University of Missouri Quilt

My husband's aunt just finished having this quilted for her grand daughter

for graduation this spring. She designed the quilt all on her own and

I think it turned out pretty nice. In fact I know her nephew sure thinks

it's grand.

She has her trimming and binding

 to do and it will be ready to wrap.

I love how the quilter labeled it for her!!!!

Some of the grand kids refer to Joe's uncle as the

"Old Fart."  Lovingly that is..

Judy Fullerton, up in Butler did a super job

 quilting this for Marie. Judy sure

is becoming a pretty darn good quilter if I may say so!!

Finished Round Robin Quilts of Spring 2012

  I knew when I saw this material that it would be the perfect border to

finish  the last Round Robin Exchange quilt I had to

work on in quick order this week.  I love it, the brights

with the black background would just pull this

spool themed quilt together.

 I think it really did make a good border for this quilt. It

is the last one of this exchange ...whew...I always

wait till the last minute.  I wouldn't mind being the owner

of this one at all.

 This lady wanted hers to be a fall theme and I think it

turned out just beautiful.

 I think us girls did an outstanding job this time

and got really creative with these borders.

The quilts look like they all stayed pretty

squared up, which is a task when

you have so many different people

sewing on each quilt.

 This black and red one belongs to the quilt shop owner and

we all know she is a Kansas City Chief fan ....so I know

there will be KC Chief backing on this quilt for her

to be cuddled up under during this winters games!!!

 The next two below are pillow tops the lady wanted

for her grand daughter. She was a beginner and

had never done an exchange quilting before

and wanted to keep it simple.

 I really like the orange one and it is bigger than the pink one.

I am sure her grand daughter will love them.

 For some reason my camera did not do well picking

up the colors on this one. It was really bright and

beautiful.

 Now this one below is the one I really love as IT IS MINE!!!

I am going to add one more border that pulls together the

flowers from my middle block. I don't think I have enough

of that original Eleanor Burns fabric but will find

something close to it. It is much brighter than the camera

shows it...must have been my flash with the evening sun

coming in the windows washed the colors out a little.

There are a few more that didn't make it in this evening but hope to

get pictures of them soon.  I love these Round Robin Exchange Quilts,

but am sure glad when we get the project finished. Then I say I

won't do another one as it is always hanging over my head to

get to it and my health is not always cooperative....but

I love owning one so I usually cave in and do them.

But, not another one for a while.!!

Bright Words Quilt

This is the block of the month quilt

at Kountry Kin Quilt Shop that we are

starting.  I like the bright colors and

the positive words.

I have never made blocks with words before, it looks fun.



 Carol did a great job putting this together and

I hope mine looks half as good as hers

when it is finished!

I can see this being a quilt I will use on a depressed

or draggy fatigued day

and hope its words and colors will lift my spirits when

I am under it!!

Finish It Up Friday Round Robin

Well it has taken me a while but I finally have the last border on this

Round Robin quilt top. It will have one more border added then

we return them to the person that made the original middle block, which is

next week!  Can't wait to see mine. 

 You can tell how I hang my  piecing by looking at the pic below.  I just have a flannel

backed table cloth tacked to the wall. Works great for me.  I would like to have

 a more stable one but this works great and it pretty much out of the way.

I was going to applique some flowers in the white sections but ran out of time.

It is already delivered and can't wait to see what the next person adds.

New Plant At Our House

This is the first one of these Hydrangea plants we have ever bought.

I spyed it at the checkout at the grocery store yesterday and then went back

later and bought it.  Don't have a clue how to care for it, but will look it

up on the internet and learn.

Joe has always admired the ones at a house a few blocks from us.

We always slow down when we go past her yard as she has several

lovely flower beds and a few of these on the north side of her house.

So we are going to give it a try and see how we do with a Hydrangea plant.

We will leave it out on the front porch on the table for a while and then

plant in next to the north side of the shed in the back yard.  There

it will get sunshine and some winter protection.