This an That

What fun to have the grandchildren come home! We are missing Tina Sue who has been traveling.

 

Dustin helped entertain them by getting a kite ready to fly.

 

Only, there wasn't enough wind. The boys loved it anyway!

 

Emily pieced this quilt top in a fast sort of way and it turned out great. I love her taste of color and fabric choices.

 

Scott had a birthday recently and Amy fixed him a cake.

 

He wouldn't let on, but I think he secretly enjoyed the party!

 

Paul bought some jumbo shrimp the other day. I was glad for Amy and Gabriel's help to clean them. I can't stand the smell and working with slippery slimmy things like that.

 

They were glad to do the work to help eat them.

 

Stacy loves to play with my Russian dolls.

 

Recent guests in our home have been ... Mike & Evelyn M. ...

 

... and Paul & Vada S. Mike and Paul are cousins.

 

Jesse S. and our new school teacher, Stanton R.

 

My sister Emily & Perry and son Scott.

 

And I'm not sure if our children are guests, but I took their pictures anyway. Joel & Sheila and family.

 

Quinten & Evie and boys.

 

Craig & Angie and Tina

Jacob's Ladder -- Design Wall Monday

I have finished sewing my 36 blocks together for the center of my "Jacob's Ladder" quilt.

 

 

Now I'm working on a border.

So tell me, do you see any winding staircases? What would be a good name for my quilt? Genesis 28:10-22 tells of Jacob of old as he slept, with a rock for his pillow and saw a ladder reaching to heaven with angels going up and down. There he met with and received God's promises.

 

JOY

This is my final entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge. We were to depict "letter" in some way. I chose three letters, J-O-Y and made a small 16"X9" quilted motto. Jesus first, Yourself last, and Others in between!

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?)