Ohio Haiti Benefit Auction and Louisville, KY Railroad Bridge

Field work continues on the farm.

Paul and I had a trip to Ohio for a SLM Board Meeting and attended the Haiti Benefit Auction. He helped Levi Lees fry Mississippi catfish for the Friday evening meal.

 

This quilt, toy tractor & tricycle, and other items were donated to help raise funds for missions in Haiti.

There was an evening program with special music by this group of men, "Proclaim."

These mottoes are sure to beautifully grace someone's walls.

We left the auction a little early to get a start for home and stopped in Louisville, KY for the evening.

 

This old railroad bridge had been changed into a walk for pedestrians across the Ohio River.

 

 

And there was a nice park along the river.

2016 SAQA Benefit Auction

There are many wonderful pieces of fiber art on this benefit auction, including my "Willow."

You can see how I made my piece in a previous post HERE.

Flying Geese on My Design Wall

On my design wall ...

I'm working on a quilt using the traditional 'flying geese' block as inspiration. I set the blocks into a 'carpenter wheel' layout and colored them up to get this design.

You can see the start of this project here.

The changing sky captures my attention so often.

Weeping for Home

Weeping for Home

20"X25"

$650

Psalm 137

Detail

In the course of human history, many people have faced exile or been forced to seek new lives far from the shores of home. These refugees carry in their hearts memories of family, friends, and familiar landscapes that shine like treasured jewels in the darkness of uncertain futures. Weeping for Home is the fourth in a series of willow trees. This piece depicts a scene from Psalm 137, in which the Israelite captives wept by the rivers of Babylon when they remembered Zion, their former home. Their captors demanded they play music and sing, but the despondent slaves hung their harps on willow trees that lined the river, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. The lattice background hints at the Israelite's confinement, while the blurred colors reflect the loss of their distinction as God's special and separate people, His treasure.

Weeping for Home was created using fused commercial cotton fabrics and quilted with Superior thread.

 

Flying Geese

Life ...

I spotted these geese on the pond the other day. I wish they would stay!

Ashton is learning to use the sewing machine.

... as a Quilter

On my design wall -- I'm starting a new piece using "flying geese" blocks.

By using Electric Quilt to create my quilt I could print the blocks and now I'm paper piecing the colored fabric to each assigned section.

I used 8 of these blocks to create the star above.

Linking to Patchwork Times - Design Wall Monday