I'm Lovin' It . . . .

A Fabric Sale of Course !
Our local, friendly quilt shop - OK Quiltworks - actually dropped the price of $9.20 Alexander, Moda and bolts and bolts spread around three wall of the room -- sale price was $3.00 w/2 yd minimum!

My first task was to choose fantastic blenders and borders.... really the fabric in itself was on the gold-brown-black-burgandy mix!  But my now, I've seen myself start a fabric.... the it's a smashing finish to pull my sale stuff of years ago... and it offsets the quilt blocks like nothing else.  

Then I wanted to get bright.... but their selection of bright was rather kiddish or hawaiian...  pretty... but leaning more to a traditional European-Caucasian blend of primary blue, yellow, reds.   In fact, there is not a selection of ethnic fabric:  when I ask for African themes I am usually shown tigers, lion and zebra prints and trees and jungle prints!  

Anyway, back to what and how I did finish my shopping adventure:  A FOCUS FLORAL FABRIC with deep burgandy, beige-reddish floral patterns.  I intend to border the blocks with blended colors and set it off with the same beautiful floral border.    Something traditional that I've not done.    I don't see this being a personal favorite to keep.... so who's gonna be my lucky lady or man of the hour?

(l)  My pastor is having knee surgery and needs a man-quilt.   (2)  Mama Lubie Dixon is my best friend  (3) Sister Gertie Armstrong is on my list  along with my Chickasha Baker Lady  (4) and of course - Mrs Francis J - the eternal babysitter will one day get a quilt.   (5) Two sweaters and a t-shirt need to be done for Heidi's grandfather who passed.  (6) My Ohio friend Ms Terri
(7) my KK-mae needs a red quilt  (8) Low and behold - my 83 yr old mom as a Nursing Ctr resident has befriended a girl who is having a baby girl in August and she's on the baby quilt list:  (9) Ashley & Ann - baby girl,  (10) Nicholas V Carter - grand nephew has a John Deere on the sewing machine as we write (11) September has the Royal Ambassadors with Dr. K. Kilgore in line for their themed quilt (applique) (12) need to make a couple of the Princess Tiana bags for the Kairos book store sale, (13) AQSC star quilt by Sept 15th, (14) Presidential House Quilt in PA to K. Flamer exhibit (15) our OKC Community Quilt Guild has finished log cabit full size quilt and binding... and (16) is due to start the Underground Railroad Quilt again!   (17) a couple of givebacks are needed.... like Ms Vivian @ St John 

Is this why I was happy with a $3.00 yd-fabric sale?    The cash register first rang up $190.65 and I paid out $66.00   yipppppppppeeeee !

Quiltin a gift for my grand-daughter!

Plantin and a'quiltin !

I've got friends . . ! ! :) :) :)

One in particular!

an African American Fabric blog! although she says she is talkin' to herself.... listen up WORLD !!! Look around at her Etsy, her blog, and I bought her fabric! Truly unique. THe kind of fabric that I have not idea when and why and where I'll use it.... I just know it will be perfect.. and in my possession when the right time comes to me. That's how my Heavenly - Creative God works on my behalf.

http://www.africanamericanfabrics.blogspot.com/

Quotable quote.... the
Lives of great men (and women) all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

The decision was made by Kelley

My newest girlfriend is so eager to learn.... So here is her choice.... before she moves into her PH'd studies next year! And Me -- the teacher --- learning first hand about her newest gadget -- the ruler gripper!!

OKC Community Quilt Guild

Quilt Guild ~ ~ and a'quiltin we were via 2nd & 4th Saturdays :

Log Cabain

This is what I get from the ton's of magazines I read and re=read.... and dream and sleep on....

Inspiration, antique collectibles and Creativity!!!

Project completed....

Project completed....

Genealogy a'Quiltin

A recent reading by Dee Parmer Woodtor noted that genealogy is about a time, a place and perspective and a firm resolve to learn. This embodies the reason why I quilt and cherish my grandparents quilts and hand-me-down household items... like the washboard and big-ol'black boiling pot.

Who remembers a hot water bottle??? There's a red one stuff back in the linen closet. I won't throw it away.... What - why.... well the dictionary says...A hot water bottle is a container filled with hot water and sealed with a stopper, used to provide warmth, typically whilst in bed, but also for the application of heat to a specific part of the body." hmmmmmm

I wouldn't do justice without giving credit to supportive quilt author Kyra E. Hicks. I guess she's been on the scene of many years.... and had certainly set an inspirational stage for persons like myself. Equally engaging is her book "Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria." I spent days learning about Liberia and its history - past and present.

This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces



ALSO: check this site for explanation of 15-block on aforementioned Pictorial quilt
American (Athens, Georgia), 1895–98
Harriet Powers, American, 1837–1910

http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=116166

Annettes quilt was finished with four-12 squares across --- by four-12' squares down..... and the border! Here's more!

Sq #6

Jonah cast over board of the ship and swallowed by a fish





Sq #7
God created two of every kind,
male and female












Sq #8

The falling of the stars on Nov. 13, 1833.
My favorite - True Story!!
The varmints rushed out of their beds









Sq #9
Two of every kind
of animal continued














Sq #10

Count'em!!
Seven Vials ~ angels of wrath.



beast and 10 horns
( :))) count'em again!!!)







Sq #11

Luvin' It !

Cold Thursday, 10 of February, 1895.
A woman frozen while at prayer.
A woman frozen at a gateway.
A man with a sack of meal frozen.

Icicles formed from the breath of a mule.
All blue birds killed.
A man frozen at his jug of liquor.




Sq #12










Sq #13




Sq #14





Sq #15







Sq #16

Quilters Applique the Harriet Powers Quilt

Sq #4

Seems as if I'm looking back at past quiltin adventures with my friends... as well as cleaning out the duplicates, and re-arranging my workdesk computer files: Thus I run across Annette's 2006 quilt photographs.

Sq #3

A group of probably 4 ladies shared a quilt pattern..... and I must have been taking care of my mother or other job responsibilities. They are retired, meeting on Mondays an Fridays for several hours, so I stop by on my lunch hour to take pictures and to be inspired!

Sq #2

What I love about African Afmerican color combinations.... is that the unthinkable on the usual color wheel.... becomes really cute. Annette always shops, buys and will quilt with some orange (this with purple).


Sq #1




As a new quilter back then, we know never to stifle creativity and individual likes!



There were weekly talks about the animals, the meaning of the circus, and the whales and on and on and on.....We learned the historical facts.....
Harriet Powers was born enslaved on October 29, 1837 in Clarke County, Georgia and reportedly began quilting a pictorial masterpiece at the age of forty-nine. Though she had sewn many other quilts in her lifetime---- this quilt was to be a diary of her spiritual life. In it -- she would combine local folktales such as a cold snap which struck Athens in February of 1895 along with Biblical truths to produce a fifteen-squared quilt.

This one is already done... and never shown?? But will THEY accept it as artsy enuf???



FIBERWORKS 2010 June 12 (Sat) or June 14 (Mon) 12-4pm IAO Gallery 706 W Sheridan OKC OK


Clock's tickin.... what shall I do.... ????