Teryn's 2nd Birthday, Guests, Linda's Lilies, and Outside Fun

Life ...

Teryn and the turkeys greeted us for an evening of ...

... celebrating his 2nd birthday.

We welcome a new grandson, Rusty Cole into our family. Quinten & Evie now have a quartet of boys.

Recent visitors in our home were my first cousin Elaine & Larry Picket, all the way from Yakima, WA.

And from further away, we welcomed Horatiu and Gina from Romania.

Georgi and Tina wanted to see what it looked like inside the hog barns.

Talya joined them in the cotton. It wasn't as much fun as they were hoping with all the hulls and sticks poking them.

... as a Quilter

I have finally started to quilt Teryn Ray's quilt that I started way back here.

Linda and Carol Sue came and spent the day with me. Linda quilted her "Lilies" that she had started in my class in Starkville.

I really like how it turned out.

The quilting added an extra dimension of color and texture.

OH Haiti Benefit Auction and Power Line Birds

SEPTEMBER

Life ...

Paul and I got to attend the Ohio Haiti Benefit Auction.

Cotton candy was quite the treat for children and adults alike. I pitied the lady on the right who was twirling the cones; but she didn't seem to mind getting sticky. She said someone needs to do it and it may as well be her!

I had a good visit with long time friend Yamelith.

We stayed with Fathers 1st cousin and enjoyed their bench by the creek.

... as a Quilter

Our Mississippi fiber art group met and showed our 8"X11" blue/bird pieces.

My piece, Power Line Birds is finished now. I'll be making a 2nd one as I didn't follow directions and made this one 8"X10." If only I would have looked three times at the qualifications!

Power Line Birds -- back

Ready for display. $35 SOLD

Standing Tall

Standing Tall

I started this quilt by fusing small square patches to a background fabric to make a grid.

Then I made more grids.

And more grids with different combinations of patches and backgrounds.

Next I placed the grids onto my design wall and tried out different 'sky' fabrics. Notice the block poster of the Empire State Building in black and white at the bottom of the photo.

I finally found a pleasing arrangement of the grids and it was time to ...

... begin quilting.

After the quilting was finished, I laid the piece out on the floor and soaked it with water to block it. Taking a look from this angle about makes me dizzy!

Although I used the Empire State Building as inspiration, there are other buildings with the same semblance.

Standing Tall

37"X42"

New ways of building with concrete, glass, and steel have pushed aside natural materials of grass, wood, and skin. This art quilt depicts the wild growth of the concrete jungle with angular modern structures. Though the landscape has changed significantly, the same blue sky covers the expanse above.

Detail

Techniques: Raw edge applique patches fused onto an assortment of background grids; then fused again to the 'sky' fabric. Heavily quilted +/-1/8" on a domestic sewing machine
Materials: Commercial prints, batiks, and dyed cotton fabric; an assortment of Superior's verigated Fantastico and Rainbows thread.
For Sale: $950

Life as a Quilter

AUGUST

Life ...

Ashton, Kirby, and Stacy never seem to tire of each other.

I set the timer for 5 minutes for them to "play band."

Paul had me pull up bit by bit as he dropped the corn from the overhead bin into the trailer. 

 Craig entertained the little ones for a short moment.

... as a Quilter

I invited the Possum Town Quilters to our house for our monthly "Sit and Sew."

Using this picture I took of an antique shop in Columbus for inspiration, ... 

 ... I created this quilt block for a PTQ challenge.

For Thelma's birthday gift ... 

... I made this small quilt from a picture of her quilting.

Life and Roses Through the Lattice

Life ...

Blue Moon and Reflection outside our front door.

 Corn harvest is in full swing.

Getting ready for Sunday company.

I made two peach and two peanutbutter. 

Our guests:

Dwight & Chrystal and family

Paul's sister Miriam and Kenneth from Taylorsville, MS.

Paul's folks, Ben and Silva

Joel and Belinda and family. They just recently moved into our area from Michigan.

Paul's sister Jeanie and Galen

... as a Quilter

The quilting is finished and it's ready to be blocked.

It's amazing how a quart of water makes a quilt lay and hang flat.