May Travels

Rebecca had a brunch for her JMU nursing Bible study group.

Autumn and I had a wonderful visit with my nephew Jeremy Yoder and his family before we took off for Canada.

 One night we went to The Blue Stone Inn for supper.  It is a unique restaurant and has a wonderful atmosphere.  Abe ordered a roasted duck and said it was the best duck he ever had.....the only duck he ever had.-

Dryden Quilters in Canada who made "Pinwheel Pizzazz".
 I always like to see how different the color combinations are for the same pattern.

 Eating with quilting friends in Rockville, MD.

Susan was a wonderful host for Autumn and I while we stayed in Rockville.

From Rockville, Maryland, Autumn and I flew to see Parla, Dave and Brighton.

Autumn's dream machine.

Brighton on her dream car.

Parla making whoopie pies for a fund raiser.

Autumn and I filling the cookies and wrapping them.

We ate Sunday lunch with Matt and Dianna. It was so good to see these Canadians again.

"Over Lapping Stars" was the class I taught in Red Lake, Canada.

Sue used a stack and whack method for making some of her stars.

It was fun to see the table runners come together.

Dave taking a picture of Parla on Mothers Day.

I was so glad to spend my mothers day with 2 of my girls and Brighton.

My 10 day trip went way too fast.  And you can see that this Mummsy loved every minute being with her granddaughter.

Home for one day then to Hilton Head SC, and Savannah GA for more quilt classes.

Rhea took the "Star Tricks" class.  She told me she had made the quilt "Star Shuffle" that is pictured on the front of my book "Simply Triangles".  She did a fantastic job and she also hand quilted it.

"Yankee Doodle""

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Here is my block in the quilt "Yankee Doodle". This entire quilt uses only one block. This is the block that is featured in Quiltmaker 100 Blocks magazine.  Can you find the block?

Here is the block out lined in yellow.

The block

Create a triangle using strips of fabric.

Create another triangle with two strips and two diamonds.

Make a diamond chain and place it between the two triangle units.

This same block, arranged in a different way, also makes wonderful table runners

 or a wall quilt.

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Quilts In Progress

 My quilt "Nebula" is almost completed. 

Here is a close up picture of the quilting in "Nebula".

 Here I am saftey pin basting a quilt I finished piecing of Terry's (husband) great, great aunt.  The pieces of this quilt were cut out and placed in a box and later sold at a family auction.  Terry's cousin bought the box of pieces and years latter saw she would never finish the quilt.   She gave it to us hoping some day it would get finished. Now it is pieced and I am ready to hand quilt it.

I need a name for this quilt that I just put the binding on.
  Any suggestions?

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March

So happy Autumn is home. She was in Germany 

with YWAM (Youth with a Mission) for the past 6 months.

She has already dived into piecing a scrappy quilt.

Autumn and I spent the day at Mother's.

  

Here Mother is learning a new new technique, machine quilting.  How spunky is that for an 88 year old lady? Notice the picture in the background.

This is an oil painting Mother painted on the wall of our home when I was a little girl.  I was always so proud to tell my friends that my Mother painted it.

A delicious meal at Benjamin and Melissa's.

A van load of Weaver's and Cline's heading to a.....

.... UVA basketball game!

  When the children were little our two families occasionally went to UVA games together. A great evening of bringing back old memories.

While the snow flakes fell we played games.

Nathan Zirkle learning how to make doughnuts.

One day I went to Linda's for a sewing day.  
Linda teaching Heidi how to make a dress.

Heather, Heide and Linda.

 Heidi looks so sweet in her first garment.