drive up to Desoto State Park and passed this …

… church built into the side of a rock.

Dorcas briefs us on the A. A. Miller dam …

… and Desoto Falls. 

Hey Dorcas!

I’m so privileged to be part of Mom and her girls! We missed Miriam and Kathy.

Our Sunday morning church service consisted of singing.

We followed the Little Canyon River back south.

Mom and her daughters.

In birth order: Lois, Jeanie, Miriam, (Paul, Mark, and Timothy,) Dorcas, Rhoda, and Josephine

Sisters

~~~Parting Shot~~~

Guests

Life … 

Recent guests in our home have been

Mark and Keri Lewis. Paul learned to know him in farming and I learned to know Keri at Possum Town Quilters.

David Jenkins

Rodney & Judy McGill

Nathan and Amanda Cronckleton and girls are our new neighbors from Ohio.

A Trunk Show at Our House

When Cindy A. asked to bring 19 quilters to our house to see and talk quilts, I was more than happy to oblige.

I draped quilts over the balcony and told stories of each one and then flipped it back to the couch on the loft.

Then they gathered in my bedroom for a …

… bed turning.

I showed them my sewing room and talked about my fiber art quilts.

Lunch was next on the agenda.

It was a beautiful day and some of the ladies chose to …

… eat outside on the carport.

Then we gathered back into the living room to talk more quilts.

I think I enjoyed the day as much as they said they did!

When they left here they stopped at The Ole Country Bakery in Brooksville and then headed South to The Village Cloth Shop in DeKalb, MS. I wonder what all they bought!

WIP Quilts on the Balcony

I gave our balcony a new look this evening. All the projects are quilt tops that are almost finished. Some of them need a border and all of them need quilting.

I guess I need to buckle down and get to work!

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