Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Best Plan...And Husband??

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I had a plan to go and get some quilt pictures. 
WELL, my plan just didn't pan out !  I can laugh now, but the night I saw over 40 pictures and these are the best ????? I was a mess ! 

On our recent vacation, I took 3 quilts and if you are on pinterest.com 
you've seen how beautiful they are done.

I'd planned to be at the beach (Anna Maria) my 9 a.m. get the pictures, spend some time and then go have lunch (I told Husband my plan) . Husband had other plans, to pick up his mom and getting to the beach at noon (Siesta Keys) . It wasn't his fault, but he did say, "Do you need anything done?" She did !  "Which beach do you like?"
I just about fell over as the words came out of his mouth, 2 times ! 

SO, next trip, we will have to re-do these, 
you can see the heat in the pictures and in me.
My hair didn't look like that when we left that morning,



We'll TRY again, maybe with a professional ! 


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Monday, May 28, 2012

Digital Film is cheap ! Thank Goodness !

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How many pictures do I take to get one for this site ?

A LOT ! 




I've been practicing with my camera to 
learn all the features



I'm getting better 





 Ok, a little better? 





Bingo, Last one !   I was sitting on our back deck, waiting
for the humming birds, no luck, but the cardinal with just fine with me ! 


Saturday, May 26, 2012

Star Quilt in Green and Red

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My sister pulled out a little quilt I'd sent to her 
few years ago.

Star Quilt

Quilt Measures 14" x 14" 

Star Quilt in Green and Red

Machine pieced and hand quilted

Star Quilt

Each star block is 3" x 3"

Star Quilt



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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

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It didn't take long and Husband had me a square of plywood. See other's

We used 1/4" plywood, sanded just a bit, (I like seeing the texture of the wood) they measure 26" x 26", real barn ones are huge. 
We taped off the size we liked on the fence before deciding, you will be surprised
how big it will need to be.

I'm using acrylic paints, a black paint marker to outline
and I did 3-4 coats of poly, on top, back and sides
Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it
How to make a Barn Quilt 

Barn Quilt for Our Fence

This was to be the pattern, BUT

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

it was just a bit boring, added the outsides

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

and then the center

Barn Quilt for Our Fence, How we did it

Finished ready to hang !

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Great, Great Grandmother made My Mom a Quilt

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This is the quilt that started it all for me. See Story
I had been making quilted pillows.

Pin Wheel Quilt

We moved to Burlington, IA and I went to a few quilt classes, auctions and was learning about quilting at every turn.

Great, Great Grandmother made My Mom a Pin Wheel Quilt

On a visit down to see us, my mother arrived with this quilt for me. As a child I'd never seen it, never heard anything about it. 

Great, Great Grandmother made  a Pin Wheel Quilt

My Great-great grandmother had made it for my mother. Mom remembers helping with cutting of the fabric and helped pump the sewing machine. 

Great, Great Grandmother made a Pin Wheel Quilt

It's machine pieced and hand quilted. 

Great, Great Grandmother made My Mom a Pin Wheel Quilt

The off blocks are done in a spider web quilt design.

Pin Wheel Quilt

The blocks are outline quilted

Great, Great Grandmother made a Pin Wheel Quilt


The edge and it's tiny stitches. 
This quilt is never used. 
I have it out on a bed, I just like to look at it 


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Saturday, May 12, 2012

My Family Ladies and the Rocking Chair we all Love

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Quilts Say more than, "Keep me warm"

Pin Wheel Quilt Pattern Block in Yellow and Orange


Long ago, my Great-great Grandmother made this quilt. 
I knew nothing of the quilt or her until years and years later. 
But this quilt changed a lot in me and in my life. 



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What I knew, was this rocker. This is (above) my Great Grandmother, Martha Hale. The rocker was her's and she was the one who sat in it.  I remember her kitchen with a long white table and really heavy chairs. I remember the smells and I wish with all my heart I had been older to talk and listen to her.  She lived until she was 93 years old.


This is my Grandmother, Glade,  my hero, my heart and my friend. Grandma  lived, she laughed, she played and she worked very hard in a man's world of her day. She was teaching and I was learning from her until the day she left us, I had the honor of being her grand-daughter.

On one of the very last times I'd visited my Great-Grandmother Hale. My Grandmother Glade remembers me saying, "I love that rocker."   A week before my wedding Grandma Glade asked me to stop down, I did and when I arrived she gave me the rocker. She had  it for years, I'd never seen it in her home. When I asked she said, "I've been holding it for you."


This is my mother in the rocker. 


And my Belinda, my sister, with Grandma Glade. Belinda was 9 years old when I was born, she named me, she never played with dolls again, she had me, I was her doll. 
She gives me her love and she has mine, 100% until the day I die.


These ladies and this rocker is a staple in my life and in our home, it has rocked many babies, and it has never asked for anything. It's as solid as my family of Ladies.

Happy Mother's Day 
to all who are with us and in our hearts today.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Making a Another Barn Quilt, Is it NEEDED

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Well, Husband has decided we need another quilt square,
1 was good, 2 looks off balanced. 
The whole, do things in odd numbers.

Making a Barn Quilt on a Fence


Making a Barn Quilt

Looking down the fence. 

When he gets the wood I'll get started, neighbors want three 
going the rest of the way in their yard??? I'm still thinking about that! 

I can't take a picture from straight on, we have a tree in the way ! 


It's Spring in Nebraska and I'm loving it !


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