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.



Antique Quilt Finished

Finally, it is finished!! My grandmother on my

Mom's side started this quilt way back in the

late 60's. It was all hand pieced and has a lot

of feed sack material in it.

My cousin ended up with it after buying my

aunt's house and graciously gave me the unfinished

quilt top. I finished the pieces by machine and patched here

and there and got it all ready and sent to the quilter.

I put lime green marble on it for backing and binding,

which may not go with the time frame....but I like it.

I am not really sure what the quilt block is called.

I know in one of Eleanor Burns' books, Underground

Railroad they refer to it as the Crossroads Block.

I have always had a fascination with the feed sack

material and I am so glad my Grammie put some of

it in these blocks.

I also recognize the fabric that is white with the red polka dot

in it from fabric she made a shirt out of in the late

60's. She wore that shirt a lot and I liked it, she would

most generally have a hanky stuffed in her front breast

pocket and a pack of Camel cigarettes. LOL...I don't

even think they had filters back then. Or were they

Pall Malls? Heck I can't remember...Pa Pa smoked one

kind she smoked the other.

Now back to my quilt talking...

The quilter finished it with an older pattern and did

a great job and it is bound and ready to use.

Matter of fact, I cuddled up in my glider with

it last evening. We're having a little cooler

evenings here in Southern Missouri this week.

I thought...mmm.... kinda like having my grandmother's

arms around me, by having this hand stitching

of hers surrounding me.

I am just so thankful my cousin gave it to me

and I actually stuck in there and got it finished.

I think having my Mother get so gravely ill this

winter lit a fire under me so I could see that it

was done and Mom could enjoy looking at what

her Mother had pieced so many years ago.

Antique Milk Cans

I love having my old milk cans around my house.

Last fall I bought this white one for $15!!

Hadn't bought one in years.

I love how it is different than the others

I have sitting around.

See how it says Kansas City at the bottom?

Well the dandelions are gone and I planted

a Hosta by it so I hope it grows and

they look good together. I have never

grown a Hosta plant before.

This oldy has been many colors.

I plan on having it painted bright red

some day. Hopefully I can do it

myself. It sits on our little back porch.

The blue one below is probably the first one I owned and have had around 38 years. It sat on the front porch of the first house I lived in when I left home and married when I was way too young. It was brown back then. Got this oldy when a neighbor moved and just left it behind. I love how you can still read the number on it. My dad and oldest brother drove a milk truck when I was little..under school age. I do remember riding with my brother on his milk route. Mom was with us and he let me eat his cookies out of his lunch box. I put a Boston Fern in it yesterday, so I hope the frost is gone for this spring. I wonder just how many gallons of milk this carried for the farmer who owned it and how many different places it went. Have had this oldy a lot of years too....can't remember for sure where it came from now. How I wish I had kept better track of where and when I got these cans. Like I said before when your young you think you will remember it all.... I try to keep these hens and chicks going in the lid. It doesn't do the best ...but they survive. We had cows and milked till I was around 6. I remember when we started buying milk to drink from town and I thought it was just awful tasting. I remember Mom putting cream in a peanut butter jar and having me roll it all around on the hard wood floor to make butter. I don't really think she was needing that butter that bad.....but it was a good way to keep me busy and out of her way for a while!!