Friday, April 28, 2017

John and Emily's Family Tree


I can show and tell this quilt now, this gift is now living in Alaska.   I designed this quilt for my son and his now wife.  I had been tossing around the idea of making my own.  Just so happens that Emily thought it would be wonderful, so I made it for her and John.   It was not as easy to make as I thought,  I probably spent a full 2 weeks just doing this tree.  I made a lot of mistakes, and when I put the leaves on with the names I managed to mess those up as well.  I am not sure about how I placed the family on the tree but it works for me,   I added the beads as a color coding to how they each individual is related to John or Emily and now both.  

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Wild Horses

The horse is totally thread painted,  I really like this quilt.  I gave this one to son John when he became a Vet.  I may have had it on this blog before but it is pretty and worth another share.  

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Not in Wyoming

"
"Not in Wyoming"  is a quilt originally much larger.  I cut it down because I liked the beach part and the big ocean took away from the beach.   It is now about 10"X12"  It hangs in our Crandall cabin.  A little reminder that we have beautiful mountains,  wonderful hiking, deer, lions, moose and bear. We even have a beach,  just not an ocean beach.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Old Trail Town quilt

The bunny is another thread painting.   The theme for this TAGY challenge was "Old Trail Town"  Lots of old log cabins, which are represented by the traditional looking log cabin block background,  the bunny,  after we all had visited, I was one of the last to leave Old Trail Town,  and the rabbits started coming out from under the porches and around the rocks.  So,  I used those as my inspiration.