Kathy's June UFO

This is Kathy's June UFO...the technique she used was needle punch on the middle section and hand quilting on the surrounding edges for a spring pillow..I wish this computer had touch abilities...the feel of this pillow is one that brings to surface a snuggle warm feeling...The design for the needle punch is a Kathy Original...that is right she design all of this project....What a gal... and she is available to help us any time needed..........                            The Ol'Blogger   

Beads,Beads,Beads and Tools,Tools, Tools

I borrowed Sherry's hand to take a picture of the beaded rings I have made the last couple days...I used size 11 seed beads...I also made the bracelet from the green and clear seed beads and odds and end piece of other beads I have collected...Sherry and I stopped at Lowe's on our way home yesterday...I needed some tools for jewelry making..a revolving vice and a C clamp..and we picked up screws and nuts for my design wall out of a 4 by 8 sheet of insulation.(I think that is what is called)....Sherry and I are going to hang this week in my sewing studio..When checking out the saleslady told me she loved my bracelet...of course I swelled up with pride and told her I made it and that Sherry made the one she had on...I know, Mom, pride goes before a fall...sorry but I must tell the truth...I love praise...Mom  tried to give me the right upbringing but now that I am in my 2nd childhood it is "Katie bar the door"...

The Ol'Blogger

Highlights from June Fun Meter Fill Up Meeting

Today we met at Kathy's for our June meeting...As always we were so happy to see one another..but we missed our Elder as she couldn't join us...that is one of the great results of our relationship as a group...we miss whoever isn't able to make a meeting but we all realize there is life to contend with and not always possible for all to make it every time we gather...So we don't cancel our group because there maybe left over coffee..(inside joke)..Some times a trip may consist of two...(like last Saturday when Rhona and I attended the Salem Quilt Show together..the other sisters had outings and home life to do)...or maybe we all can go...and we love it when that happens...The secret to our success as a group is no rules...just lots of love and realizing there are others in each others world...And much laughter...As was the case today..    

     Pictured here Cindy is teaching Kathy the next step in the knitted purse she is working on,while Sherry is looking on.. Kathy like me has recently learned how to knit dish cloths...Having mastered that..she is stepping up..to next level..I will show the finished product when completed..Which I have a few more dish clothes to make before I can move up...smile...I am...

Today Rhona brought a  project that had lost its fun..deciding to change it and bring back the adventure.
Realizing she didn't have enough of the background fabric to start over..she began the process of ripping out what she didn't like..to be replace with her new idea.... Not sure I would call this a blast..giggle

Sherry is working on her last tea pot hand embroidery...she has completed all the others and the 12 tea cups...I haven't  even gotten around to drawling them out....hehehehehehe....Sherry ask Kathy if she had a certain floss # (as she had forgotten to add that one in her traveling kit)... Rhona replies with" if she doesn't I do up in the truck"...with a snicker from all ..we understood that conception....might not remember we have a jack, jumper cables or spare tire in our vehicle ....but we know what craft item we are carrying around...:) Cindy worked on her Crab Apple  Hill winter embroidery...

For what ever reason alter seeing Kathy's

"Grandmothers Flower Garden" 
 wall hanging..I decided I want to make one...so this is what I brought to work on today...We discussed the many things we can do with our tea cups and tea pots..one was use this pattern and make some block in the white and then embroidery them in that section...Talk about soon to lose its fun...I think I will stick with a small wall hanging..so I can say I made one...

Not sure what I was thinking when Sherry took this picture of me today.. sure it had something to do with the idea of adding embroider tea cups to this quilt...Wouldn't you agree?

Again Jody, we missed you today..hope this posting helps you to enjoy our day. We all love you.

The Ol'Blogger

Bill's Version of Noah's Ark..

Jody's husband Bill made this Noah's Ark for her several years ago. This is one of those pictures you need to enlarge to see all the wonderful detail he used in building...Noah would be proud.....

Below a song for Bill

....to the tune of...

 "The Wheels on the Bus"

Bill makes the hammer go boom boom boom,
boom boom boom ,boom boom boom
Bill makes the hammer go boom boom boom
As he builds the ark...


Bill makes the screwdriver turn turn turn,
Turn turn turn, Turn turn turn
Bill make the screwdriver turn turn turn
As he builds the ark...

 Bill makes the saw go back and forth
 Back and forth, Back and forth.

 Bill makes the saw go back and forth                                                                  

 As he builds the ark...                                                                               

Graduation Gift

Kathy made this for one of the ladies (she works with ) son... for a graduation gift..She used what is called a jelly roll...he requested red,white and black..I am sure he will treasure this forever Kathy...
The Ol'Blogger

Alphebet

Kathy combines coloring crayons and embroidery into this sweet sampler. She used a Bareroots pattern.. Each upper case letter and a word  for the letter..with the symbol outlined and detailed with her wonderful hand tiny embroidery stitches...she has taken a step farther by coloring in..Many who have seen her work have commented on the evenness and tiny stitches she does...As always Kathy another Blue Ribbon Beauty...

The Ol'Blogger

Kauriann

Kauriann was shopping with me at the bead store

she picked the butterflies and fish out for a bracelet she wanted me to make her..I used the Daisy Stitch to make Black-eyed Susan's for the butterflies...for the fish I used what I call DNA Stitch as they looked like bubbles to me...The Ol'Blogger

Chicago Spring Festival in 2009

This quilt is from a Mystery Quilt  class Rhona took at Chicago Spring Festival 2009..She was having a hard time finding anything that interested her...So since she had never made a Mystery Quilt that seem to peek her interest...The pre-class instructions said to get a border fabric,a dark background fabric and 3 contrasting fabrics..Rhona bought all the fabric and cut it up for class like they wanted..Although she thought it turned out pretty good..she had one complaint..she doesn't believe she has enough contrast between the background fabric and the narrow dark strips..(In the store the fabric for the dark strips seemed to contrast more with the background than it actually does.) But considering she had no idea what fabrics would be next to each other she has to admit it isn't too bad...Remember this was a Mystery Quilt....

Now if she hadn't told me all this I would have never noticed the contrast..Which goes to show the one who makes the quilt and those looking at it doesn't always see things the same way...I love this quilt..and it does speak Spring to The Ol'Blogger

Oops this is Rhona's August UFO....sorry I goofed...oh well it is here and I am leaving it...

Two June UFO's

The vest is  Rhona's June’s UFO. She had seen an outfit somewhere that was a vest and pants. The vest had little embroidered snowflakes or something scattered all over it. Rhona liked it and decided she could make a vest with holly berries and leaves. Since already having a vest pattern, she bought fleece and it laid around for probably 3 or 4 years. Deciding she  was never going to actually do the embroidery, she could at least make the vest and get that project out of the way.

Rhona made a wall hanging like the one pictured below awhile back...When I put the picture on the blog, my baby sister loves it..

I decided then to make one for her...that is how this became my June UFO...I had all the fabric laid out and finally got around to it...She loved it..

The Ol'Blogger

Red,White and Blue

Red, White and Blue every where...I beaded this bracelet in those colors and added silver stars..I am giving it to a BNL student..their school color and the mascot is stars...

I believe I was an Indian in another live and all I did was sit by the Tee-pee and beaded...why I find this so soothing I am not sure...and neither is Harold...he claims trying to sew those tiny things together is enough to mess with ones mind...giggle...

The Ol'Blogger