I was so blessed to have family here for a week of sewing and fellowship. At one time we had 7 sewing machines in my sewing room with small walkways to squeeze through. It was so fun and I enjoyed it so much.

Here’s June making beautiful triple feather stitches on her luscious velvet. Polly is working on the 2 braided quilts that are in the background.

Barbara did machine quilting on these Dresden Plates that are made from triangles.

She also quilted this overlaping stars quilt.

Jolene sewed Log Cabin blocks together for her masterpiece quilt that is sure to be an heirloom.

She also worked on a UFO that she started years ago of a lattice quilt with grapes that are to be appliqued to the lattice.

Here are her snippings from the grapes.

 And then she started and finished this small Square in a Square top that could pass for looking like the Pineapple block.

Polly spent her time sewing triangles for a Shenandoah Star quilt that was designed by Barbara.

Barbara taught her “Spinning Pinwheels” class to this group of ladies yesterday. Their cheery dispositions spilled out to all and we each had a fun day.

I made lunch for the ladies and then finished up my “Spinning Pinwheels.” tonight.

Polly & Barbara joined me last weekend for the Pinebelt Quilt Show in Hattiesburg. We got to set up a display and enjoyed seeing all the lovely quilts in the show.

I was so please to meet the judge, Kathy Ward and I really like this small quilt she made.

Dorinda Evans won ‘Best of Show’ in the large catagory. Her remarkable quilt makes me want to use my scraps to make one like it.

This is one of my entries, ‘Ezekiel Saw the Wheel.” I was delighted and honored, and yet felt unworthy to have recieved 3 ribbons for my quilt.

Another highlight was meeting Freda from Tennessee. She saw my “Pineapple Rose and Buds” quilt a couple years ago and wrote to me for permission to copy it in minature form. I was delighted to see her little quilt “Pineapple Rose.”

It was so special to visit with her and her husband, knowing they drove 600 miles to see me and my quilt.

A couple weeks ago I enjoyed going to the Needle Chasers Quilt Show. Mrs. Jean hosted me and exhibited wonderful Southern hospitality to me.

Here is a sampling of the wonderful work these ladies do. Nelda Sopha made this “French Braid” quilt.

Dorthy Daily made this intricate quilt using Erma Gail Hatcher’s pattern.

Norma Grissom made this stunning quilt that is hand quilted.

Mrs. Jean took me across the street to see thousands of aprons.

And I enjoyed supper with these ladies. I think the server was glad to be recognized too!

Since I have some of PollythePatchworker’s quilts in my possession right now, I decided to enjoy them by displaying them around the house.

You see, Polly & Barbara & I are to tell about our quilts at the Pine Belt Quilt Show in Hattiesburg, MS this weekend.

This is her “Farmer’s Delight” that she drafted the pattern for paper piecing. She added the swags and applique and chose plums and greens for her colors.

She puchased this “Farmer’s Delight” at the Ralph/Vera Heatwole sale that Grandmother made using scraps.

I’m also enjoying her “Dazzling Dresden Doodle.” Can you imagine the work that went into this quilt?

And then I also like her square in a square velvet comfort. It’s beautiful!

Someone asked me what I took for “Show & Tell” at our recent PTQ meeting. Well, this was the one I chose. And I told them how Polly is making a velvet comforter for each of her grandchildren for their wedding.

For “Show & Tell” we enjoyed seeing Shirley’s “North Wind” quilt,

 and Annette’s “North Wind” quilt.

Watana showed a “Stack a Posie.”

Christine showed this quilt. (I forget the name.)

Brenda showed her “Stars” quilt that is finally finished. Look at that ‘hard to do’ binding.

Lory showed us her “first” quilt. She is just getting into quiltmaking.

Ebba chose “anything Halloween” for her BOMs.

Sue Skipper chose “Hunter’s Star” for her block of the month.

Barbara Walker chose “anything Christmas” for her BOM.

Sharon Lofton showed this scrappy quilt. I like the combination of yellow and red.

Shirley Huff showed her project from the Beth Ferrier class.

Welcome to Mississippi.

Darren’s folks, Phillip & Mary had a reception for them at our school.

Darren’s sister Veronica welcomes guests as they sign in.

Ushers were Lowell and Nathan.

These young children entertained us after the service and refreshments.

Paul and I drove to Ohio for a SLM meeting and the Haiti Benefit Auction. As we traveled north we passed this Sinclair shop.

Sometime I’d like to stop and browse.

Then in Ohio we passed this huge Longaberger basket. I’d like to stop here too sometime and have a tour.

While the men had their meeting, we ladies crammed into one vehicle

and went thrift shopping.

Pauline posed by this unique quilt for me.

I enjoyed watching the quilts sell at the auction.

Outside the children enjoyed the playground equipment.

Hilda enjoys one of her grandchildren, Oleah. Hilda and I went to school and church together and now we don’t get to see each other very often.

Paul enjoyed a visit with Willie Miller.

And here are the winners of the Star Stuck blog tour.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

51	16	67	30

Kurzawa has won the book and Hands in Motion has won the notion gift set. Moneik’s name is submitted for the RJR fabrics and MarjHeatwole’s name is submitted for the $25 Patchwork Plus certificate. Will the winners here please send me their e-mail addresses at pjgraber@juno.com

Congratulations to one and all and thanks to each of you for participating.