Kay's Daffodil's and Snow

Yesterday I picked these daffodils because they were about to bloom and I knew they wouldn't make it through the snow storm.  Look at them now!  Spring is on the way!  With all the bad weather the last couple of weeks I was beginning to wonder.  Here are some snow pictures from my back yard. 

Grandpa  Huning's windmill.  It keeps falling apart but Jeff and one of  his buddies put it back together a couple of times. 

I hope winter ends soon, I am ready for Spring.!

Kay's Star Quilt

This star quilt is made from leftover star blocks from a quilt I made several years ago.  As usual I cut out way too many blocks so even though I used a bunch of them in this quilt I still have a bunch more star blocks.  I think that the original quilt was a star quilt that I made for Kristy but I'm not sure.   The stars are really a brighter yellow than it appears in this photo.  It was to intended to be used as a lap quilt but I got carried away and it is a little big for a lap quilt.  These colors are some of my favorite colors to work with.  As usual Joan Westhoff did an excellent on the quilting.  I tried to get a picture of some of the quilting she did.  She quilted stars in the red and blue blocks.  It really looks nice.  I am thinking about giving it to the ladies at our church.  They can use it for a fund raiser or they can give it away.  I know that they will find a good home for it! 

New quilt and whatnot (posted by Lorri)

We got a new sofa a couple of months ago.  Of course this meant we needed a new quilt for the sofa.  My hubby was kind enough to test drive the finished quilt this weekend.

I used fall colors for this cozy quilt.  I'm pretty sure he was watching the golf channel at this point. 
 

Naturally, I had to make pillows also.  I like the feather pillow inserts from Hancocks.  Makes for a nice soft pillow.

And because I am real glutton for punishment, I made the piping for the pillows from the leftover quilt binding.  I haven't worked with piping for awhile, so a few choice words flew from my mouth.

 

All done, now what to make next?

Kay's Quilts

A few years ago I made some art quilts for the Pittsburg Art Walk.  I mean I attempted to make art quilts.  I was encouraged to make these by my daughter because she wants me to make art quilts.  I'm not much of a artist but I gave it a try. I made the flowers and leaves by quilting  them on my machine and then I applied them to to the background.  It  made them have an 3-D effect.  The larger yellow and blue one I appliqued blue pieces of material and then quilted leaves and vines,  I made little squares of embroidered flowers and animals and appliqued them on the bottom.. 

This one I made out of scraps from leftover quilts projects.  I quilted it on my sewing machine with navy thread.  I sewed different things on the bottom to finish it out.  I bought beads and put things I found around the house - Candy wrappers, things I got in the mail, parts of old earrings,  I also crocheted itsy bitsy little doilies and threaded them on crochet thread and sewed them to the bottom. 

I took these pictures out to the farm and had Dad help me with these pictures.  We were going to photgraph them on the old chicken house but it was too windy, so Dad suggested that we go over to the barn out of the wind and take pictures.  I think they look pretty good on the old barn.  The red, black and white quilt is some embroidered blocks that I made of wildflowers in baskets.  I don't think these quilts are really art quilts but I tried!

Some of my favorites........ (posted by Lorri)

I've always liked sunflowers.  They are just so, well, sunny.  A happy flower, so to speak.
I received this from Sherry.

This is a photo that was transferred to canvas.  I believe that Sherry mailed this to some company who did the transfer.  The colors are so vibrant.  LOVE this.

Oil painting by Jim Annuschat.

  This oil painting was given to me by Jim Annuschat.  Jim knows I really like sunflowers and I like barns, so he combined the two in this oil painting.  Since I lack enough artistic ability to even sketch stick people, I really appreciate his talent.  I think a barnwood frame would be perfect for this.

My friend Gail made me this for Christmas.  She got new windows in her home, so she used one of the old windows to make this for me.  It is now hanging in my sewing room.  I really like it.

Vada came for a visit today.  She is now 8 1/2 months old.  She likes Cheerios now, and it is entertaining watching her trying to pick them up and get them to her mouth.  She is so much fun.

Guess who has the magic touch to get Vada to sleep?

Houston Quilts

Since I didn't have anything new finished I thought that I would post pictures that I took at the International Quilt Festival this fall.  This first one is "Untitled"  by Polly Bech.

Azuze Sky by Elena Marin

Springtime in the Garden by Mary Schneider

Gardens by Susan Brooks

Dixie Dingo Dreaming by Susan E. Carlson

Gridlock by Annette Guerrero

Circus Stars by Teresa Justice
Please excuse the photography, I am not the best photographer in the world.  Hope you enjoyed these pictures.  These were some of my favorite quilts at the quilt show. 

January 3, 2013 New Year's and whatnot

Several years ago I made a New Year's resolution I liked so much that I keep making the same one every year.  It's my one and only.  My resolution is to do a better job in keeping regular contact with my girlfriends.  When everyone is so busy with their own lives, it's easy just to let time roll by.  My goal is to try and go out to eat and visit once a month. Several (ok, many) of my friends are nurses, so trying to find a common evening with on-call schedules and different work shifts can be tough.  My other goal is to have more shared quilting time with my friends.

Have you ever been to a bridal shower where you are asked to write down advice for the bride?  My friend Debby always writes the same thing -"Don't forget your girlfriends".  And, she is correct. 
Feel free to copy my resolution for yourselves.

And, now for some photos.


Charlotte wanting to play with her popper before her mom could get the paper off.

Vada and her presents.  Each girl got a bucket to put their toys in.  Thank you tractor supply.

Charlotte in her Christmas dress, being held by her mommy, Kelli. Great-grandpa Von Soosten in the background.

Vada and her new turtle.

Sometimes the turtle moves faster than her little legs can move.  Good save, Clinton.

In their new outfits; little girls clothes are so cute.

Both girls ate wrapping paper at some point in the morning.  I love this stage.