Friday, July 18, 2014

Peacock Quilt Challenge

I took up the challenge to use a panel of peacock feathered fabric along with 2 other fabrics to make a small quilt.
I first fused the fabric to Heat-n-Bond fusible. I was wishing for “Misty Fuse” to try out but alas I didn’t have any.
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I cut the panel into 1” squares on the diagonal.

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I drew a grid 1 3/16” X 1 3/16” on point onto my dusty gold background fabric with a cheap Bic mechanical pencil. I’ve heard that the lead is so cheap that it will dust away by the time you are finished with your project.
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Then I added the other squares, the blue squares at the top and the light squares at the bottom. Not appealing at all. There is no contrast.
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So I laid the light squares at the top and the blue at the bottom. Much better!
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And I fused them all in place. (I’m sorry about the color and lighting)
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I thought the quilt needed a focal point and a shot of another color, maybe red/orange.
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In the mean time I quilted the squares to the background +/- 1/8” apart horizontally.
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I finally decided a silhouetted peacock with a touch of red-orange would be my focal point.
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I’m now quilting the feathers with a variegated thread.
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And now I'm needing a name for the piece. What does a peacock represent? Haughty pride???? Solomn brought peacocks back with gold, silver, ivory and apes. ... God asked Job, "Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? ..." What are your suggestions for a name?

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Life and Quilts

Life …

Grampa makes a good “horse” for the “riders.”
Photo: One of the grands asked for a horsey ride. Before long they ended up overloading the horse.

The field corn just keeps on growing and …
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… soon it will be …
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… time to harvest.
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… as a Quilter

We were invited to Jeff and Kathryn’s for lunch today. I enjoyed seeing her “Rhubarb Pie” quilt. I think it would be something easy for our Sewing Circle to make for charity quilts.
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Kathryn, Dorcas, and Darlene put together this “News Flash” quilt for Dorcas from American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. Dorcas is getting married in September.
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They also put together this blue and brown “Rail Fence” from their scraps and I think it is lovely, just lovely!
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Peacock Feathers

After creating this quilt from squares I thought it very drab and think I need to give it a shot of red/orange zap. I’d like to add a big peacock plume to my background. What are your suggestions for adding that plume? I have laid out several scraps of red/orange scraps on top of the background. I have also made a peacock eye that is still on the white fusible paper. Or maybe you have a different suggestion for color instead of the red/orange. The piece measures approx. 34”X26.”
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Monday, July 07, 2014

Corn Day

Last Saturday our day began in Phillip K’s corn patch, filling buckets with Incredible sweet corn.
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Even the younger children helped.
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Paul’s mom was a trooper and …
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… stuck with the job until it was done.
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Daddy took his place at the hot stove.
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Silking and cleaning. They look like they are having fun!
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Emily
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Cutting the last of the corn off the cob and bagging it up for the freezer. Little Delta Joy gets special attention from her Great Gramma Graber.
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The young cousins earned this swim after helping so well.
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~~ Parting Shot ~~
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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Nine Patch Quilt

I just finished sewing all the double nine patch blocks. Now I’m ready to sew the blocks together to make the quilt top.


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