First Set

The first set of Feedsack (or Repro 1930's fabric) blocks for the TreadleOn block exchange are done. The pattern is a paper pieced one that I modified. Think that I'll do another set but modify it again. What do you think??? k

Boogie the helper kittie

Last night while all was calm, I was sewing on my TreadleOn Feedsack blocks for the February exchange... Boogie, the quality control department, wanted to assist but decided that watching from across the sewing table was the best course of action. She has found the boxes of fabric strips and made one of them her favorite nest for observing activity at the sewing room... k

Bobbins a Plenty

I just can't help myself.
Bobbin lace was the reason way I got into the Atlanta Chapter of IOLI in the first place. I studied with my mentor Betty Kemp for years, enjoying every minute of it. Somewhere a long the time line I learned tatting and never turned back.... I've picked up the bobbins and pillow every now and then but the major part of my lacemaking is now tatting. That, however, doesn't seem to keep me from gathering more bobbins... some are gifts and some are purchases of weakness, maybe I am telling myself that I'll get back to my pillow some day soon... While straightening my computer desk and sewing room one weekend I found all these bobbins tucked away amoungst my other treasures.... They should be in the bobbin box but I am enjoying their bouquet in the mug...something sweet to look at while I work on the computer...k

Another One For The Herd

Over the weekend I visited an Estate Sale near the house, matter of fact, my husband was the one that alerted me to the sale... he was on the way to meet a buddy for a day of browsing at a gun show... I digress... I was going to the sale for nothing in particular even after walking through the house, which was packed with collectibles and beautiful pottery items the only thing that drew my attention was an electric Pfaff 130. I really didn't need another machine but there'd recently been a long conversation on the TreadleOn digest regarding this machine and how it could treadled. Even though I'd talked them down $20 just by showing interest I left my name, phone number and a bid of $40. Sure enough later that day they called.... the baby is now sitting on the kitchen counter waiting for it's first cleaning... it appears in pretty good shape. I've already arranged with Marc up at Ashby's Sewing Machines to take a look at it.

My "little quilts"

Over the years a great many of my smaller quilts have ended up hanging in my husband's office, meaning that i never see them again unless I pay I pay a visit to his work place. They are doing major construction in the building at present so the quilts have come home to roost for a time. Since these have been done a span of many years, before I had a digital camera and way before I had this blog I thought I'd take the opportunity to post their pictures today... Enjoy... k

This is my smallest quilt to date...a coaster. This is another quilt project in the Bear Hunting series for my husband...

The butterfly quilt was done as a East Cobb Quilt Guild Challenge.

This quilt was a class project at a former quilt shop in town. It is intitled "Our American Home"

This little quilt is titled "My Wife Went to Florida and I Got Was This Lousy Pot- Holder". For several years a dear friend of mine, Ann Ewald, had Quilt Camp in Florida and I attended yearly. My husband got a small wall hanging each year. This is his 1998 version. The reason it is called a POT HOLDER is...... while demonstrating lacemaking one year at the Cumming Co Fair we were housed in the same building as the local quilt guild, they'd hang all their mini quilts from the rafters, these two ladies came in, looked up at all those mini quilts and said...."why put all that work into a pot holder when you can buy them at the store???" For the rest of the weekend those quilts were POT HOLDERS :) So this is my husband's very own potholder... K

This quilt of little blind children is titled "Looking for Miss Caldwell" and it too was done as a Challenge quilt for the guild.I was working on it during the coverage of the 9/11

This penny rug was done in class held by the East Cobb Quilt Guild many years ago.

The last quilt challenge was to do represent a proverb in fabric... while in Minnesota I search through thick books of proverbs putting my favorites down on note cards. This one kept coming to the top of the pile...maybe it was the challenge of taking paper piecing to the extreme or possibly it was the theme... being dyed in the wool tea totaler the topic was beyond my expertise... The proverb is from Kansas in the early 1800's
"Save your bottles it might rain whiskey" The edges of the quilt are not finished with binding allowed it to fray, as part of the label this thought was added by me "When you drink to gain inventory your quiltings are bound to suffer"... my husband thinks it should hang in a wine shop :) K

Adopt A US Soldier

Hey, do you have a few minutes a day or 15 free minutes during the week? Have an extra postage stamp?

Than consider sending a little ray of sunshine to a military service person... There is an organization that is matching volunteer correspondents with servicemen/women... brighten up some young person's day, check out Adopt a US Soldier. Get involved as much as you can. The need is so great that we now have the pleasure of writing to 4 young men. ("Hi, guys!! Thank you for serving...)
k

Vet's Quilt Delivered

The vet's quilt has finally been delivered....
And here are the photos...

Up Dated Project list

Hallelujah, Praise the Lord, and Pass the Ammunition...

I've up dated my project list by removing all the projects that were done in 2008... hopefully this will keep me on track for another year... So far this year I've not fallen into my usual Slug state of mind :)

Hopefully in the next day or two I'll be able to post a photo of a recently finished quilt project..... don't want to post the picture till the quilt is delivered to cats' doctor...mus'unt put a curse on it, you know. They are already closed for today (since it is after 12 noon) so maybe tomorrow it will make the two block journey over to the office...
K

New Year's Day

With the people gone, Decker moves in on the whole bed... taking it over for herself. A very happy cat..... :) x2
k