Psalm 37

This weekend proved to be busier than I had intended. My plan was to complete at least two mini quilts, but time got away from me and I was only able to complete one. But, this one mini had a big message. Psalm 37 is only 6" x 7 1/4", it's machine pieced and quilted. My post today is going to be little too. I am planning a lunch for a group of friends---girls day out. Wishing you a fun Monday--Happy Quilting!

Summer Harvest

Corn Patchwork is a mini made for an vintage yellow patchwork block and the country novelty print I've used in the past for a few of my little quilts. This one was quick and easy as everything is machine stitched and the edging is raw edge zig zag stitch. Corn Patchwork measures 8 x 10 inches.
Radishes is another patchwork variation with a little check binding. It measures 7 1/2 x 11 inches. These little quilts were fun to make. Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Happy Quilting!!

Mother Nature and Cabbage

I was so anxious to get back to blogging after our trip to Baltimore, but those thoughts were quickly changed on the afternoon of Thursday, August 12. Our area of Missouri was pounded with server thunderstorms and it seemed that the lightening was centered over our house. As I was preparing dinner for 8 the storm hit its peak. Two guests had arrived and hubby was in the garage ready to see how all the new landscaping was doing in this downpour of rain and heavy wind, when a bolt of lightening hit one of our large trees about 16 feet from the corner of the house. You can imagine the sound as the tree exploded. Tree debris was everywhere.

It was great dinner conversation and three of our guests had never experienced a thunderstorm like a Missouri thunderstorm, so they had their phones and cameras out taking pictures to show their friends on the east coast.
The tree is quickly dying and will be removed this fall. The lights went out is one section of the house, but hubby quickly corrected that with the circuit breaker, but is wasn't until later that we realized that our computer was not able to receive the Internet. Thirteen days later and a few calls to our telephone company---we are now on line. I stayed busy doing some much needed chores around the house, I'd rather be blogging and completed a AAQI quilt.

I named this one Cabbage. It's a combination of novelty prints, machine pieced and machine quilted. I have three more planned from the same print. The quilt measures 8 1/2 by 10 inches and will be mailed to AAQI the first of September.

As an update, the August AAQI Auction is over and my quilt Single Thought sold for $100.00. My thanks to the winning bidder for helping find a cure. Happy Quilting!

We're Back

We have returned from our working/vacation to Baltimore. Baltimore was great. We stayed downtown across from the Convention Center where my hubby and I participated in the National Sports Collector's Convention. The show hours were such that we were able to enjoy a baseball game and the Orioles won. Walks by the harbor and a great dinner at G & M. We even made a trip to Delaware for an evening. Not only did my hubby sell baseball memorabilia, I sold two small quilts, one I called Baseball Crazy and the other Around the World Americana. Both were lap quilts I had made years ago. You can see Baseball Crazy in the photo on the shelf on the right---I didn't take photos of the quilts like I usually do. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, staying with my mission of my quilts doing good for someone, both quilts were going to be gifts to people in need. Baseball Crazy was going to a Ronald McDonald Auction and Around the World Americana was going to a woman who is very ill. I was truly pleased. Have a wonderful Wednesday and Happy Quilting.

Day Lily Delight

Completed a little mini for AAQI this weekend. I call it Day Lily Delight. The little quilt has some patchwork, raw edge applique, cooper metallic thread and free motion quilting. I'm still in the learning process on the free motion quilting technique. I have two more mini quilts ready for binding that I have used the free motion technique and my question is how to solve tension problems. Seems to be different than what I use when straight sewing. In fact, I think the tension works better when I free motion quilt with the feed dogs up???? Of course, some of this could be my old bottom of the line sewing machine. I'm not totally satisfied with what the quilting looks like, but I will tackle that later in the month. I'll be taking a little break from quilting and blogging this week. We are leaving for a working/vacation in Baltimore, Maryland. This will be our first time to Baltimore and even though we'll be working our booth at the National Sports Collectors Convention we plan to take in a baseball game, a little shopping and some of the fine eating we hear is available in Baltimore. Happy Quilting!!