New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Conn.

We have done it again.  A spur of the moment trip to the New England Air Museum, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  Ron wanted to meet with  someone there that had a lot of knowledge of B-29's from World War II, and there just so happened to be a quilt show.  In touring the area we came upon a small group of mules.  Ron had never seen one that had the spots on it.  We were fascinated by it's appearance.

Fall is making an appearance. These asters are so pretty, Don't you just love the purple of fall.

There is a big complex.

Love, basket quilts.  This was so nice, because it has a large block, and then a block with 4 small basket patterns.

This was an amazing piece of work.

Here is the description.

This was a neat tribute quilt.

What a nice story.

Here is what is called nose art on the B-29.  Ron's father flew this type of plane during World War II.

When I took this picture, Ron was actually in the plane, sitting in the cockpit.

Here is Pat Sidley, with Ron.  His father-in-law, and Ron's Dad had the B-29 in common.  They spent the whole day together talking and comparing notes.  Ron has a new friend.

Leaves are changing color.  The couple of days we were there you could see the changes.

One of the things we did not know was this area is part of the Tobacco Valley.  The harvest is in, and the leaves are curing in these big barns.

Now have you ever seen twin pumpkins?  One stem, two pumpkins growing together.  If we could, I would have brought one home!  The lady told us, this happens every now and then.

I am going to do another post about the wonderful display of World War I quilt that were also on display.
Sue Reich has written a book about World War II quilts, that is wonderful.  She is in the process of having a new book being published about World War I.  I was able to hear a lecture she gave while at the museum.   I have a copy on order.  She has a lot of quilts in her collection.
Stay tuned.

Mary

Umbrella and dolls, and don't forget about Rush Hour

Madame Samm has been talking about recycling an umbrella.  I can't wait until her pattern comes out so I can give it a try.  This whole umbrella thing got me to thinking about them.  How many do you own that work or not? I think we are up to seven.  Not a great number, and never available when you need them!

When my husband was courting me, many years ago, he was doing it at long distance.  One of the early flights to visit, as he was going through the airport, he saw a stand set up with these umbrellas.  On a whim he purchased this one and had my name put on it.  It is not really for the rain, but to protect me from the sun.

Have you seen those neat dolls that Madame Samm has made?  They are wonderful.
At a guild workshop many, many years ago. Eleanor Peace Bailey came to do a lecture and workshop.  This is my creation.
"When the Fat Lady Sings".  I did make her, but Eleanor did her face for me.

Check out the butterfly on her breast.  Yes those are silver gloves on her hands, and a feather in her hair.

At another workshop, only I don't know who with, I made this other doll.
Her body is her clothes with added accessories.

She has a petticoat under her skirt, a diamond on her finger, and how about that updo.

 It is always fun to take a class and try new things.  You never know when you may find a new creative side of yourself.  I think i still enjoy sewing small projects and quilts.  I do like my two dolls though.
Have a great rest of the week,
Don't forget "Rush Hour" is still in progress.  The latest hop that Madame Samm and Carol of Just Let Me Quilt are hosting. Let's see what else can be done with "Rush Hour" fabric or the black, white, red and gray combination.  There have been some wonderful ideas so far.
Here is the schedule for our up coming quilters.

Thursday, September 25

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Kwilty Pleasures

Selina Quilts

A Stitch in Time

It Seams To Be Sew

Pig Tales and Quilts

Lakeshore Stiches

Tea Time Creations

Friday, September 26

The Quilting Queen Online

Quilting Quietly

Vicky Myers Creations

Grammie Q’s

From This to That

Quilted Delights

Coeur d’Alene

Sew at Home Mummy

Monday, September 29

Grandmama’s Stories

Kris Loves Fabric

Jane’s Quilting

Life, Quilts, and Cats, too

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Creatin’ in the sticks

Bquiltin Studio

Tuesday, September 30

Lily Patch

MooseStash Quilting

Words & Stitches

Karma Willow Designs

Kwilt Krazy

How arT you?

Sew We Quilt

Have a great day, Mary

Rush Hour

Good Morning, I hope everyone is ready for the "Rush Hour" hop.

I would like to thank Mdm Samm of Sewwequilt.com and Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.  They have once again let us to stretch our creativity.

I was fortunate to acquire a fat quarter pack of "Rush Hour: by Studio E.  What a fun line of fabric.

I decided to come up with my own idea for a quilt. I did add Kona Red for my accent.

Here is my quilt.  I am loving how it turned out.  The lady that longarms for me, Wendy Yates, of Plainfield, used a simple design for the quilting.

Here is the back.  I still had some pieces leftover, so decided to incorporate it in the backing.
This fabric screams, commuter.  I found two pieces of "newspaper" fabric in my stash to round it out.

The top one is "The Kitty Chronicle".  There are stories about kitties and some very funny pictures.

The bottom one is an old time newspaper. There are stores about a little bit of everything.
If you wanted you could always cuddle up with the back showing, and read yourself to sleep.

I thought too about a Tammy Bag, to take with you, while you commute, for doing some handwork.
It has pockets on both sides, and on the inside.

I am all set for my "Rush Hour", are you?
I did enjoy making this quilt and Tammy Bag.  Thank you again, Mdm, Samm and Carol. Both of you are so inspiring.

So, quilters, don't forget to cheer my team mates today, and every day of the hop.
A few kind words do go a long way.
Here is the lineup for the rest of the hop.

Tuesday, September 23

Just Let Me Quilt

I piece 2-Mary

Marjorie’s Bush Corner

Quilt in a not-Shell

The Slow Quilter

The Blended Blog

Quilting Bias

Wednesday, September 24

Stitchin’ By The Lake

Buzzing and Bumbling

Lixie Makes It

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

Living With Purpose

Madly Mid Mod

Coral Canyon Quilting

Thursday, September 25

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Kwilty Pleasures

Selina Quilts

A Stitch in Time

It Seams To Be Sew

Pig Tales and Quilts

Lakeshore Stiches

Tea Time Creations

Friday, September 26

The Quilting Queen Online

Quilting Quietly

Vicky Myers Creations

Grammie Q’s

From This to That

Quilted Delights

Coeur d’Alene

Sew at Home Mummy

Monday, September 29

Grandmama’s Stories

Kris Loves Fabric

Jane’s Quilting

Life, Quilts, and Cats, too

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Creatin’ in the sticks

Bquiltin Studio

Tuesday, September 30

Lily Patch

MooseStash Quilting

Words & Stitches

Karma Willow Designs

Kwilt Krazy

How arT you?

Sew We Quilt

Have a great week 

Mary

One more of Racine

I just had to show a few more of the quilts that got done.  Practically every season was covered. These pumpkins turned out so nice.

Lynn stitched all the flower blocks in the evening, and put the quilt together here.
There are tiny hexies and yoyo's.

Christie was finishing up that block of the month quilt from one of our local shops.

Look at this one and next.  They are the same fabrics set in two different ways.

Judy finished up this sweet quilt.

How about this eye spy for your grandson.  Super fun.

Pat finished up this kit that had been on her UFO list.

Kathy started this quilt from a work shop she had taken.  Just my style.

Peggy worked on some smaller projects.

Another embroidered and pieced quilt by Lynn.

Sandy worked all week on this Bonnie Hunter pattern in red. Just the borders to go.
What an inspiration.

Sharon started and finished this wonderful quilt.

Barb was working on mini table runners for Christmas.

Had to have a little entertainment!
The concert was fabulous.

Here is the  quilt made by Cathy that is the same pattern as Sharon's.
What a difference color makes.  I couldn't decide which I liked best.
Both were wonderful.
That is it.  I hope you have enjoyed our week in Racine, Wisconsin.
The dates have been set for next Spring.  Some are already thinking about what to work on.
Mary

Pillowcases for the Sisters

It was decided at our Spring retreat that it would be fun for everyone to make at least 3 pillowcases for the sisters here at the Siena Retreat Center, where we are holding our retreats.

Kathy is our organizer.  She set up one of the conference rooms with chairs and put at least 3 pillowcases on each chair for the sisters to choose from.

We had 100 cases made.  There are 61 resident sisters.  

Here we are.

After dinner that evening, we each stood behind a chair, and the sisters came in to choose their pillowcase.

They could not believe that we would do that for them.

They were so pleased that we had thought about them, by making the cases.

They had such fun walking around and choosing, and talking with us.

The group then sang a thank you song to us, and blessed us.
There was not a dry eye among us.
While we are at the retreat the sisters always like to come and see what we are working on.
It was only fitting that we give back as well.
Smiles all around.

Mary