Quilts and Farming

The photo challenge word for this week is, BIG. Here is a quilt I made back in 2009 that depicts big that I named, "From New York to California."

I decided to make some changes on my new project "Jacob's Ladder." I'm changing out some of the blocks for paper pieced four-patch blocks.

 

Here you can see the sections of the SLM charity quilt done so far.

 

I kept Georgi one day this week.

 

Yesterday I took some parts to the field for Quinten.

 

He changed out the parts in a hurry and was soon back to cutting corn.

 

And what is Austin and Quinten looking at?

 

Oh dear, the grain cart needs some work done to it.

 

I dropped Paul off to bring the grain cart back to the shop for repairs.

 

Paul was still working hard when evening came around.

Emily

I have enjoyed having my sister Emily come and visit fairly often the last while. She is getting more and more into quilting.

Here she is working on our charity quilt for SLM.

Emily, Barbara, and I took a class, "Dancing Dots" with Nancy Mahoney back in March in Piegon Forge. And now Emily has her quilt finished.

I remember Emily showing this quilt back at our Heatwole sewing retreat in January. She used the "Quilt as You Go" technique.

Here she utilized a "Milky Way" feed sack and made these two quilts.

And she made this wonky quilt here in our home from my scraps for her grandchildren to play with. (Let's see, you aren't really supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, are you?)

A Beautiful Gift

Just look at this beautiful handkerchief that I received in the mail from my new friend, Eva.

And here is a close up of the fine hand work.

I feel unworthy of such a nice gift!

A New Project & Georgi

I have started a new project. And I know you are thinking that I need to finish up some of my other projects first. However, this one has a deadline, and if I don't start now and keep at it, I'll miss the deadline. So, I've pushed everything else to the back burner.

I need 36 blocks similar to these. Some of them will be "double" blocks without the black triangle. And then you can see on the top row that there are 2 with smaller black triangle centers. I'll have to pitch those blocks or use them for something else, maybe on the back of the quilt.

Georgi gets her hair combed sitting by the sink. When she was smaller Sheila sat her down inside the sink to get the job done!

"Lunch," Farming, and Fabric

This week's photo challenge word is "lunch." So here is my little 10 3/4" X 9 1/2" quilt. And you might wonder just what does this have to do with lunch? Well, it's like this. When I went to Bridgewater Elementary School ...

... I had a lunch box like this.

I had seen a plaid quilt made by Elizabeth Hartman called Metropolis. I really liked her quilt and studied and studied it to see if I could make the block, but I just couldn't figure it out. So, I ended up buying her book "Modern Patch Work." She has some more cool easy quilts in there that I'd just love to make.

And then I still couldn't make my quilt just like the plaid pattern. I think I'll chalk up this piece as a learning experience. And why would I quilt "flames" across it? There are no flames in my lunch. It was fun trying out the Sulky Holoshimmer thread although I had issues with it. Maybe it was my needle!

Corn harvest is in full swing for us.

And now Ashton gets to ride with Grampa in the combine.

Today I went to Starkville where a lady was trying to sell her late mother's fabric, lace, ribbon, linens, and a few antiques.

The walls of her large storage room or stuido were lined with cabinets and more cabinets and tables in the center of the room.

You can tell we had a lovely time pulling fabric and digging for treasures.

Even the refrigerator was full of fabric.

I found quite a few pieces for dresses and them some for quilts and comforters.

And you know, I really don't need any more fabric, but when Paul found out about it he said "You better go!" =)