Fabric and Burned Iron

Well, my design wall looks the same as it did in the last design

wall posting so I didn't want to bore you with that today,

  instead I will show you what I plan to have

on my design wall in weeks or months to come!!

I plan on taking the black and white fat quarters and cut more from the

bottom yards and make a Turning Twenty, believe it or not

I have never done one of those yet.  I think I have the pattern

and loaned it to my daughter in law, so will have to track it

down first.

 If you go back to my last posting you will see where one of my local quilt shops

went out of business due to the owner going into retirement....so she really

had some good sales this last week.  No time to sew, had to shop.

The above fabric I plan on doing a Rail Fence with the bottom three and

a small border of black Kona I already had on hand. Then one of the

shop teachers talked me into the plaid for the border, not sure on that

but will see how it looks after the rail fence is done.

 There were some really good buys going on so I had to build up on some backing and

some stash fabric as I told myself I would never be able to find fabric again at the price

they were going for in the shop's closing sale.  So I indulged a little too much.  I don't know

what I will do with the wild flower fabric....just really liked it!!

 I did plan on trying to get more stack and whack blocks done for my wall and

this is how it started.  I sewed some and then plugged in the iron and left the room.

I returned and it smelled funny so I thought I better set it on the ironing board before

setting my seams and it was on there just a touch and the smoke rolled!!!!

I am so glad I didn't touch my fabric with it as I had purchased it late last

summer and just got enough to do my project. If I had burned that

block I don't know how I would have replaced that fabric!

The iron hit the trash sack, actually I threw it on the ground first then went

back and got it.  The thing was stinking up the sewing room!!

I still can't believe it heated up that hot in such a short time.

Glad I didn't leave it on and walk off for very long, it had one of those

deals where it turns itself off after a certain amount of time...but

after this blow up doubt that was working.

Kountry Kin Quilt Shop Closes

Carol Farley decided it was time for her to retire as

she was turning 66 this last week, so Kountry

Kin Quilt Shop had it's last day of business

on July 28th, 2012.

I will miss this place.   Carol was the one that started

me on the path of making quilts.  That was something

I had wanted to learn to do for many years.  When

I finally had to give up my last part time at the end

of 2005 I went to learn to make quilts.  Carol is who

I had my first lesson from. I saw a sign advertising

her class on a table runner in Oct. 2005 and walked into

her shop and signed up.  She worked with me one

on one that first day and the rest is history.

I am hooked....when my time and energy allows it

I like to make quilts.



This old sign greeted us at the front entrance. 

That dang knob on the front door always stuck on me

when I went to leave.....I never did learn to turn it the right

way. 

When you pulled up and parked the first thing you would notice

was one of Carol's latest quilts hanging from the front railing, weather

permitting.  I always liked that because that was what

caught my attention the first time I went to her shop.

It was a quilt flapping in the breeze with a sign on it

to advertise a beginner class.



 When the sun was perfect at the right time of day the

stained glass window at the back of the shop was beautiful.

See, this once was a church located west of Rich Hill that

was moved into town in 1992.

I went up to do a little shopping at the first of this last week and

it was already starting to look a little bare ......lots of good buys.



 I loved how she had this old trunk display set up for kid's

fabrics.  There was a little red wagon on the back side

of this and it came home with me.  Wish I had gotten

a picture of it while it was sitting here.

 I think the little bear looks a little sad that Kountry Kin

is closing and he won't be seeing us running in and out

any more!!

 This was Marie waiting on customers the last Monday the

shop was open.  That cluttered table had seen a lot of

quilts made, classes taken, friendships formed, tears shed

and plenty of laughter and good food..

It is where we sat at our monthly Stitch in Time Guild meeting.

 Pretty Christmas display.

This is the very last Shop Hop Quilt from the Spring of

2012 made by Carol, each block was made by a different

shop owner on the hop.

 I love these scripture quilts and have the fabric to do this, it's

in my "WIP's" work in progress.

This is a quilt Carol made that sat on a table at the

entrance/ exit...where the door always stuck on me.

Good bye Kountry Kin and thank you to Carol Farley

for 19 years she gave to the business community of little

old Rich Hill, Missouri and all she of gave of herself to

the manywho entered her store.

Happy RETIREMENT...enjoy.  See you at the

local quilt shows and guild meetings.

I am gonna miss this place.

It was a therapeutic place for me at times!!!

Stack and Whack Blocks

Well, these block seem to boggle my mind.  I have to

really pay attention to what I am doing.  I love

the Stack and Whack quilts I have seen, and everyone

says they are fun to do!!

I think they are a little bit complicated, but then maybe after

you do a few more they get easier.  I plan to do 8 of these

blocks and make a couch throw for my Mom's apartment.

I love how they remind me of those little kaleidoscopes we had when

we were kids back in the day.  Those were so fun to play with, you

never did know what design you would end up with.  I was always

trying to turn it and get the same one to show up twice.

This is just a beautiful one a lady from my guild made...

Kay W. from Stitch in Time, this thing is a California

King Size....and I am worrying about doing 8 blocks?

Then again I have the energy challenge (CFS) that likes

to dictate when and how much I do.

If you have the patience they sure do make beautiful quilts.

Antique Pink Churn Dash Quilt Finished!!

The Pink Churn Dash is finally finished. I purchased this

top at a sale well over 20 years ago and stuffed it away.

I had to do some repairs and finishing on it but it

was worth it.  It is a beautiful piece of work that

some lady put a lot of love and time into.

I decided I was going to try and do the binding by machine.

I sewed the binding to the back and brought it around

to the front and secured it down with a decorative

stitch.  It came out ok... I think it will take a lot

of practice to be able to machine finish a binding to suit me.

I just didn't have the courage to tackle it by hand

after doing the Crazy Quilt binding by hand the first

of the month. My hands were sore for days.

I got all the quilts washed (warshed) and put away that I took to

the 4th of July Quilt Show up in Rich Hill.  I don't think I

will show another one again this year unless it is my red white and

blue crazy quilt. I like it, it is different than most quilts.

My Nine Patch will go back on the foot of the bed when the

weather gets cooler.

       When visiting at the show a few of us ladies were talking about washing

our quilts, how to and what not to do. Well then we got off on the

topic about how most of us say "warshed" when the proper way is

washed.  I know I tell the grand kids to go warsh their hands and get

a funny look once in a while. I guess it's all in what you grew up hearing

and I believe that in Southern Missouri we heard warshed more in my

day. I won't even get started on windows....

Radio Flyer Wagon, White Milk Can and Porcelain!! WOW

My white milk can now has company.  An old friend 's girlfriend gave me the little

red wagon after seeing how I messed around a little in my yard. Bless her, I

hardly know her.  Then the friend gave me the old chamber pot on the right when

cleaning in his storage unit.  I saw it needed rose moss planted in it right away.

Then while down at my Mom's farm house, I noticed her old porcelain pot with

the red handles and saw the moss was croaking since she is not living there.

I thought I better bring it home so I could water the moss and had a vision of it in this

little wagon with the other porcelain pot. Yep, they fit. 

I also saw that little black tub sitting neglected and needing flowers in it so

home with me it came and it fit in the milk can.  I have never grown Petunias, 

that's one of Mom's favorites. I just don't like the smell of them.

Well, I thought since I took the little tub from her place I would put some

Petunias in it....so far it's working for me, they are thriving in this 100 degree heat.

While thinking about one of my favorite fabric and quilt shops going out of

 business it came to me I had seen one of the white and red pans in her shop

and wondered if she was selling it.  So on my next trip up there it came home

with me for a good price.

I didn't have any dirt from the farm around so I went to Wal Mart and bought 

cactus soil.   I have never used that before and  am not sure how it is going to 

work  for my hens and chicks but they are still alive in it. Hope they thrive

in this heat.  

I really like my little arrangement if I may say so. Just wish it

were not so very hot outside so I could sit and enjoy it more!! 

It would all probably look better with some white landscaping rock under

it....give me time and some $$$$'s and maybe it will happen.

Patriotic Crazy Quilt and the 4th Quilt Show

This is the first crazy quilt I have ever attempted to make. I just pretty much

grabbed pieces and sewed them together...some in more of a Log

Cabin type block, others hog podge. In the middle there

are 4 paper pieced blocks surrounded by the 5 heart blocks.

It was a fun quilt to make.  This was the first time it

went to a quilt show.

 Here is my favorite and first nine patch making a showing and probably 

the last time I will show it.  I like using it.  It was on the bed most of  this

last winter.

The Wedding Ring Quilt is mine but was purchased at an antique shop, wish they would

have labeled it!!  The one in the middle next to it was the one my grammie has started

and hand pieced. I finished it and had it quilted in 2012.

 This Dresden Plate quilt is also from the antique store and I have no idea who put all

that hard work into it or saved up all those feed sacks.  The prairie point binding is really

unusual and they did a great job hand quilting it. Still I wish I knew who and when it

was made, but and sure glad I am the owner. I will enjoy and appreciate it!!

This is the first of two raffle quilts made by a couple ladies at the Stitch In Time 

Quilt Guild.  I hope it is in a home that appreciates it as a lot of hard work

went into this lovely quilt.

This is the second raffle quilt made by many of the members of the guild. We each made 

a few tossed 4 patches and then turned them in to the shop owner who them stipple quilted each

and everyone of them. They then went to the president of the guild and she and another

lady put them together by machine and then by hand with those skinny black strips.

This is the one I wish they would have drawn my ticket for!!!

Happy thing is the shop is closing and the owner is going to retire and she did

all that hard work stipple quilting those block and guess what???

 They drew her name and she won the quilt!!! What a great way to end your 

last month in business after 19 year....winning the raffle quilt you put a lot of

hours work into.!!!!  Glad she won it if I didn't  LOL!!!