Summer Quilt Block Swap-Due August 15th.

[RustyHen]

Rusty Hen,

Thank you for sharing. My Mum came from a family of 12, 4 boys and 8 girls. Three of the boys died as babies and one girl died when she was 11. Mum was the youngest girl and her surviving brother was the youngest of them all. She & her brother were put into an orphanage when their Dad died when she was about 8-9. War broke out & they were evacuated from the orphanage. They didn't get to live with their Mum again until after the war. My Nan lived to be 100 despite having all those children and being widowed much longer than she was married. There is only one of the sisters left now, Mum died a three years ago.

Where was your father stationed in England?


I like the idea of potted meat sandwiches too. We must have doilies on the serving plates! I'll never get Fenrosie to drink tea so coffee in tea cups will have to be allowed.

Majack

What an amazing family story thank you for sharing it. Sorry you lost your Mum so soon.
I'm afraid the I can't remember where my Dad was stationed in England! I know that he loved it said it was so green, we lonely get about 12 inches of rain a year here, and learned to drink his beer warm there

I'll get my Mom to have a little tea party with me.

 

[shamblescross]

wow, those are beautiful!

 

[littlechicklet]

wow, those are beautiful!

x2

 

[rockingbearanch]

I thought this Youtube video called Chickens Like Quilting Too was cute. I can stop messing the house with thread snips and move it all outside but I'm afraid I would look the the pigeon lady with them all over me and the quilt.

 

[fenrosie]

Mary dragged me to a quilt show today , kicking and screaming of course! And yes, we both bought chicken fabric!

 

[katsdar]

Mary dragged me to a quilt show today , kicking and screaming of course! And yes, we both bought chicken fabric!

So that was you I heard all the way across the pond.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Mary dragged me to a quilt show today , kicking and screaming of course! And yes, we both bought chicken fabric!

PICS PLEASE????!!!

 

[fenrosie]

Only took this one! It was a small show put on by the company that dose national shows and as it was the first time at the venue the only quilts on show are ones that are "doing the rounds" of quilt shows. We went because it was in our county and hope enough people go so that they continue to run it.
I think we managed to spend enough money with the few traders that were there!
I did a workshop on painting bondaweb which I enjoyed- you paint the glue side with watered down acrylic paint and then iron on to cloth to background but as glue wrinkles when it gets wet you get some really interesting effects.
Then we both did a workshop using Markel paint sticks which are like oil pastels but you can heat set them. We tore paper to make masks and made land scrapes to quilt and embroider.
The best thing about it though was seeing all our quilting friends from across the county, a lot of them we got to know last year when we went on a bus to Ireland to the "first ever international" quilt show organised by an American man who is trying to bring money into Ireland. We all had a good time and it hadn't cost us a fortune to get there , it was a good show but not great and only a handful of traders . There were an awful lot of people from USA who were not pleased as their trip had cost them several thousand dollars ! I think in a couple of years it will be a fantastic show.

 

[Cknldy]

I am sure some didn't mind going just to see the sights there Some things that are really popular and 'raking in the dough' in some countries just takes time to become popular in others. I don't think anyone starts out making a huge profit from something they love until enough people start showing interest too. Thank you for being some of the people that continue to go in hopes of inspiring others!

 

[littlechicklet]

Just wanted to stop in and let everyone know I had to change to a different pattern. I tried the square in a square in square block and it was not pretty! I am doing a simple square in squares block. I would upload a pic but something is messed up and I can't upload any pics.

I will be sewing these by hand since it requires a scant 1/4" seam and I am not very good with a sewing machine. Its a simple block but I think its pretty.