oh wow this is awesome, love this
Hope

lovngrandma, what a nice picture of your life on the farm. What a happy quilt and nice back story.

EDIT: would you please tell us about your avatar picture. the thread spool and tiny display. I love it.
peace

retreat weekend - down on the farm
 

Hi girls - TL and Chasezzz knew I was at a retreat last weekend in February - that was the reason I didn't mail until Monday the 27th; a friend asked me to bring along the project I made for Chasezzz for sew and tell at the retreat. I got my inspiration for her quilt from Lori Holts - Vintage Farm Girl book. The below is my project "Down on the Farm" that I worked on all weekend at the retreat. It's ready to go to the quilters now.

beautiful blocks, i love the cat and the cow.
i love it done in pastels, so pretty, great work.

dabbler312, what an awesome quilt.n Is Down on the Farm the name of the pattern? It is adorable.


Well, I pulled not one but two packages from the mailbox today. I was surprised! Here is the wonderful mini from
oksewglad. I love it. The apple trees gave me a bit of a happy meltdown and the snowy farm will be a nice memory to enjoy.:D An envelope filled with treasure.

The front
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The other front
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A flying geese book mark which will get used a lot ( one of my favorite poems)
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A poem from oksewglad with little scissors. Marvelous. (a new favorite)
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I am gobsmacked!

peace

I am sew glad your liked your package...It was a pleasure to be your partner.

Fabulous quilt top dabbler! Did you do all the blocks on the retreat or start it earlier?

Ube, you did receive a treasure trove to be sure! What a wonderful package oksewglad!

Thank u ,
Well about my avatar, the tiny spool and the display, I think the stories of how thread being the binding that holds so many memories together, with the, tiny display, it reminds of of a movie I watched with the little one, named Tinkerbell and the Neverbee, and when shes realizing that even as tiny as she is , her tinkering, does make beautiful things, and also the little girl has a music box, and the even as tiny as the schene is its complete in showing the feelings of what the creator wants u to see, and my love for quilting and what u can create with quilting, from the very tiny to the big, and some of the most interesting, and beautifulist, are the little ones, hope I answered the question, if not I can have more,

Hello to all, I'm just asking I had the pleasure to be partnered with some awesome ladies and with this being the last hosted swap of minis, would there be any ladies wanting to do a mini with me, I'm game to swap with anyone, past swapper are new one, as this is how lasting friendships are formed and ive got some awesome minis and would love more, and to make more for others, send me a message if u would like to swap with me, I hope this is allowed, thanks to all Bless u all Hope

what beautiful minis - I love the rolling hills and with the church in the dale and the apple trees.
What a great idea for book markers - I never think of them anymore after I started using a Kindle to read with - sigh.