Star-studded Quilt Inspirations !

What in the World is Happening in My Quilt World....??? @@@ !!!

Wow Wow Wubsy ` Wednesday

I think I'll play with my fabric this weekend !!!

Hoping some of the finished  ~ FILE CABINETS ~ will look like this...

 

I save various pictures from web-browsing fellow crafters/quilters / sewists... May I say thanks to you!!! ??? !!!

 

And doesn't this thread color look YUMMY !

Every experience deeply felt in life needs to be passed along -- Whether it be through words or music, chiseled in stone, painted with a brush, or sewn with a needle --

 

 

It is a way of reaching for immortality

Wonderful ~ Wistful . . Wednesday~

Wistful because of the May 20th Tornado disaster that swept thru South OKC, Moore Oklahoma this week.

This little love bug keeps me smiling - though!

 

I will......

 

But I am slowing down.... out of the sewing/quilting ZONE.... while I DIY my house in the coming year or two!!!

Carding the Wool...and Quiltin' in the Bible!

I'm going to re-teach myself..... Re-Learn an earlier post about flax.... hmnnn

Clothing: fabric production

Clothing in ancient Israel was usually

• woolen fabric, either dyed or in its natural color, or
• linen made from a plant called flax.

Wool was easier to work with, and it took dyes better. It was also waterproof to some extent, giving better protection against the weather. Linen was finer and more expensive.

Women were largely responsible for production of clothes. They

• shared responsibility for tending the animals in the flock
• sorted and carded the wool after the goats and sheep had been shorn
• spun the wool into lengths of yarn
• collected plants and crushed stone for dyes
• wove the fabric using portable looms
• grew and harvested flax for linen.

Their work was by no means finished. When the flax had been harvested they

 

• dried the flax
• carded and spun the flax into either fine or coarse linen strips (linen produced by the Egyptians could be woven finer than the fabric in a modern handkerchief).

prepared dyes of various colors: blue from wood, yellow from pomegranate, lilac from myrtle, etc. Even the poorest Jewish women used vegetable dyes to get a range of colors for the family’s woolen clothes. Flax did not take dye well.


fyi.... I'll find my web source to document this writing, shortly

 

God is like oxygen. You can't see Him, but you can't live without Him!

ON FB --- they call it a THROW-Back of good times.....

So here is to the year 2008 or 2010 . . . . .  geesh... it was the Obama Presidential quilt book by Dr. C. Mazloomi Quilt Exhibit in Ohio@

 

See..... that me on the corner wall blue/yellow beautiful black women quilt!

 

Ahhh.... good times in the Quilt World!

 

Hexie Swap Received.... Delightful

I sent out 5-6 packages last week... so I'm hoping my friends via Oct-Nov-Dec-Feb and March Hexagon Swappers are happy...   Hoping for their e-mail or blogpost reply...


This is a new friend Schroeder from MD:

 

 

Bible Quilt Free Coloring Pages

Bible Quilt Free Coloring Pages

 

 

Also, good site is Jackies Art Quilts:  Crayon Tutorial

 

http://jabotquilt.blogspot.com/2011/04/crayon-tutorial-and-sugar-and-spice.html

 

 

A Drizzling, Wet Wednesday !!! One Flower and More

These are actually EXTRA.... wow I am ahead of the game on my Hexagon Swap... well not really...

Since one girlfriend wants polka-dots.... and another wants 14 Hexies in Green.... Not stitched together..... this is a first!!!

 

 

Proverbs 31 Woman Am I !!!

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.Proverbs 31:30-31

A new knitting adventure.... again.   I tried my hand at it many, many years ago!

Finishing an old.... beginning a-new..... oh no....plzzzzz

Another version of the cathedral window in dark blue or black...???

I like the heavy-weightedness of this finished quilt..... and the idea of QAYG
Quilt-as-u-GO ...  on the backside !!!!!   

 

I'm Smiling...... Gourmet Yarn Class Tommorrow

Collectible Sewing Cases...... Heart Warmer!

Yes, we sewists/quilters are a special breed.    Only for US would the heart soften to the touch of a safety pin, wrapped thread and a threader....

But, I didn't know what it was..... as I searched an empty desk for some tape....  

local credit union giveaway... hmnnnn.... pop open... oh what a surpise

 

 

 

Luv it!!!

 

Recently, my oldest daughter asked me to sew a button on her coat.... I scoffed... u don't know how........

She said "YES MOM"..... I have a sewing kit with thread...(itty bitty kit not made for a big job).... but I guess the plain thread is not strong enough for a wool coat..... hmnnn!

 

Now.... even even I made my kids a real sewing kit.... THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T APPRECIATE IT!!!   NEW DAY KIDS!!!

 

WOW Wonderful Hexies on Wednesday

One Flower Wednesday......
here's the link... and check out my sidebar to join One Flower Wednesdays....Karen's HERE to sign in ..
Beautiful - mixed spring weather messages.... it's almost 60 degrees today!

I'm feeling the GREEN !!!

 

And the Pink and Gray is somewhat muted as a paisley print!

But I love my fabric stash!   It will probably never go away!

 

God's Love

“Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better; they inspire others to do better, indeed inspire them to the pursuit of God. We need to extend the hand of friendship. We need to be kinder, more gentle, more forgiving, and slower to anger”(Ensign, May 1992)

One Flower Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!

Handstitching at home and at my desk..... for my waiting HEXIE SWAP Friends!!

 

Freaky Friday.... Friendly Quiltin Friday !!!

A Poem by Emily Dickenson

Hope Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

 

Four-Patch Redesigned -- or Disappeared?!

Why do I love thee???

Jars and Jars....  and more....

Below is a picture of my mother's vase of some sort.....  I filled it with buttons....

My plants survive... some years they THRIVE.....   My buffalo is also a survivor... a tough cookie like myself......  

And yes, for the hidden - softer- gentler side of me....lol...  there are angels surrounding me and my life....!!!

 

 

Disappearing 4-Patch....  can't quite fall in love with this.....???

 

 

A New Ethnic Quilt Place in CA

Ujabari Fabrics 

Boy Am I energized.... and excited! 
 

I am Sew Very Happy

Happy Thought borrowed from a new friend @  http://elsiesgirl.blogspot.com/2012/08/im-sew-very-happy.html

A Complete ~ Content DAY - indeed ! ! !

I cannot count my day complete

'Til needle, thread and fabric meet.

–Unknown

 

 

Threading the Needle....

One thing about ergo-nomics.....   is that  "My back hurts!"

But I do love this picture!

 

Atelier Around the World ~ Speak Lord to Me!

Atelier Around the World is a community outreach visual arts program serving children ages 5 to 16 from primarily low wealth communities. Established in 1993, the youth program is designed to enhance self-esteem and promote cultural awareness through the visual arts.

The year round program has three prongs and utilizes trained artists/professionals and teachers to provide arts instruction and creative activities through: "Adopt a School-Art After School" programs, Saturday Enrichment workshops and a three week summer camp “Murals, Minds, and Communities.” The after school and Saturday art programs operate for seven months during the year in schools, YMCA community sites and in the Greensboro Cultural Center. Students are exposed to a wide range of artistic processes and techniques including paper making, mask making, collage, crafts, drawing, painting, cartooning, fabric design and construction. Sculpture and ceramics. The Summer Arts camp culminates in an exhibition showcasing their work

2012 African American Atelier, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Greensboro Cultural Center
200 N. Davie St., Box 14, Greensboro NC 27401 | 336-333-6885

Speak to Me Lord ~ A Quilter's Atelier

My new word of the day..... 

\ˌa-t^əl-ˈyā\

Origin of ATELIER

French, from Middle French astelier woodpile, from astele splinter, from Late Latin astella, diminutive of Latin astula

First Known Use: 1699

Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato