AMERICAN spirit

Forever be True to the RED, WHITE and BLUE.

Welcome to my home!

Red White and Blue

 Spirit In my sewing room.

snuggling cozy with the stars

american spirit .....blessing others

this quilt will be donated

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 Stars and STRIPES forever true to thee.

Blessed be the Brave who fight for these colors.

peaceful spirit

stitching stars

Celebrate!

I finally have some bunting.

RECYCLED American spirit here,

made using some old denim

some old kakai pants

a few old shirts

and some cotton prints.

At home in America.

My flag flys every day.

Why do old buttons create a sweet spirit in me??

Can't live without it spirit........

Make it, Share it and Eat It!

 Strawberry Rhubarb jam we love you!!

Making this is a yearly ritual.

small town spirit

This was Emerson's First year in T-Ball

    and she was cute as can be ....

we were  Impressed by this little American Spirit : )

EMERSON

playing first base

(not playing in the dirt!)

Lets just say that was taking a lot of will power on her part.

the BOLD and Unafraid SPIRIT

You go Girl!!!

This is how she ended the season....

sliding into home plate.

I'll never be an Olympic champion....

but I love my country!

Congratulations to all of the U.S.A.Olympic contenders!

I don't care if you did or didn't get a medal,

if you did we loved watching every moment of it....

if you didn't...you  are still inspiring to me.

Just to get to the Olympics to compete, alone, is amazing.

You have worked very hard

and

you have made us very proud! 

God Bless America, My Home Sweet Home.

Put a star on it!

wishing you a day filled with blessings

janita

ALL FINISHED! Red White And Blue Denim Debut

"Sleeping Under The Stars" 

 Denim Charity Quilt

The top was finished in 2010

Then life took a stroll through many various trails

 of living with a family,

This treasure got folded up

 and laid in a pile somewhere in my sewing room.

  It was enough that the top was complete.

My attention deficit kicked in

and other FUN projects were started,

and in the very back of my mind I knew

 I wanted to tackle quilting this myself .

That took more than an ounce of motivation

 to push the start button and get started.

This is the second quilt that I have quilted

on my little sewing machine.

I am gaining in knowledge ....

 It is not perfection by any means

but perfection is far down the list of what makes a quilt loveable.

Now THE WHOLE QUILT

 is FINISHED!

And now I am going to overload you with pictures

of all of the

denim glory of this finished quilt.

It is a mixture of Denim, cotton, and flannel.

The back is flannel

It does have batting inside.

This quilt started with

The four corner blocks which were orphan blocks

that  needed a home where they could be loved.

My quilt guild sent them home with me and I was told to

"do something with them"

It was a challenge to make myself work with fabric

that I thought was a bit on the "ugly" side.

BUT now

When I look at the whole thing

I LOVE IT!

so here is my baby creation.......

perle cotton stars

blanket stitching around this appliqued square

appliqued stars and a true blue pocket

  anyone remember "MUDD" jeans?

Tied with perle cotton  for a touch of country charm

and a BOO BOO. 

 I marked the cotton blocks with a lead pencil

and then decided I did not want to quilt circles

 in those corner blocks.

The lead pencil  did not wash out  the best.

The fabric color is now faded  in those squares

from scrubbing ....

oopsie.

Cross hatching here

 just because one or two blocks might be a nice touch

and not make me crazy.

Here is one of the "ugly" corner blocks

  now beautified with the added stars.

(I love the skinny bars quilting in the border.)

Quilted stars matches the star blocks on the back.

Back of the quilt

Does anyone in america not love stars and stripes together?

loving .....loving......loving.....

 wondering how am i going to give this away????

stars and stripes

swoon.

pretending it can stay here....

I hope it is loved where ever it finds a home.

I think any child would love it.

I love it.....

and i am making another one for me

(and my grandchildren). 

  YIPPEE!

This quilt does not have a pattern  it was designed by me.

 Quilting was done with my walking foot

because that is all I know how to do. ; )

If you stopped by

I'd love it if you would

say hello down below : )

Hope you are staying cool on this summer day!

happy sewing trails to you!

Janita

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