SIGNATURES

When finished, ALWAYS sign your work.  This is the back side of runner.  On the front I machine embroidered my name, date and city.  This way no one can remove your signature.

MULTI-COLORED STAR TABLE RUNNER

Table runner made of scraps and color oh my!  A quick project to use up left over fabric laying around.  Pattern found in Fons and Porter, Fall 2009 quilt magazine.

THAT BEAUTIFUL BLUE

This is a little brighter version of previous photo.  The sunshine helped to bring out the colors.  The three quilt blocks shown here were quilt guild demos which after done what do you do with them?  Started out as a table runner idea but after running across a Jinny Bryer boarder print fabric it has ended up being a wall hanging that is shown in a previous post,  The ideas just kept coming once I got started.  Of course you know that!

This ia a project that started out as quilt guild demo's and developed into a beautiful wall hanging.  Had to find something to do with all of those demo blocks and this is one of the results.  Each block in the hanging started as a demo on techniques and each month a different technique shown.  When finished I just threw them aside until I spotted one layiing on the table and thought , what do I do with this now.  Have you been there?  So when shopping one day I spotted this georgeous blue border fabric and, there you go.  Had to work with it to get the right look but you have to see it up close to check out the print.  This picture does not do anything for the print, you just have to take my word if I have to say so myself.

Jeanette's quilt

After months and months of quilting and not quilting, I can finally say that my daughter Jeanette will have a quilt from her mom. I only hope that she will like the colors.

Machine problems!

There's nothing like having your sewing machine out of service. The winter days of 2011 was no fun as my pride and joy was not in the house. Would you believe that while the machine was in the shop there were all kinds of brain storming going on? The good thing about all this was that I did get to finish a lot of ufp just laying around. It also gave me a chance to layout fabric and color matches that had been on my mind but I didn't do anything about them. Now, my machine is back and here I go again. Brain working overtime, body and age trying to keep up, house a mess, but what's new? Creative people, what can I say? Right now I am getting blocks ready for the quilt guilds next meeting that I will post for you to see.

Children's Summer Sewing Program - Toledo, OH

For the past five years, I, along with five other ladies at Third Baptist Church, Toledo, OH, have been involved with the youth in the community in what we call our Summer Sewing Students. One week after school is out for the summer until one week before school starts again, every Monday from 10:00am until 2:00 we teach the children to sew and other needle arts. My volunteer help is Ruby Radford who opens the morning for us with an inspirational message to the children to wake them up and also prepares lunch. Euneda Liddell, a retired teacher who brings wisdom and thoughts on living to all of us. After they open up the morning and get us going, I then explain the project for the day, whether it's new or a continuation from the previous week. My sewing teachers are ladies with years of experience in sewing or needle work: Marilynn Gardner, Ruth Penamon, Clemintine Bourn. There are parents that come with the children which we all appreciate. They chip in and help where ever we need them: Beverly Liddell Smith, Tamara Mabrey and Cynthia Dye. This years project were picture quilts or quilt art. Once the children knew what I wanted them to do this year, it was hard to get them to stop working and break for lunch. The ages range from five years to thirty something in a class of fourteen. The thirty something is in between jobs as a chemical engineer and decided to come down to the church to be with us. (We loved it.) I have posted the end results of the children's work with fabric. I hope you enjoy their imangination and color combinations.