Birds on a Wire

Block three of Primitive Garden. If you see the pattern you will soon realize things are a little off. Even after all these years I still can't get it right...tracing onto fusible applique! Oh, well.

Halloween Harvest Pillow

A Halloween project completed! This is a pillow I made from a very old pattern by Pieces From My Heart called Halloween Harvest. The original pattern shows 2 little wall hangings and a pillow. But, I sewed them all together into one great big pillow. The pillow is about 18"x36". I used lots of homespun plaids, checks and stripes and used hand applique.

A crow on a pumpkin. I used a big stitch to hand quilt the pillow top.

The angel pumpkin says...I scatter the seeds over the pumpkin patch that the children may have pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns in all shapes and sizes. I think the angel (or punkin head, as my DH calls her) needs a face. What do you think?

Another pumpkin. Pom pom fringe sewn into the edge of the pillow.

And another! This picture shows the black rick rack sewn on the border.

This is the back of the pillow. I'm not satisfied with the closing. I'm going to have to work on it. Those are HUGE orange buttons. I love them!

I have dug out some UFOs with Fall in mind...13 Lucky Cats, Pieceful Nights, Birds of a Feather and Primitive Garden. I'm anxious to get some work done on each of them while I anticipate the arrival of cooler weather!

Mosaic

Mosaic, another quilt from Lori Smith. The pattern is called Fat Quarter Quilting:Cherries, Chocolate and Cream. I machine pieced and quilted it (using a red variegated thread). It's a little wonky...this was the first little quilt in the series, so I hadn't had any practice working with all those tiny blocks.


I added a blue button to the four patch squares. There are nine quilts in this pattern. I have made seven, quilted four and working on one right now. I'm hanging these over the shelves in my quilt room. When I get them all up there I'll take a picture. Maybe there will be a sneak peek soon!


What's this? Grandaddy and Emily are putting something together!

Oh! It's our new table and chairs. Well, actually benches. We love it and have already had a tea party!

The Tootie Babies having fun. Nana's house looks like Toyland!

Another surprise! A label! Will wonders never cease? I am trying to label as many quilts as I can. You can see that this is #91. I can't believe I've finished that many quilts! There is a pile to be quilted that probably has half that number in it. I guess after 19 years of quilting anyone would amass that amount.

I hope you have a great day. Try to squeeze in a little quilting, you'll be glad you did!

Busy Summer

We have had a busy summer! My parent's came to stay and visit with the girls. First my Mom came for three weeks, then my Dad and sister came for a week. My sister left my Dad and Mom here for another few weeks. At the end of their visit my great nephew, Colin who is 12, came for a week on his way home from spending the summer in Oklahoma. I miss all of them!

I've been keeping busy trying to clean up my quilt room and working on UFOs. This is a little quilt from the Lori Smith pattern Fat Quarter Quilts: Chocolate Cherries and Cream. It was a block of the month through Homestead Hearth called Blueberries, Cherries and Cream. The fabrics were blue, red and cream. There are nine quilts in the pattern. This one is called Puss In the Corner.

I machine pieced and quilted it. I used a variegated thread and embellished it with little red buttons. I really like how it turned out!

Emily and Sarah have been busy too! They have been swimming, playing and coloring. They have even been to the playground at McDonald's!

One day we taped some paper to the table and colored while we had our snack.

Emily had to take a bite of her yellow crayon.

Sarah tried to figure out how to take the crayon out of the holder. Then she gave up and had a bite of the blue crayon.

Having lunch with Grandaddy at the big table. (You can see Granddaddy's big bowl of spaghetti on the bottom left!)

One afternoon we had a visitor. We think it was a Road Runner. He flew in and positioned himself near the pool.

Then he spread his wings...I think he was in love with the basketball goal!

He stayed for a long time. Grandaddy got the camera and took his picture. Then suddenly he flew away. How exciting!

Good news! My son, a Marine serving in Iraq, will be home a month early!

Lunch with the Tootie Babies

Recently I finished the top of an old UFO. I cut out the backing and the binding and there was quite a bit of leftovers. So I put this little quilt together and machine quilted it. It's about 12" square. Those are prairie points in the border. Cute! I'll hang it on my little quilts wall. It's filling up fast.

Time for lunch...peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and grapes! When Mommy comes to pick us up she will give us some Dibs (ice cream)!





Sarah

Emily

Watching a show while we eat our lunch.

Over The River and Through The Woods...

These three embroidered panels are for the Crabapple Hill quilt called Over The River And Through TheWoods.

http://www.crabapplehillstudio.com/items/316_over_the_river_and_through_the_woods.aspx

I finished these in May of 2009.

Now to start the piecing!

Fourth of July!

My front door arrangement for Independence Day.

Filled with Texas wildflowers: smooth bidens, Simpson's rosenweed, marsh coneflower, coffee bean, bluebonnets,Texas paintbrush and Old Glory.

Sarah in the swimming pool checking the water temperature for Nana before she gets in.

Emily tells Nana the water is just right!

We love to swim!

After our swim we play...Emily is a Sunflower with a Christmas garland of cranberries. Cute!

I hope you have a wonderful Fourth of July!