June Quilting

This blog is suppose to be about quilting. So I guess I should show you what me and my Singer have accomplished during June. I didn't compress the pictures so, Vicki, if you double-click on them you should be able to enlarge them for older eyes!!! LOL

This is my feeble attempt to teach myself how to do free motion stippling. I start kinda rough but then I can get into a rhythm and my stitches start getting more consistent. I know the quilt police won't come get my work but 100 years from now one of my great, great grandchildren may look at these and say - "Grandma Effie could have been a great quilter if she'd just practice on her machine more instead of watching reruns of NCIS and Law and Order!"

To make my stippling practice mean something, I made a two sided table topper. One side is traditional floral pattern - it's suppose to look like flowers through a black wrought iron fence??? -- and the other side is my hippie personality - batiks of beautiful colors and patterns with no particular pattern. Looking back, I think it is sad that I let the hippie movement pass me by. I couldn't let my hair grow, wear birkenstocks and not shave my legs. And God forbid someone ask me to give up hairspray and control top panty hose!!!!!

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These are my two holiday wall hangings. Hope they show that I celebrate Mother's Day - I had beautiful sons instead of hanging out in Haight Asbury!!. And one can be Flag Day (so I can hang it in June) and Fourth of July. That gets me through to August when there are no holidays - just school starts again! Could I hang it for Labor Day????

In an earlier post, I showed my efforts to use up some scraps left over from earlier projects.

I have combined these efforts and have a quilt top for my bed. I can practice free motion quilting on it and when I sleep under it I will be reminded of the quilts I have made and the wonderful people I have given them to. Have you got your order in yet?

If you're having a bad day and the chocolate is all gone, call a friend!! Would love to hear from you!! Charlene