I am Woman (Quilting)

Tonight I was sitting in the living room listening to XM Sirius and flipping channels. There was a Spa channel that was great until this one song with a completely repeatious tune made me want to shoot something... Then I flipped some and found the Seriously Sinatra channel. Never have really listened much in detail, but it is something I like on occasion. It makes me think of stories I have heard and reminds me of my favorite restaurant that always plays this type of music.

From Creative madness that makes me myself

Sitting on the couch, I am working on hand quilting my quilt work in progress and a relaxing. A song comes on, and the lyrics were just so fabulous that I had to come and find them and share them with you...


Peggy Lee - I Am Woman
I can wash out 44 pairs of socks and have 'em hangin out on the line
I can starch & iron 2 dozens shirts 'fore you can count from 1 to 9
I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippins can
Throw it in the skillet, go out & do my shopping, be back before it melts in the pan
'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I'll say it again

I can rub & scrub this old house til it's shinin like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car, & powder my face at the same time
Get all dressed up, go out and swing til 4 a.m. and then
Lay down at 5, jump up at 6, and start all over again
'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I'll say it again

If you come to me sickly you know I'm gonna make you well
If you come to me all hexed up you know I'm gonna break the spell
If you come to me hungry you know I'm gonna fill you full of grits
If it's lovin you're likin, I'll kiss you and give you the shiverin' fits
'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I'll say it again

I can stretch! a green black dollar bill from here to kindom come!
I can play the numbers pay the bills and still end up with some!
I got a twenty-dollar gold piece says there ain't nothing I can't do
I can make a dress out of a feed bag and I can make a man out of you
'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I'll say it again
'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N, and that's all.


Now, I know it is classic. I know I have heard it before, but it was just so fun to hear... Love it.

So now the quilt is completely quilted (the picture is before), except the borders... Need to decide what I am going to do there. Any suggestions?

Quilting and more quilting

So, for the most part, people who know I quilt have probably been curious about the blog just being books books books and more books, so I finally got some pictures taken, and wanted to share some quilts.

Hershey slept "on" it for a while, and then decided that today we must do some quilting...



One project that is in progress, is almost half way there, and that would be my BOM (Block of the month, fyi) from Quilts and Fixins for 2008, Batik Stars.

I'm really having a difficulty posting with pictures, and putting in text, so here I will go ahead and tell you about what's below.

The first image is the Quilt Shop's final BOM quilt, after that are the individual blocks for January through June. (I just made June today!) The next two pictures, I just threw all the blocks down so that you could see the colors together. This quilt is actually my first attempt at working with batiks, and I'm quite enjoying myself. :) The next image after that is a basic lay out of how the blocks will be, once I get in the sashing and cornerstone stars. The last picture is the fabric for the main border, the cornerstone triangles, and the sashing and cornerstone stars. Isn't it pretty???

Other projects that I'm working on are: my green living room quilt that is a version of a split rail fence made in all "love"ly greens.

There is my hubby's flutterby quilt...




There is my PJ quilt, click on Peggy Barkle in the tags for more info... It's sandwiched, and in the process of being hand quilting.

And then there are my fat quarter quilts... My ice cream social, yet to be renamed...

This one is my pastel delight.. ooh, now that'd make an interesting name for it... hmm... Well anyway, you can see the different colors that will make the various square and diamond illusions here...

This is what each completed block will be, or at least a version of it... It's incredible just how long it takes to sew all these little guys together too!

...and my "Turning Twenty and He Loves Me" just awaiting it's border.

That's basically all... for right now anyway. Well, there is this other quilt in process, but it's a gift for my mama, so I cannot show it here. She knows it exists, but nothing of it design-wise. So, shhh!

-MJ

Bright Flower Garden

This is a quilt in progress. I started this at a PJ Barkle workshop at my guild in Conyers. It is not quite finished, but once it is other pictures will be available as well. Find out more about Peggy at her website. www.peggybarkle.com

MJ