Every experience deeply felt in life needs to be passed along -- Whether it be through words or music, chiseled in stone, painted with a brush, or sewn with a needle --

 

 

It is a way of reaching for immortality

Wonderful ~ Wistful . . Wednesday~

Wistful because of the May 20th Tornado disaster that swept thru South OKC, Moore Oklahoma this week.

This little love bug keeps me smiling - though!

 

I will......

 

But I am slowing down.... out of the sewing/quilting ZONE.... while I DIY my house in the coming year or two!!!

Carding the Wool...and Quiltin' in the Bible!

I'm going to re-teach myself..... Re-Learn an earlier post about flax.... hmnnn

Clothing: fabric production

Clothing in ancient Israel was usually

• woolen fabric, either dyed or in its natural color, or
• linen made from a plant called flax.

Wool was easier to work with, and it took dyes better. It was also waterproof to some extent, giving better protection against the weather. Linen was finer and more expensive.

Women were largely responsible for production of clothes. They

• shared responsibility for tending the animals in the flock
• sorted and carded the wool after the goats and sheep had been shorn
• spun the wool into lengths of yarn
• collected plants and crushed stone for dyes
• wove the fabric using portable looms
• grew and harvested flax for linen.

Their work was by no means finished. When the flax had been harvested they

 

• dried the flax
• carded and spun the flax into either fine or coarse linen strips (linen produced by the Egyptians could be woven finer than the fabric in a modern handkerchief).

prepared dyes of various colors: blue from wood, yellow from pomegranate, lilac from myrtle, etc. Even the poorest Jewish women used vegetable dyes to get a range of colors for the family’s woolen clothes. Flax did not take dye well.


fyi.... I'll find my web source to document this writing, shortly

 

God is like oxygen. You can't see Him, but you can't live without Him!

ON FB --- they call it a THROW-Back of good times.....

So here is to the year 2008 or 2010 . . . . .  geesh... it was the Obama Presidential quilt book by Dr. C. Mazloomi Quilt Exhibit in Ohio@

 

See..... that me on the corner wall blue/yellow beautiful black women quilt!

 

Ahhh.... good times in the Quilt World!

 

Hexie Swap Received.... Delightful

I sent out 5-6 packages last week... so I'm hoping my friends via Oct-Nov-Dec-Feb and March Hexagon Swappers are happy...   Hoping for their e-mail or blogpost reply...


This is a new friend Schroeder from MD:

 

 

Bible Quilt Free Coloring Pages

Bible Quilt Free Coloring Pages

 

 

Also, good site is Jackies Art Quilts:  Crayon Tutorial

 

http://jabotquilt.blogspot.com/2011/04/crayon-tutorial-and-sugar-and-spice.html

 

 

A Drizzling, Wet Wednesday !!! One Flower and More

These are actually EXTRA.... wow I am ahead of the game on my Hexagon Swap... well not really...

Since one girlfriend wants polka-dots.... and another wants 14 Hexies in Green.... Not stitched together..... this is a first!!!

 

 

Proverbs 31 Woman Am I !!!

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.Proverbs 31:30-31

A new knitting adventure.... again.   I tried my hand at it many, many years ago!

Give her of the fruit of her hands;

and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Proverbs 31:30-31

Finishing an old.... beginning a-new..... oh no....plzzzzz

Another version of the cathedral window in dark blue or black...???

I like the heavy-weightedness of this finished quilt..... and the idea of QAYG
Quilt-as-u-GO ...  on the backside !!!!!   

 

I'm Smiling...... Gourmet Yarn Class Tommorrow

Collectible Sewing Cases...... Heart Warmer!

Yes, we sewists/quilters are a special breed.    Only for US would the heart soften to the touch of a safety pin, wrapped thread and a threader....

But, I didn't know what it was..... as I searched an empty desk for some tape....  

local credit union giveaway... hmnnnn.... pop open... oh what a surpise

 

 

 

Luv it!!!

 

Recently, my oldest daughter asked me to sew a button on her coat.... I scoffed... u don't know how........

She said "YES MOM"..... I have a sewing kit with thread...(itty bitty kit not made for a big job).... but I guess the plain thread is not strong enough for a wool coat..... hmnnn!

 

Now.... even even I made my kids a real sewing kit.... THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T APPRECIATE IT!!!   NEW DAY KIDS!!!