Blocks 13 and 14

Here are blocks 13 and 14. The gold and purple is 13, called Buckwheat. And 14 is Butterfly. I paper pieced both of these because of odd sized pieces. Moving along slow but sure!

Blocks 11 and 12

I made 2 more blocks last night. Take a look at the blue and gold one, Broken Dishes. See the smaller block underneath? Guess who measured the templates wrong? Isn't it cute though? After I realized it was too small, I kept going. I think I'll make a needlebook out of it or something like that. The other block is Broken Sugar Bowl. These blocks are really coming out nicely. Not sure if I'll get to sew tonight or not. I was having hot flashes last night, so I headed downstairs in the cool and decided to sew for a while.

Farmer's Wife Blocks 1 - 10

I made 10 Farmer's Wife blocks yesterday! Bill and Jake were golfing, Brenna was at work, so I headed downstairs and started sewing. Thanks to my friend Joan for printing the templates for me (my printer is on the fritz and I don't have EQ anymore) and also for the Kaye England class and her wonderful rulers, they all went together smoothly! So, here they all are!

Block #1, Attic Window

Block #2 Autumn Tints

Block #3 Basket

Block #4 Basketweave

Block #5 Bat Wing

Block #6 Big Dipper

#7 Birds In The Air

#8 Bouquet

Block #9 Box

Block #10 Bow Tie

I didn't make the knot a different color and may redo this one. It looks sort of blah. Well, there's the first 10. Till next time....................

The Farmer's Wife Quilt

I've just joined a Flick group that's making The Farmer's Wife Quilt. I haven't started yet, but will soon. There are 111 different blocks in the quilt and some of them are more difficult than others. Our guild is having Laurie Aaron Hird visit us in October. I've always admired this quilt and have wanted to make it. Two of my friends, Joan and Diane from our guild, are also making this and I really need to catch up. The flicker group usually makes 2 blocks a week. I should be able to handle that. I'll post my progress here.

Prom 2011

This is Jake and Myranda at prom this year. Lovely couple, eh? I've been neglecting this blog, but decided I need to get back at it.

Penny Playpal

A yahoo group that I belong to, Small Quilt Talk, is hosted by Kathleen Tracy. She is the author of 3 books by That Patchwork Place. She has a great blog, http://sentimentalquilter.blogspot.com/

I went to read it today, and lo and behold, she had a doll like mine! Her's is Patty Playpal, and mine is Penny Playpal (the little sister). Penny is all dressed up for Christmas. My mom bought her for me for Christmas 1961 when I was only 6 weeks old! I didn't play with her much through the years and my mom suspected it was because she was on the big side. She wears 2T sized clothes, so I watch for them on the clearance sales so she can have a wardrobe!

I'm still not done Christmas shopping, but I hope to be done soon. If I KNEW what to get, I could have been done a long time ago!

My birthday

Well I turned 48 yesterday on the 3rd. My husband Bill got a cake for me. Cute, isn't it? It's mostly all cupcakes. He said that it killed 2 birds with one stone, cake AND flowers all in one. Hmmmmm...........

Dotee Doll

I joined a dotee doll swap (my first one for these) and I received this from Diana. What a cute little thing this is! I hope to swap more and will post a picture of the ones that I made for the swap.

Homecoming

This is our son and daughter almost ready for homecoming. My husband was golfing and no one knew how to tie a tie! He ended up going to the nursing home to visit Grandpa and ask him to tie it for him. Success!
















This is our daughter Brenna all ready for Homecoming. She is 17. She had a date for Homecoming, but I won't comment on the creep, OK? Anyway, they didn't end up going together.




And this is Jake and Elizabeth his date. Handsome couple, eh?

They all had a great time!

This is the doll quilt that I made for Tracy in California for the Doll Quilt Swap 7 on Flicker groups. I haven't received mine yet, can't wait to see it.

Small Quilt Talk Challenge #7

One of my Yahoo groups had another challenge. A log cabin with a fussy cut center. I found a fabric that was a light shirting with parrots on it, so I cut the centers out of it. After laying them out, I didn't like how it looked next to the light strips. So, I cut a different fabric and used it. I really like the parrot fabric and hated to waste it. I had a bunch of strips left over from making the first quilt, so I decided to use them up on the parrots. I really like how it turned out. These aren't very big; each block measures 3 1/2", so the parrot quilt finished up at around 10" square. I really like minis!

I joined a group on Yahoo, SBS off line. The group works on blocks from the book 'Sylvia's Bridal Sampler' by Jennifer Chiaverini. They all finish at 6" and some are quite a challenge. Here are my 8 for this month's challenge. From left to right they are: Milky Way, Puss in the Corner, Kaleidoscope, Tennesee (a real challenge this one was ), Shoo Fly, The Friendship Quilt, Fool's Puzzle (another hard one), Steps to the Altar. There are 140 blocks in the entire quilt, most are pieced some are applique'. Maybe I'll actually make them all since I'm doing this quilt with a group that keeps you going. Maybe.........

Small Quilt Talk Quilt Swap

In today's mail was this wonderful doll quilt from Linda Collins in Australia. Isn't it great? I just love it. She designed this quilt herself. The pattern is Broken Dishes. Thank you so much Linda!