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

June is plants and good weather

June is almost gone and I'm just now getting to blog writing. Thanks to all those who said they had missed my comments. Summertime just must be enjoyed outside, not at a computer. And when I am at the computer, I have been downloading all my CDs to put on my phone. John is dragging me into the use of phones for more than talking. I didn't know they could do all this stuff like make your phone almost like an ipod and GPS on a phone makes you brave enough to go without worrying about getting lost!!!

I have been busy with different projects. I went to Louisville to get some wooden ladders that Larry B. had gotten for me. I have put all three to good use. I want to paint all three black and add some trim but so far I have only gotten one painted. As you can see, it may be awhile before I get them painted - at least the one that is supporting the tomatoes plants.

I would like to imagine I am in the tropics!!!

More later!!

Simplify. Slow down. Breathe deeply. Hide your to-do list. Sit still for ten minutes... and use this quiet time to thank God for your friends.

Charlene