Appliqued butterflies, CQ Lady, Tatted 30's doily and flower

The geranium brightens up the room during this cold winter day! We still have snow patches but not like 80 miles to the south were some roads are not plowed with 4 foot drifts and some 6 foot on both sides of the road.

Finished the hand appliqued butterflies on flowers. They get lost in the green fabric so I will sashed them with black. It will be a runner to hang on the back of my long table the TV sits on. Will cover up the cords and brighten the area up.

This is my first hexagon block completed. There are a few different ways to finish it and attach to more hexes. It is one of a series of blocks in Kathy Shawkl's classes.

Here is a doily made during the 1930's by a relative. When the thread ran out they just tied a knot and went on. One can see some of the tuffs of thread. Still beautifully tatted.

I am hooking up with Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape   http://supermomnocape.com

Class pictures and McDonalds

In this class we were to make a Wisteria Vine using some material around the home. The green below was a bag with avocados. I cut it into strips and wove it in with the heavy brown yarn and trellis. The flowers are silk ribbon French knots.

The wooly, French knot sheep decided to leave the flock for the grass is greener on the other side!

Mix techniques....wheel barrow is tatted filled with silk ribbon flowers, long and short butterfly and bunny.

Our McDonalds will be destroyed in Jan for a new building. Sad as this is one of a few that were first built.  The paintings were done on the walls by a local artist. He painted may murals through out the town.  More pictures next week.  Tucumcari, New Mexico is on RT 66.

 

Thank You for visiting me and love your comments. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful projects people are working on at Kathy's Quilts    Slow Stitching Sunday ...http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com

 AND 

 Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape, Embroidery and Cross Stitch  on

Monday....http://www.supermomnocape.com 

 

Please stop by and see them.   

 

Mr. Rooster turned into an embroidery motif. The Threads just seemed to keep on flowing!! So I appliqued a group of flowers for the Broderie Perse project in Kath Shawkl's class and used simple outlining on the outside and inside with beads.

Slowly getting the Christmas decorations up. We were the first to put the outside lights up and now the rest of the neighborhood has lights. The church, Santa house and the train station are needle work on plastic canvas with a music box.  The small china Santa in front was given to me at a bank for completing my Christmas Fund when I was 12. They had a special deal for children so they had money for Christmas. The Christmas fence has been in the family for a very long time. My grandmother gave it to Mother and believe it came from Germany. I would say it is over 100 years.

Thank you everyone for visiting me and leaving a nice comments. Wishing you all a blessed week.

I am hooking up with Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape, Embroidery and Cross Stitch  on  http://www.supermomnocape.com

Log Cabin Quilt and CQ Projects

Log Cabin quilt top is finished, needs to be quilted. The center was a wall hanging since 2004 and September 2015 I worked an hour every day and completed in November  14. These are the wildlife we encounter living in Alaska, Wyoming and New Mexico. It is a log cabin design and all hand appliqued. The houses and center are cotton materials and the border animals are wool.  

These 2 trees are from Kathy Shawkl's class ICQC 103. The above is an embroidered tree using the split stitch and adding  French knot leaves using the "Cloud" method.

Below is a twisted tree using textured yarns. It looks like the dead tree where we walk. 

 

 

 Kathy Shawkl's class ICQC 104 using silkies to embroider. Her hair is bouillon knots.

 Sunday walk with the dogs at Ute Lake. We have never seen the water this high in 15 years. Thank You El Nino!

Thank You for visiting me and love your comments. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful projects people are working on at Kathy's Quilts    Slow Stitching Sunday ...http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com

 AND 

 Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape, Embroidery and Cross Stitch  on

Monday....http://www.supermomnocape.com 

 

Please stop by and see them.   

Quilt Show On Line

Whims And Fancies Trunk Full Of Quilts 2015, http://whimsandfancies.com

This is an awesome quilt show with lots of beautiful quilts.  Here are a few of my quilts and wall hangings.

 



 

Crazy quilt was started in 2006 and finished 2014. These are long term projects and won Best of Show at the County Fair.  I am in the process  of working on another one.

 Crazy Quilt Wall hanging Made in 2012 and won first place in an online international crazy quilt show.

Nativity Wall Hanging. The black was hand cut and appliqued onto the multi colored background.

Butterfly quilt was a wedding gift for my niece in 2015.  The blocks were boms from a local quilt shop. I designed the butterflies, flowers and vine separating the center blocks from the outer blocks. This was hand quilted and the blocks were machine quilted.

Valentine Wall Hanging. This one has tatted edging around hearts and embroidered hearts.

 

A Crazy Quilt Wall Hanging made with hexagons in 2009.

Mom's Chicken Quilt made in 2012. I think my sister kept this one when Mother went to heaven. It is all hand applique.

 

As one can see I love to Crazy Quilt and hand applique.  These are just a few of my quilts and usually work about an hour a day. I have many other projects so one is not bored!! (:   Hope you enjoyed my show as I have enjoyed all of yours!  Thanks for hosting Whims And Fancies!!!

Wool applique, Lady in the Garden and Rose Sampler

Scaredy Cat is a pattern from Country marketplace Magazine by JoAnn Mullally. The cat, moon and star are wool appliqued on a cotton fabric and sewn on a sweatshirt.

Although I did this a few years a go it is everything I did in  Kathy Shawkl class of paintings, dyes and inks. Great class.

Finished a rose motif on the Sampler. It takes a long time because of all the shading.

 

 

Thank You for visiting me and love your comments. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful projects people are working on at Kathy's Quilts    Slow Stitching Sunday ...http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com

 AND 

 Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape, Embroidery and Cross Stitch  on

Monday....http://www.supermomnocape.com 

 

Please stop by and see them.   

 

Tatted Maple Leaf Doily attached to a small white doily. There are 8 maple leaves attached and the ninth one in the center. It was tatted and attached all at the same time working with Lizbeth 40. My daughter has her own business testing water and this old brass water meter from Cortland, NY fits perfect for a Birthday Gift!   The Maple Leaf pattern is by Tammy Rodgers.

Cortland Water Board in New York 

 

I have been painting laces and ribbons this week. Kathy Shawkl has lots of free classes and this one is Painting with acid dyes on laces and ribbons. Lots of great information and learning a lot about dyes. I have used lots of different dyes but one can always learn more.  Need to find time for my Crazy Quilt and add some of these beautiful ribbons and motifs.

 

 Thank You for visiting me and love your comments. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful projects people are working on at Kathy's Quilts    Slow Stitching Sunday ...http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com

 AND 

 Susan Flemming's Super Mom No Cape, Embroidery and Cross Stitch  on

Monday....http://www.supermomnocape.com 

 

Please stop by and see them.