Flowers to Glore....

 This posting is the front and back of Rhona's floral quilt that she bought the panels for at Bloomington Quilt Show and the border fabric at Cincinnati. Be sure and notice the bottom picture, and the way the quilting Rhona did shows on the back, neat..The Ol'Blogger

Senior Prom

These pictures of my grandson's girlfriends corsage for her Senior Prom...Not sure but thing this is the last one for awhile..anyway till the twins get into high school anyway...The Ol'Blogger

Baby Block,,,

 Here are two pictures, top and bottom of a baby block Cindy made for a gift -it is in purple and pink for a little girl....lots of exploring for her, places to stick her fingers through and design with color to intrigue her..Blessed little one...The Ol'Blogger

PS Cindy used the new Magically Texturize that the steam iron makes the fabric draw up...Amazing..the girls purchased some of it for all of us...knowing we would want some also...

Shop Hop 2010

Cindy has use the fabric that she got when we went on a Shop Hop last year...The shops suggested a wall hanging be made from the package of fabrics at each store..I believe she is the only one who has done anything with hers..Surprise its not a wall hanging, she made this purse...I like it better than the wall hanging they suggested..giggle..I have cut up the black fabrics with some from my stash for a purse, but that's as far as I have gotten...someday!!!! The Ol'Blogger

SoTA Outing..

Saturday May 21 Jody, Kathy, Cindy and Rhona made an outing to Washington, In. for a fiber fest. They stopped by Phillis and toured her home...they loved her new decor...I don't think anyone was surprised, as she has been helping Jody with hers and it is beautiful....

The fiber fest had wool related items, roving, wool, and wool rugs etc. I am sure they purchase something..giggle.They also toured a flea market, where Rhona found a doll bed for Ashley...

Lunched at Chill Cafe which is owned by Phillis daughter and a friend. I was told the  food was delicious..
Of course there was a stopped at the quilt shop..."Stitching Post."

When they dropped Rhona off they went in to see some completed items of hers..Someone took pictures so I will post those later..The Ol'Blogger

In the Beginning...

I quilted this for a friend several years back, for her baby..This was taken at the baby shower..It was a cheaters panel...I believe..And it seems like "The Elder" had given it to me to work on when she first started teaching me to quilt..The Ol'Blogger

Friday the 13th

We met for lunch on Friday May 13... Which made it a special day...MJ was able to join us..So glad to see her, had been awhile since we had seen her...Sherry wasn't there as she had gone camping with her family, first time for the season.:) We shared some show-n-tell and of course passed around money as we had gotten Kathy to order us all  thread burners, and beads..By the way I love my thread burner, a neat new tool... Made plans for a up coming trip to Washington, In. for a fiber show and to visit with Phylis...Cindy had gotten us all a star fish, a pattern for an egg to go in our little cup for a pin cushion, and a needle punch pattern..Kathy had a beautiful new beaded bracelet in black and white she had made..and me with no camera sorry no picture..Tony surprised us all and joined us for lunch, we all love to get to see Tony, our special warlock...The Ol'Blogger

Fall Leaves...

I like this picture..MJ made these fall leaves from beads...This was taken at Chocolate Night a few years back...She taught us all how to make them that night..

From the Past...

In 1998 I made this, my first full sized quilt..this was my 2nd quilt to make..They took me to my first quilt shop...I remember being amazed at all the fabric..the girls helped me pick my colors...Jody, helped me cut out all the fabrics and got me started...when I was ready to sandwich it together, Bill put up tables in their garage and some of the girls helped me baste it together... I hand quilted it..The Ol'Blogger

Wonderful Mothers Day..

Hope all Mothers had a great Mother's Day..My grandsons Nathan, and Evan spend the afternoon with me working on a homework project.They had read books for a literature class and then were to pick a character and make a clay image of it..

Evan's story was about a ghost so he choose the boy from the story and made him...We used a small piece of a wooden skewer to make him stand up...

Nathan choose a character that looked like Dumbledore from his story..  He wanted his man to be sitting on a throne...I was very pleased with the way they turned out...I gave instructions, showing them with a piece of clay, then they made theirs...It was a fun Mother's Day for me and something they will always remember.. Their parents treated us to pizza while the Figurines were baking in Nanny's toaster oven..giggle..The Ol'Blogger..

Dainty Delight....

The beads in this bracelet Kathy beaded are so unique...She found these at a venders booth while in Cincinnati for the quilt show...clear on the ends makes the beads look tinier and very delicate.

I don't really know how to describe them...I do hope when you enlarge the picture you will be able to see their beauty...The bracelet is very dainty looking..I am hoping one of the girls who purchased these beads will give us a name and web site to check these out..to perhaps purchase our own...The Ol'Blogger

Summer Studio First Day Projects........

Jody is working on a crazy quilt lap top she is making for her sister....Remember this is being done by hand...Her stitches are amazing....

Kathy works on a needle point or cross stitch, not sure what she is making...but know it will be very special..

Sherry is hand embroidery for a quilt she is working on... I have forgotten the name of the quilt...can I blame my age :)..

Sorry to say but the picture I took of Rhona beading a darling red and black necklace didn't turn out..but I will get one later, at least when it is done..

Cindy had to leave shortly after I arrived, for a recital for family members, so I have no picture of her work in progress..

Since I wasn't feeling great that day, I just watched their hands do their magic, so relaxing...
The O'Blogger

Brown Paper Bagging....

My Sister Janna had this to say about my brown paper bagging.." Elaine, this is how people wall papered back in the 40s before real wallpaper. You are regressing!" First picture is work in progress.... My children were a little worried their mother had lost it completely, when I told them I was going to use brown paper bags to paper the kitchen, and I wanted them to save them for me to use... But when I finished they loved it even the two boys...Some thinks it looks like rocks, others say it looks like leather...My husband was thrilled the cost was very little..giggle..My Grandmother used to say "given enough time, everything old will become new again"! I did seal it with polyurethane, which I am sure they didn't do years back...Below is one wall complete...The Ol' Blogger

Saturday Summer Studio Set Up...

 The Elder had a gift for the SoTA girls.We have a new fireplace on the deck, Bill built for her, which she has always shared with us.... Aw, looking forward to fall with the warmth from the fire with the rain hitting the tin roof ....
                                                        

Last Saturday was a work day...Now I was late getting there so I don't have pictures of them working  getting our "summer studio" ready...The girls moved items, washed windows, and what ever else needed to be done...In the picture below they are enjoying the table they set up for us to work on projects... 

If you look close in this picture you can see the screen "The Elder" bought for our summer studio...They all had this hanging before I arrived...now we can sit out with the breeze from outside and not be bothered from the pests...

I did get there with plenty of time for play time...will share pictures as to what each was working on later...The Ol'Blogger

SoTA are Fan's of Maxine

The SoTA Sister do so love Maxine...we regularly share her sayings or cartoons with one another...Cindy using left over fabric Rhona had from the oven mitts she made us, created this Kleenex box.....Since Maxine only shops for her favorite people "Me, Myself and I"...would that mean only those favorite people can use a Kleenex from this box????

The Ol'Blogger

Busy Rhona

Rhona got her donut pin cushion completed...

Below is two cake potholders she made also...She has been a very busy lady....

Another Gees Bend

Kathy has completed her Gees Bend bracelet..yellow,peach, purples and a few other colors, dazzle ones eye when she wears this beauty..