Younger people see a future that older people can’t see
but older people have seen a past that younger people haven’t seen
. . . . . . . Inspired Quilt Artistry ~ Quilter, Quilt Historian, Designer and Long-Arm Quilter
Younger people see a future that older people can’t see
but older people have seen a past that younger people haven’t seen
Hello today - Good Quilt Friends!
It's a great Tuesday.... really because it follows my day off.... my day on of free time to quilt. The weather is still moody.... so good. I'll go outside if its good for March... if Oklahoma wants to rain and try for storms.. then I'll quilt!
I like to eat, sleep, and breathe quilts, quilt blocks, magazines and quilting. I check in weekly with my friends and family and I teach a quilt class two days a week. I am truly inspired by fabric and a fabric sale. Inspiration is everywhere and I smile daily.
I'm sharing a bit more after my best friends welcomed their first granddaughter last year.
I'll let a few more pictures showoff my design process..... Go to my FB page to do a double-take journey!
I knew I'd have to change courses in order to use the HEAT N BOND to cut out the applique letters for this little girl's name!!!! So -- a few more days. I really believe I'll be able to deliver this on Sunday to my friends.I added a pieced/// really wonderful backing! Own ward Christian Quilter —-to my friend inspired L-Armer
Well. I’ve been a year in finding a rhythm… I prepped several items.. but couldn’t get to a layout So I never miss a sale and she has WORD panels!!
Perfect
I taught this at my second beginner class project in abt February of 2025 at the NE Wellness & Community Center - OKC.
When have you missed a day of quilting? Well, I fought the 3-day flu bug (longer) and I did not quilt. OH MY!!
But my inspiration is still kicking. I want to SIDELINE-START … the exploding heart quilt…. And another take on the Disappearing Nine Patch! In fact it’s a Missouri Star…. But I REFUSE to pay pdf. I’m thinking I’m good enuf (hmnnnn)😄😄😄 to recreate this beauty
I visited my longarm lady(I’m loving her!!!) and her design wall was my show n tell! Then a couple of YouTube videos.
I went ahead and///cheated in biting a 10” cake for $40!!
Some late pm’s… I just have to cut and piece together one of my To-do wish list!
Well my intensity in learning this curvy log cabin! I’m NOT buying a pattern-pdf-nada! This was hung in a quilt show… and boy oh boy—- I studied it’’’’’ I took close pictures to count the rows, placement and center block—looked around online…
I love me!!!!!
Wha’ do ya think…. First four for the center. Oddly… it’s a traditional quilt!
Mind you—-I have a “hankering” to go deep into African prints—into faces—and protest messages via hope n survival….
But right now it’s structure and precision—-JUST HOLD STEADY GIRLFRIEND. QUILT ON!!!
I'm an old girl, yet applying Scripture to every part of my life. I often cut and paste "Good Thoughts" and this is a reminder of what was said by some good writer years ago.
In the Old Testament, the writer states in Ecclestiastes 3:7 that there is “ a time to tear apart and a time to sew together…..a time to be silent and a time to speak”.
Making a quilt is indeed a combination of tearing apart and piecing fabric back together. We use and re-use fabric so that nothing is really wasted or forgotten in the back of our closet. That old dress or pair of jeans is cut-away at the seams and we add new textures, buttons or lace so as to re-fashion it. So it is, the old remains familiar and yet brand new.
In this way, my quilted objects let me embrace the memory of yesterday - the kids, my mom, my father-in-law, my veteran.... A time and a season for everything...
CURVED ARCs via paper piecing perfect points!