Mother & Emily Visit

 Emily brought Mother down to Mississippi from Virginia last Friday. Amy, Ashton and I meet them in Corinth for suppper ...

... and for the night.

We also did some Thrift Store shopping and then stopped at fabric stores and a place called The Quilt Shop Gallery just east of Booneville, MS. Here's Emily with her purchases.

Mr. Claud was a friendly man who used a carpenters square and pencil and then Ginger scissors to cut our fabric. He scoffed at using a rotary cutter and mat. His shop was full and overflowing with quilts and fabric ...

... and depression glass.

Today, Mother is sewing velvet squares for me to make a small throw.

State Fair Sampler ...

... made by Possum Town Quilters.

Our Possum Town Quilters have some of our quilts on exhibit at the Rosenzweig Art Center in Columbus, MS for the month of August. You are invited to come and view the quilts during their hours, Tue. - Saturday 9:00 - 5:00. Closed Sunday and Monday.

You are also invited to the opening reception on Thursday, Aug. 4 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. It's free and open to the public.

Come and bring your friends.

More of the Knoxville Quilt Show

I enjoyed a class with Laura W. ...

... and started this small quilt of a pineapple in the folk art style.

That iron in the top right corner is my badge for graduating from the "Chicago School of Fusing." Our slogan in that class was "Press On!"

I also had a class on machine quilting with Teri L. She does lovely fine work.

Coleen & Claire Bleu joined us later in the week.

Karen K. Stone's quilts have attracated me with all the bright and bold colors. Polly had a class with her.

Karen also had a lecture and let us see her quilts up close, touch them, and take pictures of them. They were a feast for the eyes.

At our "Three Mennonite Quilting Sister's" brunch, we met another family with 7 girls and 1 boy. Here, three of the girls pose with Mother and 5 of her 7 daughters.

After the show I went with Coleen & Claire Bleu to Georgia. Claire has the neatest decorated room.

I felt so blessed that she purchased my "From New York to California" to display on her wall.

AQS Quilt Show in Knoxville

I met Mother, June, Polly, & Barbara for a fun week together. Here we had supper at the Trio on Market Square.

Polly watches me as I shoot the yellow & green umbrellas.

I loved visiting the Sunsphere from the 1982 World's Fair.

There was a great view of Knoxville from the top, with lots of information and history

Autumn Understands & Is Grateful

After Autumn got over her shock I tried to explain just how her quilt would look if we left it as it was.

I'm not sure why I couldn't visualize this until after she left last Monday. But, duh. It finally soaked into my brain that this just isn't what we want. I called her dear Mom, Barbara to see what we should do, and that's when we decided to pick it all apart.

Now, yesterday Autumn & I sewed all the blocks back together adding the black in a checkerboard fashion.

Then I used my homemade "Twister" template and cut out each block individually.

Autumn sewed them together and laid them out in rows.

And now, TA DA, she has a much lovelier quilt top.

We were tired but happy when it was finished.

And if you think that's not enough, Autumn is making this quilt to give away to one of her best friends! She is so kind and generous!

Autumn Returns

First we laid out all the blocks.

Then I helped ...

 ... her sew them together.

 Autumn is so fun and it's such a delight to have her around.

Mystery Quilt

I'm gradually making headway on my "Mystery Quilt."

4th Quilt in a Series

I've finished my 4th quilt in the series, "What Mean These Stones IV."

                             To see the other 3 quilts, click here.

Autumn Makes the Twister Quilt

My niece Autumn was here this past weekend. I helped her start making the "Twister" quilt for one of her friends.

I'm looking forward to her return next weekend to continue with the project.

Mystery Quilt ... continued

After sewing many "Flying Geese" units together I finally get to add them to a center square.

Half Square Triangles

I've been working the last while with half square triangles.

This is a "Mystery Quilt" so I'm just having to guess at what it's going to look like.

"What Mean These Stones?"

I read that if you want to work in a series you should have at least 3 works in the series. So I made a 3rd quilt using the Silly BooDilly's Non-Pattern Pattern. And thanks to each of you for your input on giving them a name. Here they are starting with my most recent.

"What Mean These Stones?" III

"What Mean These Stones?" II

"What Mean These Stones?" I

PTQ Meeting for May

Here are some quilts that were shown yesterday at our PTQ meeting. This "Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll" was made by Brenda. 
Annette made this beautiful "Stack N Whack" with just 2 different fabrics.

JoAnne said this was the first quilt that she made. She's trying to negotiate with her daughter to get it back! 

Watana made this bright happy quilt using the "Broken Star" block pattern

Unnamed I & II

Amy over at Amy's Creative Side is hosting another Spring Quilt Festival. Here's my Unnamed contribution.

 I've been following a blog by Silly BooDilly and I enjoyed her "Non-Pattern" Pattern: A Creative Exercise in Quilt Construction where I got the inspiration to try making something artsy. Now I need a name for the two pieces. They are small, around 18" wide. What are your suggestions?