BIRTH OF A SAMPLER QUILT – Crafty Grandangels – Flowers – Birds – Dancing Fun – and OC MYSTERY SOLVED
Posted By drsao on June 4, 2008
Sarah (8) was so excited when she saw me making YO YO flowers for my BIRTH OF A SAMPLE QUILT (pictured above)…….that she wanted to make one too…..and so she did (and she wore it in her hair to school today.) I had a PINK CAT BUTTON that we pinned in the middle of the yo yo flower. Sarah was so proud!
I am so proud that I got my vines and leaves on my BIRTH OF A SAMPLER QUILT!
Leanna (12) made a two-story house out of an orange juice container tonight. She and her friend (and sister too) came in to SHOP for fabric to put on the outside walls of their houses! Where else does one go on a CRAFTY AFTERNOON to get supplies but to Grandma’s stash!
On the wall of Leanna’s ORANGE JUICE HOUSE is a JONAS BROTHER’S POSTER rendering! Nanna also sewed a sofa (with a cover that can be changed) and a pillow….and she also sewed a tiny bed and pillow. She does a great job with my BROTHER DUETTA! Since I was gone for the dance TECH rehearsal tonight, Leanna’s dad was in charge of standing by in case Leanna sewed her finger to something! 🙂 This is a fabulous testimony of the FUN that one can have with an square inch of material….or a tiny strip of fabric (note the rugs on the floors of the house!) The bed, pillows and sofa are STUFFED with bits of leftover quilt batting!
LILIES AND BIRDS
I had to take a picture of our first lily in bloom. THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY. A year ago (December) our house burned to the ground. The house rubble and surrounding ground was BULLDOZED – – and a year later the yard was landscaped.
These lilies SURVIVED (I bought them at QVC – Roberta’s Farms – and I would say that this is an AMAZING TESTIMONY of the hardiness of these lilies!) Look at how TALL this one is!!!! (There are 12 more on the side of the yard that will bloom this summer!)
Have I mentioned that QVC is on my LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS! I love everything that I have ordered from QVC! What could be better – you can lie in bed and watch tv – shop – and the UPS GUY delivers presents to your door a few days later!!!! :):)
BIRDS
Now you may be thinking “WHERE ARE THE BIRDS?” And no wonder because all that is in view is the BIRD HOUSE – our hanging fern. The birds have built a nest and there are four very cute eggs inside…….and there is another nest under the mailbox! (You can’t see it – but it is there – and it sure saves us from getting JUNK MAIL FLYERS!)
ORANGE CRUSH AND PINEAPPLE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILTS
I debated
and debated
and debated
(it was a difficult decision) about whether or not that I should go ahead and put that orange fabric into the ORANGE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILT….but today I finally decided to go ahead and move forward with the orange – it is an ORANGE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILT after all.)
I figured that even if it turned out to be an UGLY quilt that I could use it as a PRACTICE for my first quilt that I machine quilt! I also rationalized that an ugly quilt could be used for picnics and every quilter HAS to have a picnic quilt! Right?
The orange is so BRIGHT that I might even be HAPPY to have it get a little bit dirty (to tone down that color!) But after seeing Bonnie’s finished quilt (with orange in it) I think that I might end up liking it.
So here are all of my Step 5 ALBUM BLOCKS and HALF ALBUM BLOCKS for the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt – and also I have included a photo of my PINEAPPLE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILT blocks for Step 5.
This afternoon Bonnie K. Hunter of Quiltville.com posted the final step – putting it all together. THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED. So……it is onward with these two quilts!
Dancing Fun
Tonight we had TECH REHEARSAL for ACT ONE of the Dance Recital Saturday. Sarah is in two dances in Act One – they did a good job at rehearsal…..here are a couple of photos of Sarah! The pictures are fuzzy – not perfect lighting in the theatre. Sarah is the blonde with the braid in her hair. We had lots of fun!
My word, you have been busy. I love your birth of a sampler quilt, the vines look so right in the border. Gorgeous lilies – they’re amazingly hardy for something so fragile looking. I’ve only ordered a few things from QVC – from their craft stores, but I’ve always been pleased with the delivery and the quality. It’s too easy to get carried away though!