Piecing the Clothes

Happy Father's Day!  Beautiful weather for a great day to gather with family and celebrate dad's living and honor those who have left us with loving memories.

Here is the progress I made this week:

More pictures from Alaska:

Tundra Girls

My family has lived vicariously through my youngest sister for the last 20+ years.  Mom refers to her as her "wonder lust" child, the last pioneer in our family.  After college, she moved to Alaska and has  remained there ever since.  She is married and has two daughters, thus the Tundra Girls.  One of her nieces, on her husband's side, took some beautiful pictures of her daughters.  When I saw this picture, I  immediately thought this was one I could attempt, and it would make a beautiful wall hanging.

This is the picture she posted on Facebook.  Aaah, this would make a good birthday present.

So much for birthday surprises, I asked her to send me the color version.  I wanted to replicate the colors of the clothing.

The pattern

A good beginning

I am sure you can guess where these pictures were taken;

I think this one was taken around 2:00 in the morning.

Lovin' the Sun

I love the weather we have had this past week; mid seventies and low humidity.  Only such weather makes it difficult to stay inside and sew.  I finally finished the wall-hanging and I have a couple of "non-quilting" projects to work on this week for friends.

I decided to add on one of the baby's pacifiers to the wall-hanging which meant going to Joanne's to find some other items to compliment it and keep the design flowing.  I really do enjoy displaying my photos this way as opposed to putting them in picture frames.  The larger picture is that of my granddaughter and the smaller ones are those of my son and daughter in-law.

Here are some photos of Brighton Dam when the azaleas were in bloom.

 

Happy Memorial Day

Here’s hoping you had a Happy Memorial Day.   I hope you had a good day remembering our veterans along with celebrating being together with friends and family, 

After days of indecision and a slight change in the layout of the wall-hanging.  Quilting was begun  and shouldn't take long to complete.

I was asked to make centerpieces for a bridal shower.  The happy couple had just bought a new home.  So instead of using cut flowers, I decided to use live flowers they could plant in one of their many gardens.

One of those weeks

Rain, rain go away, Johnny wants to play.  At least, it is not snow.  I called my Aunt who lives in Oklahoma to see if they got any of the rain and unfortunately, the answer was no.  The rain and tornadoes were to the east of where she lives.  We have a rain gauge outside, and it registered well over seven inches of rain  for Tuesday and Wednesday combined.


Why is it when you are pinched for time, nothing seems to go right?  I tried a different prepared fabric for printing and my printer did not like it at all.  Apparently, that brand needs a printer that rolls it's paper through and not a pinch and grab feeder.  Then I printed on the brand I usually use, trimmed them, ironed on wonder under and ironed them on the fabric.  Only to notice that I printed the wrong birthday on one picture.  After further examination, I noticed the color came through and changed the skin tones.  So I printed the pictures again, this time I ironed  them onto white fabric and then I ironed them onto the colored fabric.  Unfortunately, this is all I had the time this week to accomplish.

More pictures from Oklahoma:

I really like this picture of a stove with plants, my Uncle is very creative with his plants.

Scenery along route 40

Yet, Another Milestone to Celebrate

There is no greater pleasure than giving someone a wall hanging, who appreciates the hard work and time that went in to making it.  Yesterday, I gave our friend his Happy Big 60! wall hanging and he really was ecstatic over his gift.  The wine glass is a replica of the one on his label and the pictures are of the farm.

My granddaughter is celebrating her first birthday in May.  The theme of the birthday party is Look Whooo's One. Have you guessed? Owls. This grandmother has been charged with making the birthday dress.

 In addition, I want to make a "scrapbook" wall hanging with newborn pictures of her and her parents.

I like to plan my wall hangings using black and white pictures.  I have much to do in the next couple of weeks.

Here are some pictures from our trip to Oklahoma.

They are in desperate need for rain.  The lakes are drying up and the vegetation is dying and turning brown.

Go West

I have spent the last week on the road to Oklahoma and back.  We drove out to see my Aunt.  I always get rejuvenated when we travel out there.  The changing landscape along with the sights and sounds are so different than back home.

 

A sight from Tennessee 

 

The red dirt of Oklahoma 

 

 

Keeneland Race Track in Kentucky 

And, best of all, my Aunt is an artist!  I just love sitting on her back porch and soaking in the creativity.