Is is Sunday already? My how this week has flown by.
Welcome, Sweeties. 🤗 Please do come in . May I offer you a cup of coffee and perhaps a treat- S'mores Casserole? It sure is rich and yummy to the tummy!
I pulled out my bow tie quilt that I purchased last year at the World's Longest Yard Sale.
I named it Otis Payne's Bow Tie after one of my ancestors.
Did You Know? Bow Tie Block History
The Bow Tie quilt block dates back to the 1880's and was published in 1895 by the Ladies Arts Company . Other names for the Bow Tie block are, Neck Tie, Colonial Bow Tie, Peekhole, True Lover's Knot and Dumbbell.
I have been quilting away on this beauty using red thread. It is my evening quilting project that I work on when I sit back and watch Midsomer Murders on Pluto TV. Usually, I can get 4 bow ties quilted in a couple of hours.
Isn't this fabric snazzy? I like to dream of where this fabric came from . Perhaps this purple flower fabric was from a dress of the quilter.
Or maybe the seersucker fabric was from her pants. I would like to think that these bits of fabrics held fond memories for the quiltmaker.
I have been using beeswax , a gift from our bees, to condition my thread as I quilt. It really has made a difference.
I fully finished Spring Flutter last night. It is now ready for display.
I stuffed this pillow with snippets and scraps from my quilting ventures. It is a lot heavier and stiffer, but I do like the feel of it. Thrifted chenille trim was twisted and used for the trim.
A Blackbird Design's stitch will soon be made into a pinkeep. This is "Winter" a sweet gift from , dear Sonja. Thank you so much , Sonja.🤗❤ I enjoyed each and every stitch.
QUILT SEW ALONG ALERT:
I will be cutting my fabrics today.
Now onto the plans for the week.
Did I Get'r Done...Well Last Week's Goals were..
✅🌞1. Work on Flaming Butterflies quilt
✅🌞2.Work on potato chip blocks
✅🌞3. Work on Photo albums. I am trying to catch up on 2015 photos.
❌🌞4. Piece some bow tie blocks . I am still waiting on the arrival of my fabric.
✅🌞5. Work on Around in the Garden blocks with the new color of the month. I cut out the fabrics.
✅🌞6. Finish my new house stitch . Eeeeh! Aunt Fannie's Letter and Keys House is completed. Hopefully, I will share it soon.
🌞7. Begin a new cross stitch.
Hmm.... What Should I do This Week?
🌞1. Work on Flaming Butterflies quilt
🌞2.Work on potato chip blocks
🌞3. Work on Photo albums.
🌞4.Continue quilting my bow tie quilt
🌞5.Work on piecing more Mr. Snow blocks.
🌞6. Continue working on Signs of Spring House.
🌞7. Work on Around the Garden Blocks.
🌞8. Piece some Bow Tie blocks.
🌞9. Begin new cross stitch.
I think that is enough keep me busy don't you? So what do you have planned for the week? Well Sweet Peas , I am off to see what I can get into. Stay sweet and enjoy your day!
As Always,
Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all
Melisa
Thank you for the sweet visit.
"If you want to be somebody, you got to rock the bow tie. " - unknown.
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤
Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo.
I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet.
Frederique at Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday
Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday
Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday
Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings
I like to watch Midsommer Murders also! I always think the couyntryside looks so picturesque there but the murder rate is out of sight! I'm going to check out the Civil War sew along, happy quilting on your bow tie quilt!
ReplyDeleteLol I think the same thing about Midsomer. I love looking at the houses and gardens too. I think I have seen every episode , but I can not get enough of them. Have a great week. Hugs.
DeleteWe love Midsommer also and also watch Sherlock Holmes which follows it here...
ReplyDeleteYour OP bow tie rescued quilt is going to be so beautiful quilted in red, Melisa!! I use bees wax to condition my thread too--lucky you to have your own producers right on your site;)))
I hope your Sunday is a good one hugs, Julierose
I haven't seen Sherlock Holmes. I will have to see if it is on our channels. I also started watching Miss Marple but it is sporadic when it comes on. Hubby and I have been cleaning some wax today for my projects. Our bees are good little producers. LOL. Have a great week, Julierose. Hugs.
DeleteGood Morning! Love the bow tie quilt! We'll be leaving dd's home this morning - on our way to AL for dh's work and seeing our other dd and family. Finally finished repairing her quilt, and put it back together with a different backing and binding. Boy, that took a long time! I looked ather Civil War Mini-Sew but I actually have no Civil War repros at the moment. Maybe later, ;-)
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I wish you safe travels, Donna. I hope that you arrive and get settled before the rain sets in early this week. Aaw it is good to hear that the repairs are made and the quilt is ready to be put back to use. I bet your daughter is thrilled to pieces. Repairing is a lot of hard work though isn't it? I have been repairing a couple myself. I think I am going to use country fabrics for the Sew Along. It looks like a loads of fun. Have a wonderful week and enjoy your visit with your daughter. Hugs.
DeleteLovely quilt, Melisa!
ReplyDeleteHave a great Sunday!!
Hugs
Aaah thank you so much, Isabel. I have a deep affection for anything red and this one is a bold beauty in my eyes at least. LOL. Warm Hugs.
DeleteYour S'mores Casserole looks yummy. It's great to see Otis Payne's Bow Tie being quilted. I dream right along with you about the previous life of all those sweet fabrics. I had actually forgotten about seersucker - it used to be a very common fabric of my wardrobe!
ReplyDeleteOh it was delectable, Linda. Something that I do not need to make often. LOL. I am excited to have Otis Payne in the hoop. The fabrics in this quilt are fun to look at as I quilt. Have a great week, Linda and thank you for dropping by. Hugs.
DeleteThat yummy red quilt!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLol you know me and red, Penny. I just could not resist this one. Thank you for dropping by and have a fabulous week. Hugs.
DeleteThe quilting on your bowtie quilt is looking so good, Melisa. Well done on getting Spring Flutter fully finished! It is darling. Lots of stitching on my agenda this coming week! Oh, and I am checking out a new to me stitch group on Monday.
ReplyDeleteOh how fun, Robin. I hope you have a wonderful time . I am sure you will come home inspired. A week of stitching sounds amazing! Keep those fingers nimble and stitch away , sweet friend. Have a great week. Warm hugs from the holler.
DeleteAwww - I just finished the Spring Green Saltbox on Friday night and started The Ewe House last night - just love your cross stitch houses!! (and all of your other patterns that I stitch!!) I have never made a quilt but started cutting out squares for a simple quilt from the crib bedding that my 3 granddaughters used. The oldest will be 11 in June and the youngest will be 5 in May so it has been awhile since they were in the crib. I took all of the pieces apart and pressed all the fabric scraps and cut into squares. Now to get started and figure out how to make a small quilt - you are the inspiration! Thank you for your gift to everyone - such a joy to have found your blog and your creativity and inspiration. Carrie
ReplyDeleteAaw I am so touched that you stitched Spring Green Saltbox, Carrie. I hope you enjoyed each and every stitch. You certainly brought a smile to my day. I cannot tell you how excited to hear that you are going to start a quilt. And best of all that you are using the bedding of your granddaughters - that will make it even more special. I hope you let me know how it is going as you are working on it. I am sure it will bring back lots of fond memories of the kiddos when they were young. They grow up way too fast don't they? Mine are 10 and 8! Whew! My how time flies. Enjoy your week, Carrie. It sounds like you are going to be a busy busy bee. Hugs
DeleteIt is fun to wonder where each fabric came from. Enjoy your hand quilting time with that beauty. Good luck with your to do list for this week.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is, Kate. I would love to know more about the quiltmaker, but at least I get a glimpse of her life through her quilt. She certainly liked color. Have a wonderful week and Happy quilting. Hugs.
DeleteYour life is like a quilt
ReplyDeleteAnd everybody weaves their share
Some weave huge great tapestries
And some weave tiny squares
Some squares bring you laughter
And some will bring you tears
Some are stitched and sewn by those
Who are no longer here
In places there are threads
From people choosing not to stay
And every time you touch these threads
It brings back all the pain
But every little thread
That weaves its joy and pain and fun
Has stitched a quilt together
Of the person you’ve become
And every little tiny part
Has slowly taught you how
To weave your contribution
Into the blanket you have now
So I know there are squares that comfort you
And some that you dislike
But without them all you wouldn’t have
This patchwork of your life
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Becky Hemsley 2020
Beautiful artwork by Lee Seung Hee
'Patchwork' is from the book Talking to the Wild
is there someway that you can make this into a cross stitch pattern with motifs for me Melisa? i'd gladly pay you for your assistance. this is so beautiful i would love to make a cross stitch piece and hang it in my quilt room.
thank you for any help you can provide me. you are the best!!!
love and blessings are coming your way Melisa. have a wonderful, blessed day.
Debra Broyles
quiltingprettyquilts@cox.net
619-334-7172
Aaw I just love this , Debra. Let me see what I can do. I will start brainstorming on it. It is a wonderful poem and befitting for all of us quilters isn't it? I would be perfect to display in a quilt room. I will let you know as I get my creative juices flowing how it is coming together. Warm hugs and blessings, sweet friend.
DeleteThe bow tie quilt will be a special remembrance of your garage sale trip! Don't you just wish you had all the history of that quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt sure doesn't, Vicki. If it was not raining that day we may have not made the detour that little spot. Can you believe hubby spotted it first? He has a good eye. I sure do wish I knew its history. It is a "red beauty" . Thank you for stopping by. Hugs
DeleteI am a scrappy girl, for sure, so Otis Payne's Bow Tie quilt is perfect in my eyes. This quilter had quite the variety. Or maybe, she had a scrap or block exchange with her circle of quilting friends and this was the result. Finding vintage quilts and thinking about the maker is part of the fun. The bright red probably made your heart sing when you saw it, huh?
ReplyDeleteHi, Ginny. She did have a great variety of fabrics didn't she? And she loved color just like me. LOL. Oh yes that bright red sold me on this one! I had to have it. Hee! Hee! I am anxious to get it finished. I would love to have it completed by summer, but that is high hopes. Warm hugs from the holler.
DeleteThat bowtie quilt is gorgeous, Melisa! I can sure see why it appealed to you with all its scrappy fun. I love the red background and how it helps the bowties stand out! Have a wonderful week - hope you get a lot done!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much, Diann. The quiltmaker had an eye for color didn't she? The red is perfect for all of bright beautiful scraps. I have been quilting away on this jewel. I hope to get a row completed this week. Have a wonderful week. Hugs.
DeleteI've been crazy about Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt since the first time you showed it to us. It's a fabulous quilt. I haven't made a bow tie quilt in years then turned around and sold it. Big mistake. Should consider making another one. HMMM Have a wonderful Sunday, keep your needles threaded and keep your hands busy. Big Hugs, DarleneJ
ReplyDeleteI have never made a Bow Tie quilt, but I have quilted a few tops that I had thrifted. I found a tutorial on making Bow Tie blocks that I am wanting to try if my dadblasted fabric would hurry up and arrive. Hee! Hee! Oh well, it will get here soon. Fingers crossed. LOL. I hope you had a super weekend, Darlene. I bet it is starting to get hot there. We were in the 60's today. Rain is expected this week. Hugs from the holler.
DeleteI've always thought that there can't be too many people left in Midsomer. =) Otis Payne's Bow Tie is wonderful. And I must say how glorious the backdrop of your rural patch of earth is.
ReplyDeleteLol I have thought that too, Kim. There is a lot that goes on in that quaint little village isn't there? Hee! Hee! I am excited to finally have Otis Payne in the hoop. Hopefully, I will make great progress on it. Fingers crossed. Thank you for the sweet visit. Have a lovely day. Hugs.
DeleteLove that colorful bow tie quilt! Your hand quilting is adding beauty, too, Melisa!!!
ReplyDeleteAaah you are always so very kind, Nancy. This one is joy to work on. I hope to make a good bit of progress on it this week. I wish you a lovely week in the quilt room. Warm hugs and Blessings and thank you for dropping by.
Deletelook at all those fun fabrics in your bow tie quilt! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteGail at the cozy quilter
Isn't this a fun one? I was drawn to the colors and all of the scraps. It was a lucky find. Thank you for dropping by Gail . Have a wonderful week and Happy quilting. Hugs.
DeleteYou had a pretty successful week last week. Love your quilting on the bow ties.
ReplyDeleteI like your bow tie quilt. I have a couple of bow tie tops to finish off one of these days...but no time soon~ You have got some lovely cross stitch projects ready for finishing.
ReplyDeleteThat bowtie quilt was an awesome find - certainly worth rescuing and finishing. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNice work Online Digitizing
ReplyDeleteI love that bow tie quilt, Melisa! It is so bright and cheerful. It will be fun to watch your progress on it. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteSweet bow tie quilt, these prints are pretty and full of the quilter's memories I'm sure. Lovely little pincushion too! Thank you for sharing your happy place and linking up!
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