Another Mystery Quilt

--Polly Posts--

Another Mystery Quilt!
Some of you might remember that this time last year I made a mystery quilt called Orca Bay.   It was a fun challenge and especially so because my sister Julia was also joining in the mystery.
Here we are with our finished quilts last year.


This years mystery quilt is called Easy Street!



Thanks to Bonnie Hunter for putting this challenge together.   You can check in on her "Linky" page and follow over 200 other women who are taking on this project.

I decided to go with the color pallet that Bonnie suggested of purples, teals, lime green and grey.

 

These colors just didn't seem to go together for me until I saw this one piece of fabric in my stash.  It included all her colors and I now LOVE the combination!



Last week after I did Clue #1, which was to sew 192  4-patch blocks I spent some time ironing the seams while I watched Bonnie streaming live on her blog.



That got me to thinking......why can't I have a mini sewing retreat with my sisters?

So this past Saturday while I was working on Clue #2, making 128 flying geese blocks,  I sewed with 3 of my sisters via Skype.  Now how fun is that!!!



Thanks Barbara, Emily and Julia for the two hours of sewing fun.



I now have my 128 flying geese blocks done.





Clue #3 will be given on Friday but that day  our plans are to travel out to Michigan for an early Christmas with some of our children.   Clue #3 will have to wait.

Barbara's New Book

--Julia posts-- 

 

If you haven't done so already, you may want to check out Polly's blog about Barbara's new book, "Simply Triangles."

Here is the link.

Simply Triangles by Barbara Cline

Blokenlopee and Great is Thy Faithfulness

This poor lady looks like a stern teacher giving a boring lecture. I found her at this Fairy Quilt Godmother site. She was a lot of fun to make. I'm hoping to get her quilted soon.

Here is a picture that Mother painted for Paul & me and gave it to us as a wedding gift.

I tweaked it on the computer and ...



... and Emily and I made it into a small quilt for Mother.

For Paul's mom, I took a picture of a quilt that she was hand quilting. She had embroidered the blocks many years ago when she worked at the hospital on night shift.

Again, I tweaked the picture ...



... and made this small quilt for her.



Postcards to Columbus

--Julia Posts--

Joel had an old pickup truck that he used for feeding catfish. It was old and beat up and I decided it would make a good subject to be photographed. Using those pictures last week, I made these postcards for Postcards to Columbus . The pictures were tweaked on the computer and then printed on fabric that was ironed to freezer paper and sent through the printer.

The Ole Clunker

The Open Door

Right Door

These postcards will be for sale at the Location of Exhibition: Renee Reedy Studio | 101 5th Street South | Columbus, MS 39701 (below Cafe on Main) for the month of May, 2012.

You can see more postcards here and here.



Birthday "Card"

I had a lot of fun making this birthday "card" on the spur of the moment for Diane.

--Julia