BNL Back-Pack

My grandson, Tyler, is a football player for BNL High School...his Mother, my daughter, wanted a bag to carry to the games...so I made her this back-pack...Not my favorite..but she loved it..Her hands will be free to root on her son.....The Ol'Blogger

Discharge It !!!

Not sure what Kathy mixes in her black pot but in goes a piece of red fabric folded ... Kathy's Mom and Cindy watch as she lifts it out...
Walla.... this is the results....NEAT....it is fun to see what you get....you have no idea when it goes in....The Ol'Blogger

Gelatin Mono-Print

When the girls were visiting with Kathy and her Mom they were playing with gelatin....No, not for eating but trying out "fight of fantasy"....In the August/September Quilting Arts, (which several of us subscribe too).. was directions for Gelatin Mono-print process...So of course the SoTA Sisters decided to give it a try....

I wasn't there the day they did these...Sherry took pic for me and told me they had fun with it..I think this is what they did...added paint to the gelatin surface,then smoothing fabric over the painted surface...they were able to get the one-of-a- kind mono-prints pic in the bottom picture....The Ol' Blogger

Rusty Rose

More than any other flower, the rose have long been a source of fascination and inspiration for cultures around the world.. The rose has captivated and enchanted "The Elders" imagination....I can not begin to tell you all the things she has turned into a rose...This beauty she made from a rusted silk scarf....

BNL Purse

My grandson, Tyler, wanted me to make his girlfriend a purse for her to carry to his football games...using Dory's Stars and Stripes Purse pattern I had purchase a year or two ago...I made the one pictured here in their school colors ....which their emblem is also stars......I did this one in the smooth style...there is also directions for a raggy style...Games start in a little over a week...My daughter, Tyler's Mom, wants me to make her one for the games....Hopefully I will get it done this week....Wonder what I would do with my time if I didn't have children and grandchildren..and a husband...giggles....The Ol' Blogger

Coach Sanders

Harold ask "Do you have any golf material......No, I don't have any golf fabric....why?":0) Well he wanted a wall hanging to put on the PE teacher office wall before he returned to school. "When do you need this by...is next week to soon.... "Sigh...I will work on something".... Not having any golf fabric or patterns...I found a free clip art character...printed it out on acetate sheet and placed on the over head projector...I have ..thanks to Cindy and Kent...They bought several at a sale and he cleaned them up made sure each worked and gave us all one...God love his heart....

Ok, back to my story...I enlarged it and began the process...above is the pic of my finished wall hanging...It really needed more quilting in it...but I am on a time table...and have two purse to finish by next week also..The Ol' Blogger

Kathy and Her Mom

I didn't get to meet Kathy's Mom...that was the day Harold had to have skin cancer removed...Test came back today and they got it all...all is well again...

Above is a pic that Sherry took of Kathy and her Mom on Kathy's enclosed porch...I am sure she is one wonderful lady...as she raised a super daughter...Hopefully I will get to meet her next time she comes to visit... The smiles on their faces says volumes about the daughter and mother relationship....I thank she visited for the week Kathy was on vacation......The Ol' Blogger

WE WON HOFFMAN GROUP CHALLENGE

Hurray... we won the "Hoffman Group Challenge" again this year....We are all so excited to say the least...We got an email with a preview of this year's winners and our quilt "SoTA Sisters" was there...

I am not sure how many people enter ...but in researching "Hoffman Fabrics" I read where.... "Last year, more than 800 people entered what is now one of the most prestigious quilt challenges in the country." And it said " Once the judges have selected the winners and Hoffman Fabrics has awarded the prizes, the top 150 quilts, thirty garments, and thirty dolls are divided into five traveling exhibits..


We are truly blessed to have been chosen as the winner in the "group" category. There has only been three years of the group category...and we have been selected two of the three...The first year our quilt traveled...Last year we shared the honor with two other groups. One from Westerville OH and McDonough, GA. "Thank You" so much to the "Hoffman California-International Fabrics" for selecting us again this year....


I feel so honored to be one of the sisters...we have over the years developed from a group to family.... a special "Thank You" to my SoTA Sisters for teaching me so much.... If I could I would do cartwheels....The Ol' Blogger

Liberty Hall

Fabric in the quilt shown are from the Old Glory III collection by Nancy Gere for Windam Fabrics.. Is is a kit from Fons & Porter"s. I made this for my youngest daughter Geri's 38Th birthday this July...She is always telling me she isn't country and doesn't like blue... but....she picked this...and its about as country as you get...:0) She has it hanging in her dinning room....The Ol' Blogger

Special Guest

At our July meeting we had some special guests....Rhona's girls and their children stopped by and visited with us...Ashley wasn't very happy when I took this pic....she had fallen right before....she wants cousin Nicholas to pick her up....as Lucas looks on...My goodness Nicholas looks like a small version of Grandpa Tony...