Q is for Quilt

Linking up with

Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday meme of the letter "Q" .

& Alicia's Friday Photo Flashback.

 Sharing my progress on this Quilt...

called a "Cathedral Quilt"

I had started this particular Quilt over 8 years ago, but then it was tucked away for a very long time! 

Until a dear friend of mine started Quilting and so inspired me to pull out my Quilts to show her the many that I had "started"...

You can see my past posts:

 Quintessential Quilts and Quilting Quandry 

and 

Stitches...at a standstill., 

...about some of my favorite family quilts and vintage quilts and some of my unfinished ones that have been waiting so patiently for me to finish... (if you do take a peek at either of these past posts, please leave a comment there too, so I know that you stopped over there).

Here is a picture of the Cathedral quilt against the bedroom window, so that you can see how it really does have the look of the stained glass in a Cathedral window.

Well...I am happy that when my hubby and I went to Hawaii, I brought along this Cathedral quilt.  It was perfect, since it is all sewn by hand, and I didn't mind our very, very, very, very long delay at our stop at the Salt Lake City airport. (But that is another story :o)

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I have shown this family photo before...but see the dresses and the huge hair bows? 

 (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

I had sewn these for both girls...it had the Battenburg collars and lace
...but the girls favorite part...

Yep! The "Skirt" part of this dress!

They loved that with this style, they were able to "twirl" around in.  It was almost in a perfect circle shape, if you were able to spin fast enough! :o)

Well...I came across some scraps of this fabric and some others from other things that I had sewn and cut them to go into this quilt.

1. is a piece of the fabric from the scraps left from the dresses.

2. is a close up of other scraps that have some meaning..."Aloha" for family from Hawaii..."art supplies" cuz all of them are very artsy and creative.

3. the origami crane, cuz my son loved doing origami growing up.

4. another close up...the Pledge of Allegiance"...cherries, flowers, pinwheels, frogs (they loved frog catching at my parents in Wisconsin), etc...

 Here is a view of the progress thus far.  The right half was where it was tucked away since about 2003! The left side is what I have done since our Hawaii trip in October... (I photoshopped the red line so that you can see the two halves. Along the part where the red line is drawn, I am sewing on solid, textured fabric like flannel. Each will be the color of the rainbow and one black, brown, white, gray...).

I decided that instead of "tucking" it away again...that I would keep it in my mini cooper, so that when I am at a doctor's appt or other appts,  or bring it with me whenever I'm a passenger with my wonderful hubby who'd rather do the driving (I would rather be a passenger all the time :o)  

...and sew on it then...because with working outside the home or doing the art orders (which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to do :o)...I find I can sew on that little quilt whenever I am out and about.

This is a closeup so that maybe you can see something else about this scrappy quilt.  I am making 3 of these for the first grandchild of each of our 3 children. And besides the solid, textured squares, that I will sew down the middle, so that they can learn their colors...  

I have matching squares of two, so that on one panel (the right side), there is a match to the left side.  I thought it would be fun for the little ones to be able to snuggle with this quilt, but also have a game of "seek and find" of the matching center squares. (See the frog on the right side up at the top? The matching frog is on the left panel towards the bottom).

Here is a view on a twin bed... This is showing 2 panels worth.

I actually have enough little 2 inch squares to make four panels, but I think I'll stick to only two panels, so that I know that I'll get them finished!

  And I've cut all and enough of the little squares for each of our 3 children's first children...It's just a matter of getting them all sewn before the grandbabies start arriving! This shows 2 panels.
I think the 2 panels are large enough for a baby crib quilt.

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Here it is again...in the back seat of my mini cooper...

Ready and available for me to work on the next time I am in a waiting room or on a road trip.

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In my past posts about quilts, I had shared some art that relate to quilting. Please take a look at the posts that I had linked at the beginning of this post, if you haven't already and would like to see them.  

Here are a couple of orders that have just been completed and ready to be given as gifts.

This one was ordered by April for her husband's Army retirement and for his military service as a combat medic (This image is taken from a statue honoring all those in this military field) .

Thank you for your interest and for your husband's service!

This one is from a repeat customer for almost 10 years:

"My sister had another baby and I want to order a print from you.  You made me a violet 4 years ago with my neice’s name “Marley”...I want something similar but am looking for a different violet."

Thank you for thinking of another piece for your niece's upcoming birthday.

Thank you again for stopping by to visit and for your wonderful comments! 

I will return your visit :o)

Paniolos, Parker Ranch, Princesses & Pochopino

*warning - this is a pretty long post!*

Paniolo... (Pah-nee-oh-low)

"In 1838, at the request of Kamehameha III, Spanish-Mexican vaqueros came from California to teach Hawaiians how to manage the wild herds. The vaqueros became "paniolo," a word derived from "espanol" or "Spanish." The name was also given to the new Hawaiian cowboys. Paniolo music, dress and arts are uniquely Hawaiian." (www.bishopmuseum.org)

Linking up with

Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday meme of the letter "P" .

& Alicia's Friday Photo Flashback.

Here's my hubby as a little Paniolo.

(7 months - Hilo, Hawaii)

Here is our oldest, 

Girly~Twirly (aka theluckiestmrs.) 

our little Paniolo princess.

(10 months - Kona,Hawaii)

...tried to find the photos of our other daughter Girly~Whirly and our son Heartbreaker wearing cowboy hats...(I have so many photos not in albums and too many to go through!)... but I did find these two when they were in high school.

Girly~Whirly and a friend during Homecoming Week in high school.

(Ft. Campbell, Kentucky)

Heartbreaker with one of his friends at the beach.

(Tybee Island, Georgia)

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Parker Ranch is among the largest ranches in the United States, spanning thousands of acres across Hawaii’s Big Island. It is also one of the country’s oldest ranches, with more than 160 years of history.

The story begins in 1809... A nineteen year old sailor named John Parker jumps ship and hides in a thicket as the ship that brought him to Hawaii drops below the horizon.

(photo from www.parkerranch.com)

Yes, that is snow on the volocano that is in the background.

John Parker comes to the attention of the great King Kamehameha I, the monarch who fought to unite the islands in a single kingdom, and John is given important tasks by the king. John returns one more time to the sea for adventure in China during the War of 1812, but then returns to Hawaii to stay for good...." (to read more go to www.parkerranch.com)

On our way towards Parker Ranch, we stopped in a cute diner style eatery. This was when we were visiting family in Oct 2010.

 (Mr. B, me, sweet sister-in-law, & brother-in-law.

(Mr. B's older brother and Mr. B give the thumbs up).

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Princesses (These princesses also have ties to beautiful horses... 

...this time not ranch horses, but race horses...

...Girly~Whirly is a 2008 Kentucky Derby princess)....

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Pochopino (Poh-cho-pee-no ...aka Filaguese(Fih-leh-gheez...this doesnt start with a "P", but I thought I would include this variation too :o) 

(slang combination of words for someone that is of Portuguese and Philippine descent).

And although my hubby is not "pure" Portuguese and I am not "pure" Filipino...our kiddoes are pochopinos :o)

 Mr. B + me =

1st photo: on our wedding day, where Mr. B first met family on my dad's side. (West Allis, Wisconsin)

2nd photo: at our wedding luau, where I first met many of Mr. B's relatives. (Hilo, Hawaii)

one Portuguese + one Filipino 

(@ his home in Hilo, Hawaii) &    

(@ my grandpa's in Sorsogon, Philippines)      

(both at 7 months old)

= 3 little Pochopinos :o)

...little 7 month old Pochopino #1

aka Girly~Twirly

(at Mr. B's parent's house-Hilo, Hawaii)

...little 7 month old Pochopino #2

aka Girly~Whirly

(at my parent's house-Eagle River, Wisconsin)

...little Pochopino #3

aka Heartbreaker

(at Mr. B's parent's house-Hilo, Hawaii

Mr. B is holding him and Great Uncle D gives him a kiss)

Here a few photos of when they are older. 

...our 3 Pochopinos :o)

2006

University of Louisville, Kentucky

Girly~Twirly (2003 UofL Homecoming Queen)

Heartbreaker & 

Girly~Whirly (2006 UofL Homecoming Queen) 

2007

Georgia

"hear, see & speak no evil"

2008

Georgia

...warming up to Play some tunes :o)

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Here are some Past orders...

...a couple of "Paniolo" (aka Cowboy) inspired orders:

This cowboy hat and rose were for a wedding which was centered around the cowboy theme wedding.

This horse was drawn for a lover and collector of horses.

What about a saddle too? This was taken from the photo of another's favorite saddle.

and here are a few that start with the letter "P".

~Piano~

~Poinsetta~

~Philadelphia~

...& remember Perdita from 101 Dalmations?

Whew! I did say this was a long post!  Thank you for your "P"atience while "P"erusing my "P"ost!... (if you've been by before...you may remember my love of alliteration :o)

Last week, I had thought the letter "P" was what we were on in our Alphabe-Thursday journey and had been able to work on it earlier...but was able to quickly post last week a few photos of our wintery Oklahoma. Thank you for stopping by! I will be sure to return your visits :o)

I am also behind on last week's visits, but will be get by this weekend.

**Oops...one more "P" word~ "P"lease...take a look at my facebook art page...It is just beginning, so am really hoping to have more that become "fans" by liking the page... 

You can take a look and become a fan, by going to my sidebar and clicking on to the facebook banner...(still learning more about navigating the facebook page myself! and slowly posting past orders there that are separated into categorized albums, so that you can find different ideas more easily.)**

OOOO...Oklahoma!

Here are a few past photos from Oklahoma after an unexpected snowfall...

This was on Mar 9, 1994.

Girly~Twirly & Girly~Whirly

...snowballs ready...

Heartbreaker

...how about this snowball?

...instead of a snowball fight...

they made this snowman.

This is a huge tree full of snow!

Stay warm, wherever you are! :o)

****I have to admit...I actually thought I was ahead of the game this week, cuz I was able to work little by little on my post (a little sooner than normal), so I was excited to think that I would have my post up sooner than now.  Well...what happened was, for some reason, I thought this week's letter for Alphabe-Thursday was "P"!  So...when I went to link up with Jenny, I realized...there was no "P" link up! Ahhh! I quickly went through a list of "O" words in my head and thankfullly, Oklahoma popped in there!****

...but Yay! I have next week's post ready to roll! (...I know that "O" comes after "N", but for some reason...I was pretty focused on "P" haha)

 Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday meme of the letter "O" .

& Alicia's Friday Photo Flashback.

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Some past "O" art...

State of Okalhoma

Seal of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners

U.S.S. Olympia

Otter & turtle

Ordnance crest

Oh, & please do become a fan of my facebook page...I hope to get past orders into separate, category albums...that way, the images will be easier to look up for ideas. The link is on my sidebar.

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving a comment. 

I will be sure to return your visit :o)