Yesterday morning was a long arm quilting group meeting at a quilt shop, shopping, laughter, lunch, and more shopping several places on the way home. The rest of the day I got many packages ready to mail. Today I will sew......after mailing packages.
With a little help from my friends I decided on a 2 tone handle for the teakettle. I wanted the upright pieces to look like metal but I wouldn't want to burn my hand so the top is a heat proof handle. I went realistic on my canning jars and put food in them.
A lot of people expressed surprise that I am doing these blocks. I was raised on a farm so my first 19 years all related to farm living. I went to one room schoolhouses through 4th grade. I rode a school bus for 8 years. Country living was all I knew. I didn't move to a town until I was married and this town surrounded by corn fields is only 7421 residents now, around 2500 when I moved here. My parents continued to live on farms into their late 80s so I was visiting farms all the way into my 60s. I love anything related to farming in quilt blocks and can't wait to make the tractor block. It is larger so this will turn into either a medallion style quilt or lots of different size blocks fit together like a puzzle. I might even design a few of my own blocks for it.
My two friends are coming over to sew today so it is time to work on the farm girl blocks again. I made the star with some of the same fabrics as the hen and chick. I can't decide what color to make the teakettle handle so I'm going to search for that today. The other block we are making is the 6 canning jars. I have part of the pieces cut for that block. I will probably make 2 small star blocks in the blue combination. My quilt will probably not resemble the quilt in the book.
I started sewing this colorwash piece together on Saturday night and finished it last night while watching TV. It is about 33.5" right now. It doesn't need a border but I may look to see if I have something that is perfect for it.
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I have so many buds on cactus plants and finally they are starting to bloom. This is all one flower. It is the most elongated and large bloom that my plants produce. I spotted a dark rose bloom last night on another one.
I know several of you watched the "Restoration Wild" program on Animal Planet network Friday night because you emailed me. It features my daughter's family property in NC and I'm in the end of the show where all of the friends and family show up for the reveal. It is still available on Comcast ON DEMAND until 11/9. The producer did a great job editing all of the video. My grandson did all of the aerial shots of the waterfall property and my son made the sign that is on the building. My daughter's beautiful mosaic hangs inside the building. It was all very exciting and I'm glad I was there for the reveal. Click on the photo to enlarge it and see the waterfall as well as the building.
The colorwash on the left is before tweaking and the one on the right after tweaking. It needed the most help in the turquoise and purple areas but I did move some other pieces too.
I flipped the photo 180 degrees too because I think I like the red at the top.
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The students did a great job on their colorwash pieces in my class.
They all used 2.5" squares.
They are all much richer looking in person. The camera wants to focus on the light area as if it is a face instead of focusing on the whole thing.
