Last Sunday evening we had the youth here to play games. Blokus was a real hit.

They also enjoyed Scotland Yard, or "Mr. X" as we call it. The guy with the sunglasses is "Mr. X" and all the other players try to find him.

And more Blockus. They had 2 games going.

Some of them just enjoyed visiting.

We served meat, cheese & crackers, popcorn and soda pop floats.

Then we divided the group into small groups of 3 persons each and I gave each group a couple hands full of Lego Blocks that they were to build something with.

This group ended up with a grist mill that would shoot missles.

This group made a mobile vegetable stand that had it's own private jet and launching pad.

This turned out to be the Tower of Babel with a catapult on the bottom to get astronauts to the top.

This was a monkey cage.

I thought this was pretty cold; but this is a creamation plant with a truck to haul the ashes away.

I thought this one was cute; a dude skiing behind a boat that's being pulled down the road.

I am so tickled to get this picture of Paul's immediate family.

Last evening we celebrated Paul's dad's birthday by meeting at Red Lobster.

We had an enjoyable drive to Meridian packed into a van.

Imagine Mom & Daddy's joy when Lois

and Dorcas showed up from Georgia.

Last Thursday and Friday I substituted for our high school teacher. I sure enjoyed interacting with the students. It was interesting to hear their thoughts and comments on different subjects even though some of the material was way over my head like, buying bonds

and WWII history.

Friday was "hot lunch" day for the school children; so I got to enjoy that too.

Friends, Hannah & Ashley.

Aaron and Brent strike a pose.

The students sure enjoyed break time and playing softball.

Home runs always brought a lot of yelling and cheering.

Here I am learning how to keep score the "official" way.

Brent enjoyed taking shots with my camera from up on top of the sliding board.

Dale waits his turn to bat.

Here are some of the projects I worked on at our sewing retreat in Virginia. I finished up my "Star Tricks" wall hanging that I had started when Barbara came down here to teach the class. I call my quilt "Carribbean Spin."

I also finished my sampler for the Fall Gathering of MQA that our PTQ is hosting. I call it "Salsa."

Then I made this small quilt for a challenge. My niece Claire Bleu came up with this name, "After the Picnic - Mustard, Ketchup, & 'Aunts'." The 'Aunts' is pronounced 'ants' and represents me and my sisters as we were all together there sewing. And the little tiny quilt I made from those scraps just to try out the quilting thread and make sure it would work OK on the first quilt. Mother came up with this name for it, "Mustard, Ketchup, & Black Beans."

Then I also started this "String" quilt for charity. I call it "Oh Susanna." Some other good names that were suggested were "American Square Dance" or "Patriotic Square Dance."

Last Friday evening we had our annual comfort knotting at the school gym. We knotted 16 of the 23 tops they had prepared.

After the quilts were taken up we enjoyed finger foods. Quinten and Evie made deep fat fried onion rings that were delicious.

Great Grandpa Levi Lee enjoyed a little time with Kirby.

Check out grams53 for more pictures of the evening.

I recently made this quilt for a challenge called "Finding Fifteen" for Quilt Fest in Pigeon Forge, TN. Fifteen what? Hole in a hole? Hole in a square? Square in a square. Whatever. They must be complete. Can you find 15 of them?

Some of you have ask how I print pictures on fabric. I just iron my fabric to freezer paper, cut it to 8 1/2 X 11 size and stick it in the printer. Here is a link of a more detailed explanation. http://www.instructables.com/id/Inkjet-Printing-on-Fabric/ 

I'm starting to use "Retayne" to stop the bleeding but I'm not sure just how good that will work. I guess I should buy some "Bubble Jet Set" but just haven't got around to getting any yet.

I've been trying to print on fabric. Here is a picture of Wilda & Mary Beery's house just outside of Dayton, VA.

I changed it to "Colored Pencil" effect on the computer.

Then I printed it on fabric and quilted it.

June and her ruby velvet that shimmers.

Polly with her "Marianne Elizabeth," snowflakes, and a string quilt she worked on.

Claire Bleu brought 19 projects to work on and she got most of them done.

She has such talent.

Autumn and her quilt.

Barbara with her "Jewel Box" quilt made with earthtone colors.

And don't forget to visit these sites for more pictures and stories about our Heatwole Sewing Retreat.

http://www.xanga.com/Twinjen

http://www.xanga.com/PollythePatchworker

http://www.xanga.com/ColeenSr

I'm thinking back now with fond memories of our time together with family. Here are some of our projects that we worked on. Cheryl is making a quilt for their bedroom.

Jennifer and her cathedral windows.

Jillian's husband Josh putting a few stitches in her log cabin quilt.

Jillian is quilting her Log Cabin in 4 sections and then sewing them together.

Mother with doll quilts made from velvet. It seemed the more she made the prettier they got.

Coleen and her projects.

Emily with her Cathedral Windows.

Barbara pieced all these stars.

She wants them to swirl out from the center and needs to find a background fabric for them.