Bird at Sunset and Cardinal Quilts

When both Emily and I saw this picture of “Bird at Sunset” and pinned it on Pinterest we decided to use it for a quilt challenge. We were to each make a quilt and not let each other know what we were doing until the grand revealing.

So, here she is with her “Bird at Sunset.”

She had bought a silk scarf years ago at a yard sale for a quarter and used it for her background. She said she had offered it to me and I turned her down. Wow! How could I have done that?

She used twine for the fence and unraveled it for the grass.

I like how she turned the bird around to face the center.

Beautiful. Just beautiful!!!

And this is my piece.

I changed the bird to a cardinal, repositioned it, and made holly branches in the foreground.

The background was heavily stitched and then the cardinal, holly, and fence were added and stitched.

I wrapped the quilted top around a canvas frame and stapled it to the back.

Cardinal Statistics

Dimensions: 10”X10”

Gallery Wrapped on Canvas

Price: $80.00

Harvest and Art Quilts

Life …

The farm hands discuss what needs to be done next.

They needed me …

… and Emily to help transport the combine headers west of Brooksville.

Now Perry is ready to roll.

He cut out a swath of beans for me to park the header trailer. I pulled around and tried backing up, but it didn’t work very well. So I unhooked it and let it sit right where it was. Then I went to pick up Emily further on down the road.

… as a Quilter

Work in Progress – I continue to work on my “lily” quilt. After quilting the background, I fused on the black shapes and then marked lines to stitch the bottom of the lily and stems with my walking foot.

Finished – Emily has finished another art quilt, “Soup’s On.” It is mounted around a 10X10 canvas stretcher. $45.

Detail.

Jetman, Fractured Quilt, and Design Wall Monday

Life …

Kirby, the amazing rocket powered flying Jetman!

… as a Quilter

Emily finished her “fractured quilt.”

She and Perry plan to go back to Texas this week. I hate to see them go!

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Design Wall Monday with Patchwork Times

I’ve done some repining but nothing much has changed.

I did try using sharpies and alcohol to color a small piece of fabric in the top right hand corner, but I’m not real fond of the process. And Dana sewed the bottom row of her “wonky blocks” together.

Emily’s Red Bird Quilt and Design Wall Monday

Emily has already finished another fiber art quilt she is calling “Red Bird.”

It measures 12”X15”.

I love the beads she added for berries that you can see in this detail shot.

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Design Wall Monday

Dana’s nine wonky blocks are waiting to be sewn together.

My rooster quilt on the left is folded/rolled up to make room for some blocks that I pulled out of storage. I started making a sampler quilt years ago and got sidetracked. Now I’m thinking maybe I should just finish each block separately making them into little fiber art wall hangings.

Maybe I’ll look at them for a while and see if any other inspiration strikes.

Cleaning, Finishes, Setting Sage, and Autumn Maple Quilts

Before I get to the “finishes” I want to tell you about …

Life …

We had our fall church cleaning today. Veronica ran the sweeper.

Angie washed windows.

And we had lots of other help that made the job go fast. I got to clean the sewing closet. It’s a walk-in style and big enough room to have a small Sunday School class.

In the big closet is the smaller closet where we keep finished quilts and comforters, batting, a box of scraps to be cut into carpet strips, and then on the bottom right are the tubs we use for our  communion and feet washing service.

I like these shelves that hold the fabric, backings, and projects in progress.

And now, it’s all clean.

… as a Quilter

Perry and Emily came this week. Perry to help with bean harvest and Emily to ... sew with me?

Remember how she started this little art quilt HERE and HERE? She added a tree and then spooled out thread for the leaves and covered the thread with tulle and stitched over it. 

And now it is finished!  She is calling it “Setting Sage.” It measures 14”X12” and is for sale for $99.00.

Emily also brought along her “fractured chevron quilt” and today got it all pin basted and ready to quilt.

I continue to work on my “lily” quilt.

I’m still trying to decide what color of thread to use on my lily, so I decided to make a small art quilt with a sampling of the thread on the black fabric.

I’m calling it “Autumn Maple.” It measures 12 1/2” X 12 1/2” and is for sale for $75.00.  SOLD

The back has “fast finished triangles”  ready for hanging.

The label.

Dana finished all 9 wonky blocks and is ready to sew them together.

Her twin sister Sarah came for a friendly visit today. They both have bubbling personalities and they both love cats!