Friday Feet - Summertime 06-16-17

 

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Thursday Threads - Grasses Return 06-15-17

This is a little 12" X 12" quilt made for the SAQA auction back in 2007.  So, it is in someone's collection.  I like to make these little quilts for fund raisers, but don't seem to be inspired the last few years. 

 "The Grass Returns"  Del Thomas  2007  12"X12" 

Cotton fabric, Batting, Thread.  Invisible and metallic  threads.  Silk fabric,

Fused applique, Machine Quilting. 

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The bird is in the quilting somewhere. 

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Wordless Wednesday 06-14-17

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KoKo and Duckie 06-11-17

KoKo does play with other toys, not just his favorite, Froggie. 

 

Sometimes he can't decide which he likes most.

 

Poor Duckie has had many surgeries.  Before KoKo could even touch him, I removed his hard plastic eyes so that KoKo wouldn't swallow them.  Then he lost his left wing because it was so damaged it couldn't be reattached.  Both legs have been repaired several times and now his right leg must be reattached again.  I don't think this was supposed to be a doggie toy, just not sturdy enough.  But I think this is KoKo's second favorite.  Froggie is always first.

Looking back 06-10-17

I am one of those people who likes to look back to see what was happening on any given day in the past.  I don't record something every single day, but the advent of computers and digital cameras has given me a photo record on Picasa that stretches back to a few pictures from 2005 and some very old shots that have been scanned in at different times.  I have boxes of photos and slides going back from before I was born, but not the energy or inclination to go through them and scan them into the digital files.    Maybe some day in the future I will find time and interest. 

This is a week with several special memories.  Fifty-five years ago on June 9, 1962, I married my first husband with all the wonderful future stretching out before us.  We were divorced in 1971.  Such mixed memories of those nine years.  In 1991 I took my first class from Ruth McDowell (whose birthday is June 8th), one of many over the years.  A great teacher, a lovely friend, and a large part of the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.   On June 6, 1997 I started being "nanny" to Corky, the Poodle Prince.  He had a great influence on my life and took me on many adventures I wouldn't have had without him.  He wasn't quite a year old and rather a handful at first.  He died in November 2013, leaving me bereft of a lover in my life.   A job taken in August 2016 by KoKo. 

Here I am with my sister, Ellamarie, taken in Portland, OR, sometime in 1941, I think.  Do I look like I am three-something and Ellamarie is six-something?   I had bangs and pigtails because my hair is as straight as hair can be.  Ellamarie has flowing locks because she inherited the natural curly hair gene. 

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Friday Feet 06-09-17

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Thursday Threads - "Morning Sniff" 06-08-17

 Every month Surfside Quilters Guild (and many other guilds) have a raffle for some project donated by one of the members.  SQG calls their fund raiser Monthly Mini.  Every year I donate something as part of my commitment to the guild.  The items can bring in from $100 to $300, so it is a good contribution.   

"Morning Sniff"  Del Thomas 2010  Approx. 12"W x 17"L

Cotton fabric and thread.  Fused.  Machine quilted.

I had this bird fabric for years, but never knew what to do with it.  Perfect as a backing and it fills in as the bird image I put in every quilt I make.

This is what happens when you apply the label before doing the quilting. Makes it hard to read the date of March 2010.

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