I am rolling in high cotton! 😀
Really, I am with lots of beautiful scenery and quilting to boot ! This weekend I have been admiring a glorious cotton field.
Hello there, Sunshine! Welcome! How are you doing on this lovely summer's day?
Mr. Pinker and I went off on a little excursion for the weekend, and like I said my view has been one of a magnificent cotton field and farm.
I do not know much about cotton, but the plants had white and purple/pink blooms. How pretty! Hmmm do the pinkish flowers turn white as they mature? I don't know, but I sure am curious.
So what does one do while camping near a cotton field in Alabama you ask. Well, I pulled out my Alabama Beauty quilt for some slow summer stitching.
Some of you may remember that I purchased this quilt in 2023 during the World's Longest Yard Sale.
It is hand pieced and was partially hand quilted using a pretty pink thread. So I picked up my needle and thread in 2023 and continued the quilting as the original quilter had started.
Eeeh! About two thirds of the quilt is quilted! I am seeing the light toward a finish. 🌞🌞🌞
So what am I going to do when I get home? Hmmm 🤔 Well, unpack of course, and all of those back home chores, but that's not any fun to speak of is it? I think I will continue working on Alabama Beauty this week and perhaps work on some fall stitching.
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| Autumn's Pumpkins is in the works. |
Soooo... what do you have in store for the week?
Milk glass, plates and a little creamer are all new thrifty finds from the World's Longest Yard Sale this year. I have to say I was doing the Happy dance.
I love jadeite, but here recently I have been collecting Delphite. Two more saucers to add to my wee collection.
As always,
Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all
Melisa
"Enjoy the good things in life."
Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵
Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I miss and love you so much. ❤👼
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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
Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday
Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday
Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings
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Well, there you are. I had a feeling you and Mr P were off galivanting having a good time. When I was a wee girl, I used to enjoy seSeing all the cotton fields as far as the eye could see. And then the trucks rolling through town with BIG loads of picked by hand cotton. Oh, the memories!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that quilt but the blocks with red are gorgeous. I so wish I could hand quilt. The one thing my grandmother did not teach me how to do. However, I did learn how to comb wool for her quilts. LOL
Very good to see you - enjoy your Sunday!! Other than the Halloween quilt I made a week go I've spent my time x-stitching. Might be time to mix it up a bit. LOL DarleneJ
Hiiiii Melisa! 👋🏻 How far are you from Alabama? I used to live in Huntsville and Madison before I moved to Maine. I don’t miss the heat 🤪 And I used to have cotton patch geese that were bred for weed control in the cotton fields and orchards. 🪿🪿 but I had them to keep the eagles away from my ducks.
ReplyDeleteIs the Autumn pumpkin one of your creations? I'd love to stitch it too 😁 Autumn is my favorite and I loooove pumpkins! My hubby told me I have a bunch of pumpkins growing in my garden...they weren't there when we left for Germany 😅
Only 2 more days until we go home. We had a great time but I'm ready to be home again and quilt and stitch and work in my garden. 💕
Hope you are well! Lots of love and hugs,
Alex
Alabama Beauty is certainly that for sure, Melisa; quilting it with that pink thread must
ReplyDeletebe a joy! :))) We are having one more day with cooler temps and not much humidity so we will take advantage and do some serious deck-sitting ;))) hugs, Julierose
That really is a beautiful field of cotton plants. I grew up around cotton fields, but I couldn't tell you a thing about them. We had hay in our back acreage, and I was all about riding my bike and paid little attention to the fields. If only I could go back in time, I'd explore all of it! What a beautiful find that quilt was, and it's wonderful you are finishing it.
ReplyDeleteA nice little get-away! Those are always fun - especially being in someplace you've never been. I've never seen cotton plants close up when they were flowering - so pretty! Your AL Beauty is coming along nicely! We're still here at the campground - now with a broken slide - ugh! Won't get fixed until we get it into a dealer which will be in October. Big UGH! Cross stitching and stash examination today. ;-) Blessings!
ReplyDeleteWe have never seen a cotton field in bloom, mostly only seen them after they were picked. We have seen the big bales on the flatbeds going down the highway. I can tell your new xstitch is going to be a fall beauty for sure.
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ReplyDeletei love your cotton field photos. it looks like miles and miles of cotton. i have never seen a purple/pink cotton ball, but i would certainly love one. white can sometimes look so boring, but afterall, it is the color of purity. i wonder if a person could grow cotton at their home. just one plant. i'll have to look into that.
i love your alabama beauty quilt. it is so lovely. it's going to look so wonderful in any part of your home. i really enjoy the fact that someone started hand stitching the top and that you continue to hand stitch it through to completion. i wonder what happened to the person who started the stitching. do you think they just got bored? i can't imagine a person ever getting bored with hand stitching. i've never hand stitched a quilt. i have done applique and binding by hand, but never an entire quilt. it is on my "bucket list".
i just knew you were on the longest yard run. i want to go, too. i bet there are so many treasures available for purchase. i love the milk glass and Delphite that you purchased on the run. absolutely beautiful. my sister-in-law collects pink milk glass. it is very beautiful. she has it showcased in a china cabinet. pretty, pretty, pretty!!!
i hope the weather has cooled a little for you. i think you sent the heat to us. it's been horrible and humid, oh my goodness, terrible!!! it's supposed to be cooler this week coming up. i look forward to it.
well Melisa it's time for you to get your afternoon started, I imagine you have already started stitching, quilting, gardening, cooking, and pool swimming.
prayers for a beautiful rest of your Sunday spending time being happy, happy, happy - just as you always are!!!
blessings and love are coming your way. a great, big squeezy hug, too.
Debra Broyles
Your Alabama Beauty is looking fabulous. What pretty blooms on the cotton! This coming week is going to be a busy one and I am thankful for the peace my stitching will bring. Happy Sunday, Melisa!
ReplyDeleteGood morning! I do have cotton plants (2 right now) in pots. One brown cotton and one white. I spin cotton once in a while. The flowers are so pretty. The brown cotton has yellow flowers. My plants are terribly neglected but that's ok as I don't really need cotton. Many of my generous friends have bigger yards and grow it too so it's always available.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt and seeing how you have your hoop over the edge of the quilts answers one of the questions I had about doing my edge quilting. (Working on my first one.) Thanks for sharing. Love seeing the goodies you find in your travels.
That's a pretty quilt you're quilting, Melisa! I love milk glass - my mom used to have some. I wonder what happened to it. How fun that you found some at the yard sale! I like the looks of your Autumn stitch, too. I'm ready to stitch some pumpkins, but need finish a few other things first!
ReplyDeleteI don’t know a lot about cotton either. But those flowers are so pretty. Loved this quilt from the first time you showed it. K from NY
ReplyDeleteAlabama beauty is looking good. Your thrift finds are also very good looking Sounds like you had a wonderful adventure.
ReplyDeleteWho knew cotton had flowers--not me! They are so pretty and what nice finds at the yard sales, Melisa. I've never heard of Delphite, but is sure is lovely! Your thrifted quilt is looking so wonderful--that's great that you are able to finish it in the style of the original creator! Hope Sunday is filled with things that make you smile :)
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