Monday, August 18, 2014

Small Fiber Art Composition

Now what shall it be?

Ebb and Flow?
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Swimming Lanes?
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Man with a Walking Stick?
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Twisted Cords?
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Dimensions: 9.75” X 6.75”
Cotton Fiber
Heavily quilted with Superior Thread
Fused applique
$45
Ready for hanging with “Fast Finished Triangles.”

Notice how the composition wanted to buckle after I added the binding.
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Soaking the fibers with water and drying it flat solved the problem.
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Now that it’s all basted, I have begun to quilt my “Bubbled Double Nine Patch.”
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Guests, Maple Street Quilters, and PTQs

Life …

Recent guests in our home have been a new neighbor, Seth and his family from Ohio.
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Kirby and Georgi

Ashton and Amy


… as a Quilter

I enjoyed quilting with these ladies, The Maple Street Quilters from Columbus. Most of their work goes to the American Red Cross.
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This quilt will be for Columbus’ Welcome Center, Tennessee Williams birth place.
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I invited my new friend Linda from Ohio to come with me to our monthly PTQ’s meeting.
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Show and Tell is a highlight of our monthly PTQ meeting.
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Notice the picture of The Bird of Paradise flower from a painting that Judy is holding that inspired her quilt.
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Really Random  

Thursday, August 07, 2014

Quilts for Lois and Josey

Remember how the Graber ladies got together to celebrate Lois’ 60th and Josey's 40th?

I decided to make them each a small quilt.
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I enlarged the pictures and tweaked them on the computer and then printed them onto fabric.

And then the stitching began.

Josey
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Detail
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Lois
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Lois’ neck looked too fat and puffy so I added some stitched lines to slim her down!
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Detail
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The backs are labeled and finished with fast finished triangles and ready for hanging.
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Visit other Friday Finishes at Quilt Matters.

Creations by Nina-Marie      

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Graber Ladies’ Outing

I went with Paul’s sisters and Mom to Fort Payne, AL for a weekend birthday celebration for Lois and Josey.
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I just couldn’t obey the sign above the door.
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We had brunch at Cracker Barrel and …
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… then shopped at quite a few thrift stores. Josey is contemplating. Should I or shouldn’t I?
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Yes, she did!
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We stopped at Rainsville, AL to visit the man with over 2000 Purple Martin houses and confirmed 1067 pairs of nesting birds.
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Most of the martins had already left for the winter.
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Dorcas grilled steaks for our Saturday evening supper.
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Happy Birthday to Lois and Josey.
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On Sunday we took a drive up to Desoto State Park and passed this …
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… church built into the side of a rock.
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Dorcas briefs us on the A. A. Miller dam
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… and Desoto Falls
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Hey Dorcas!
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I’m so privileged to be part of Mom and her girls! We missed Miriam and Kathy.
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Our Sunday morning church service consisted of singing.
Singing at Desoto Falls

We followed the Little Canyon River back south.
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Mom and her daughters.
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In birth order: Lois, Jeanie, Miriam, (Paul, Mark, and Timothy,) Dorcas, Rhoda, and Josephine
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Sisters
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~~~Parting Shot~~~
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