47 Quilts and Counting

I've been working hard on several different block of the month quilts. That means you join a class that provides the fabric for the block for a fee. The one with the white background is being made with a 30's fabric. It will have some appliqueing around the edge but won't be too bad.

The red, orange, green is a class that I am taking with Terrie and Laurel Lee once a month.

This red and grey is an online quilt that has a medallion in the middle. These blocks are all differnent kinds of stars. Its gorgeous.
Terrie and I are making the civil war tribute quilt. It too is beautiful. We go to class and learn about the civil war battles. How heart breaking it is to hear about how many thousands of soldiers were slaughtered during this time. Mothers must have wept many tears knowing that not even the body of their young soldiers wouldn't be coming home--many were buried in graves with only the number of how many were buried with them. Tragic time for this young country.
This is my latest quest. It is called the Farmers Wife. It is a published book about a contest in the publication of the same name. They asked women (farm wives) to write in and tell them if they would let their daughters marry a farmer.
The book contains only part of these essays which, by the way, were all positive about their daughters marrying a farmer. Along with the essays are two 6 inch quilt blocks that coincide with the writing. This one is churn dash and maple leaf.
This is practical orchard and railroad
Aren't they cute? And so easy to produce thank goodness, because there are 111 of them to make
This is how I organize my templates because I may have to use them in another block. I like using my scraps because I have a free hand to put together fabrics I like plus I need to use up and recycle. When I have enough blocks, I will put them together with sashing. This is quite a project.
This is my work space--on the kitchen counter. I have to clean up every 2 weeks so Lindsey can come in and clean. And Mister is soo patient with me.
I try to keep my stash organized but sometimes it gets the better of me. At least now I am going to Curves and walking. I love quilting but sometimes it needs to be put aside so I can socialize with kids and grandkids and others. It hasn't taken over my life completely. Only another quilter, scrapbooker, writer, or hobbyist of some sort can understand the souls need to create something lasting.

ATV's

Dave and Jill invited us up to Kamas on Saturday for lunch and the chance to drive their atv's up behind the Soapstone area. What a wonderful time we had. Neither Lee nor I had ever driven them before but with a little instruction from Jill we were off and running. Dave led us up into some absolutely gorgeous places. As we drove higher the snow became deeper but slushy. Instead of going up and over, we turned back. Dave and Jill wanted to pull an atv out of a bog that another person had left there. We could tell that he had done everything he could to get himself out but the mud was too deep. When the guys came back with a truck, Dave had Jill move into position to attach the winch onto the other atv and pulled it out with ease. In the meantime 4 other atv's tried to pass our parked vehicles and got stuck in the snow. We had quite a convention up there on top of the mountain.




Dave also got a new quilt from his quilting sister. It is perfect for the cabin.




The drive down was smooth and easy going except when trying to move through the slushy snow--then they had a mind of their own as to which way they wanted to go. I tried to remember what I learned about driving through snow in drivers ed. But it didn't have quite the same effect with these machines.

We took a different path on the way down that was strewn with rocks and water. This really jiggled my britches trying to keep to the road and out of the way of rocks and trying to keep my shoes clean.

We had an awesome ride. Thanks Dave and Jill
We returned to the cabin and dinner. What could be better than great company, good food and a fun ride?