It is Finished!

The wall-hanging is finished and received a second place ribbon at my local county fair.

If you know a fireman, please take time to thank him (or her)

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

My Fireman Wall Hanging

 Sometimes  working on a project for me brings back too many memories and I have to put it away for a while and do something else.  This week I brought my fireman wall hanging back out and I want to have it finished soon so I can post a finished picture for you.

Hope that you are having a wonderful Father's Day weekend.

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Still Working on the Wallhanging, Spring's Here, & Where There's Smoke There's Dean

I thought that I would have a finished wall hanging to show you this weekend, but spring activities made me too busy to sew.

 I was just about to walk out my back door and noticed a Cardinal and had to take a picture of him.  I bet he didn't realize how close I was. 

 My husband had a little excitement yesterday.  He wanted to burn some wheat stubble to make my job working ground easier.  Things were going well until the wind kicked up and it got out of hand.

 Our neighbor was nice enough to take his cultivator along the edge of the field to contain the fire.

 I wasn't home, but driving up the T road I couldn't see the house for a minute or so.  I thought I was going to have a heart attack, but when I made my left hand turn on our road I knew the house was okay.  It was all white smoke and I knew it was a field fire, but for about a minute I let my imagination run away with me!

 Firemen showed up and the excitement was soon over.

 Dean will be teased for a while and owes the fire department ice cream, but we're both glad to have friends to call on when we have a problem.

Hope you're all having a great day on this very special day of Grace!

Happy Easter & Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Firemen Thread Painting & Farm Activity

My thread painting is coming right along.  I would like to thank Randy Roberts a photographer that has given me permission to thread paint his copyrighted photo.  I have been trying to work at it one baby step at a time  It's hard when the weather is warm and there is so much to do.

My husband is rearranging farm equipment so he has room to work on the planter.

Backing a grain combine header into the barn with a pickup truck is not an easy task!

 After several tries and hand signals from me, it finally was backed into a perfect spot.

Even though the fields are barren right now there has been a lot of activity at our farm: 

mountains of paperwork from taxes, 

planning what we're going to plant, 

hauling grain to the elevator, 

buying of fertilizer, 

buying of seed, 

and many activities too numerous to mention.

Hope you have a wonderful week and see a wonderful sunrise like this one we seen this week.

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Quilting Retreat & Thread Painted Firemen Sneek Peek

Last weekend I spent time making a donation quilt at our quilt club's retreat.  It was a relaxing, noisy, and great time with friends.

My friend, Jo Ann, had been wonderful in letting us use her basement--Thank You!

 Yes--that is me in the picture below  :)

Here are some of the finished quilts that have been made by our quilt members.

 Guess who was at the retreat!  My blogging friend, Sandi, from Sew in Peace!

I'm working on a new project.  The photographer from my local newspaper had taken a neat picture of the firemen that were fighting the fire and he has given me permission to thread paint his picture!

Here is a sneak peek!  

I received a few personal cake decorating tools that I used at the bakery and to my surprise my books actually were in good condition.

One book had gotten a little damp and smoky, but I let it air out for about two weeks and dry ironed the pages.  It will be ready to be used again.  I would like to thank Steve and Debbie for their thoughtfulness in salvaging my personal tools.  This has been a really rough time for them and for them to think of me and my coworker's personal items was really thoughtful. 

I miss my bakery family which also includes more customers than I can count.

If I have an errand in town, people are always stopping me asking when the bakery will reopen.  The outpouring of concern and love has been overwhelming!

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne 

Buddy the Beagle--Thread Painted

Buddy is my sister's dog.  Em gave me some pictures of Buddy this summer and hinted that I should try to thread painted something different.  So I decided to give it a try.

Buddy came to life one stitch at a time.  I stitched in his eyes first. 

I had a hard time trying to get his nose just the right color and shaded correctly.

I still need to practice on my shading.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of Buddy coming to life.

Happy New Year & Happy Quilting

Kay Lynne

Thread Painted Warbler

I wanted to do something special for my sister, Jenny, for Christmas.  She has hinted around about wanting a thread painted bird from me.  I wanted to a little bird that fitted her personality and I picked out a Warbler, which is an Ohio bird.

I used water soluble stabilizer on the top and bottom of my quilted wall hanging.  I was so surprised at how this prevented the puckering so I didn't have to use a hoop.  Its fun to see how a little colored thread and a sewing machine can make a little bird come to life. 

I want to thank

Vic Murayama
for giving me permission to thread paint his picture.
  Vic made a trip to Ohio this year and took some wonderful pictures of Ohio birds.

Hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season where the birth of forgiveness started a long time ago.

Happy Quilting!


Kay Lynne

Finished Bluebird Wall Hanging, Teaching Em, & Mom's Quilt Top

Here's the finished wall quilt!

I'm so happy that it's done early so I don't have to rush around next month to finish it.

What do you do on a Saturday?

Mom and I helped teach my sister, Emily, to machine quilt using a walking foot.

Her machine started out real slow and unsure, but after a few rows Em and her  machine had all the confidence in the world to get the job done.

I also helped Mom measure the size of her Shop Hop Quilt that she made last year so she can get the backing ready.  Each Quilt Shop had a block pattern.

I'm looking forward to seeing this quilt when it's all finished!

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Making Your Thread Painting More Realistic & Wood County 4-H Quilt Square Trail

I've been working on this small wall hanging for a September wedding gift.
As I was working on this project, I realized that there was something wrong.  Look at the stitching close--my bird pretty boring and stiff!  The feathers on a bird do not go in an up and down direction in real life.  I decided to go back over my stitching curving my lines, which made all the difference in the world!  The finished project will be posted soon! 

Note:  I used Vic Murayama's Bluebird picture.

Thank you Vic!

 Below is a really neat idea that my sister's extension office came up with to bring on more 4H awareness in their area.

 

You can read more about it at Jenny's blog.  These painted quilt blocks will be attached to Wood County barns for all to enjoy.  When the blocks are all done, I want to take a country drive and enjoy!

  

It maybe the dog days of summer and

too many activities to attend.

Just stop a few moments and enjoy the beauty around us.

I had to pick up my husband at his place of work and I surprised him with Chinese takeout!

We ate at a park and enjoyed walking a trail.  It's nice to do something different for a change :)

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne

Friday Night Sew-In Results: Thread Painted Cardinal, TQM Binding Tool, & Other Adventures

I finished my cardinal wall hanging just in time to give it away Saturday for a wedding gift.  We have been getting a lot of high heat and humidity this past week so this is my escape from the heat.  I'm happy with the results.  The background quilting is meandering feathers.  There are some other ideas that have been popping into my head that I want to eventually try when I get time!  My experiments will be posted.

For my pattern I used a photo from Vic Murayama.  If you haven't checked out Vic's bird photos, they are amazing!  Vic here's another thank you for use of your picture!  

Below is a binding tool that I have been using from TQM Products.  There is a really nice tutorial on YouTube that explains how to use the tool.  I never thought that I would actually use this tool, but I really like the results of a binding that you can't find a beginning or an end and it's easy.  I do want to point out that you have to watch the video very carefully.  The directions on the tool it's self can be misunderstood.  I give this tool a must have rating :)

The wheat is now history and a second crop is peeking up through the wheat stubble.  This is call double crop beans.  We have had plenty of rain to get them to germinate.  Hopefully, it's not too hot for these baby bean plants to survive.

Most of the crops look good and hopefully we will have a cooler weather next week.

Saturday morning I helped my boss set up this wedding cake that I had iced the day before.  Rushing a wedding cake from one air conditioned place to another is not an easy task, but it all turned out just fine.  The heat sure can be an obstacle when it comes to wedding cakes!

Hope everyone is having a nice summer/winter :)

Happy Quilting!

Kay Lynne