The Calendar List is Calling Me

 Hey hey.  Goodbye March in a minute.   Hello April ‘24

And there is a countdown for be to soar!!!

OVAC      April 01, 2024   Dakar, Senegal West Africa 

STQG to-do:  Juneteenth Quilt Show  

**complete Bears Paw

**complete African Queen Dynasty 

**Vendors and Sponsors — Flyer Distribution —publicity, involve OHCE volunteer positions

CT Creative 

Quote of the Day

 

My Quilt Cruise

 A first! A Free 7-day cruise for two!  I won!  

Paper-piecing with Carol Doaked!  I was working as a statistical analyst/Bureau of Labor Statistics/OK LMI

I’d filled out an on line entry…2006—and tag-daaaahhh …… the phone call and email was for me!!!!

Oh the story to be told!!!!

This is the star compass I learnt paper-piece (FPP)  and to this day— I absolutely luv the sharp points and backward thinking ability !!!😇😇😇💗💗😄😄😄

The black background… I had pretty awesome color vibes early into Quiltin 

Here the fun backing

Now—- ask me if there is a label on this precious keepsake??????

Keep Quiltin my friends!!!!

Why We Quilt!

 Good Friends who Quilt!

Good friends bring out the best in us!  They understand us, they cry with us, they shop with us!  No matter the age span: we are girlfriends who quilt together!  While threading the needle and sniping a loose thread: we share similar dreams and simple sorrows!  Our fabric squares are taught to be laid RST … that is:  right sides together!  Simply a way for US GIRLS to continuously seek and celebrate the best among ourselves as quilters!  

Consider the continuous soothing hum of a sewing machine.  Whether it’s a digital high tech model or a vintage 99K Singer electric model……  something creative begins to flow from  our body, mind and soul!  We can trust and relax and choose to move forward like a spring flower opening to the sun!

We quilt!  We love and survive!  If you as ask life long friends why they are friends …they seem to hold back a sensible explanation and say with a smile “we just are!”   If you ask a Scissor Tales Quilt Guild (STQG) member why they quilt ….  “We just do”.  Keep smiling!

OKLAHOMA HOME AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION (OHCE)   OSU Extension Center. 

2500 NE 63rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73111

**Phone: (405) 713-1125

  March 2024 Newsletter 

Submitted Bev Kirk

Bev Kirk speaking

 One of my best buddies… resent and share my introduction using this clip

https://youtu.be/uudDSFmA5CU?si=Uz9s3WHBJEx0wrxA

Sneaky Peek and Praying!

 

I cut this out-it was printed on a strap bag soooo many years ago!  My St. Louis college niece (the nineties) left it in my mother’s home!  Too cute.  The look, the turned shoulder..  the naturalness and youth of her smile!  The real-girl skin tone - and the head wrap is sassy and hiding her hair!!!!

  I've been caressing and saving this girl…..  until my heart said YES tonite!!!!

The final quilt art-piece must be 12” x 24” (mine is vertical)   Ok no more talk   Due date is way out to September 2024….. but the call and collective title has been zooming in my mind!

Plus-I cried a good bit tonite:  and it’s 2:00am   LIFE LESSON CONTINUES…When I can’t change things:  the serenity from God’s Word says…   Not just to make-do//// but to soar—- to create   Mind body soul and spirituality!!  Give it to the Shepherd…Psalm 23.   So this I do!  I quilt!

Traveling and Quiltin’

 Our 50th wedding anniversary was serenely spent in Sand Speinga/Tulsa OK ar a.   And yes…. There’s a quilt shop to drop in!   

Quote 4 Today

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

For the Culture — Quiltin by Bquiltin

 So the wonderful UCO class sessions ended 3-1-2024!!

Lots of HST’s everywhere on my DESIGN FLOOR!  The UCO class of 10-14 newbie quilters had a stack of 100—- yes 100 African ten-inch squares (and solid squares)

Math n statistics could net 400. HST Oh my!   They-male and femal—sewed -stitched and produced in mass across tables///assembly lines. Loved it!  Stacks into plastic bags!!!

So bquiltin (me) has to perfectly square up 7” HST!!!

Here’s my first layout… I am so ready to finish and RE  -  PRESENT THE FINISHED QUILT!!

Next up on blogging UCO 

Quiltin for The Culture

 

HST beautifully transformed people and our conversations on the UCO campus this month!  

UCO:  Chambers Library 212

As part of Inclusive Community's For the Culture series, we will read and discuss the book, "Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad." 

As we meet each session to discuss the book, we will create a quilt together. Beginners, expert quilters and non-quilters are all welcome. 

Time and Dates: Feb. 9, 16, 23 and March 1, noon to 1:30 p.m.

For the Culture: Explore the rich tapestry of experiences that weave our inclusive Broncho culture. 

WEEK 2   SHOW N TELL       Oral histories revealed!

Press Correctlly

10” squares sewn .. cut diagonally 

LEARNING THE TOOLS N TECHNIQUES OF MODERN QUILT MAKING. 

SOMEBODY FELL IN LET CE WITH THE FELTED DESIGN WALL!!!!!!

Taaa-dah

My best-ever Teachers’ helper!!!

What a time!!!!

This Inclusive Community is a series of events in which we read and discover little-known histories from invited guests, films, hands-on experiences and more.

Luvin the Inclusive Community UCO

On the Broncho UCO campus - March 01, 2024

EXPLORING THE RICH TAPESTRY OF EXPERIENCES THAT WEAVE THE BRONCHO CULTURE.  THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IS HOSTING A SERIES OF EVENTS IN WHICH WE READ, AND DISCOVER LITTLE KNOWN HISTORIES FROM INVITED GUESTS, FILMS, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND more!

So neat to teach staff:faculty group CULTURE of the quilt!