"OUT OF THE BOX" BIRD QUILT BLOCKS & MORE WOOD!

Mary Lou Weidman "Story Book Quilter" is such an inspiration to me! She's always showing something I want to make!  Since I was snowed in today I declared it a free day, and I had fun making my own version of her birds!

Since I didn't have any directions I just did what seemed logical to me!

Since I have variety of stuffed birds in my art studio I decide a Bird Quilt for the back of the sofa would be a nice addition!

I have a black stuffed crow too to go along with this bird block!

Our neighbor torn down a shed the other day and offered me some of the barn siding so of course I said yes!

I've got a pile cut up for painting more art pieces to hang down at Kurzweilds. I'm so fortunate to have such a neat location to display and sell my art!  We finally got a good 4 and a half inches of snow today, but I'm still taking down Valentine decorations and putting up SPRING! Yeah!

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU!

Church Valentine Banquet tonight. We put on our shiny shirts and had us a good time!

Since six of our Sorority Sisters were there we decided it would be fun to have our picture together too!

The entertainment was excellent It was The Rutlader Cowboy Church Band from Louisburg, Kansas.  The delicious meal was catered by HyVee and served by our youth and excellent kitchen committee Our own Susan Foster Page was the  emcee and  entertained us with 4 pages of insightful fun!  It was a well  planned and  very enjoyable evening!

My Beta Sigma Phi Sisters made Valentines for one of our local Health Ca.re Facilities

Many of them had not been this creative since school days!

We ended up with about 25 cards.

Maurice,  sister Judy and I enjoyed my Birthday weekend at Big Cedar Lodge and Ozark.

The views are just beautiful!

From every direction!

The new Chapel was beautiful especially on the night tour!

This Surprise Birthday Cake was waiting for me in our room. A Fun Weekend!

     

CHICKENS, RED AND YELLOW-I'M SATISFIED!

 A NEW THRIFT STORE FIND! I HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THESE CHICKEN DOORSTOPS BAGGED UP!  AFTER WE GOT OUR LITTLE DOG; TASHA SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL HER TOYS! MAYBE I CAN TRY AGAIN!

I'M A PUSH OVER WHEN IT COMES TO HOMEMADE DOLLS!  ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE 1/2 PRICE! LIKE $1.OO!

FOUND THE RED POT HANDLE HOLDER THE OTHER DAY. IT NEEDED SOME EYES SO DECIDED I WOULD REFURBISH SOME OF MY OTHERS TOO!

THE THRIFT STORES ARE A GREAT PLACE TO GATHER MATERIAL FOR QUILTS!  I GO ON WEDNESDAYS TO OUR CHURCH "CHAT & SEW" GROUP SO I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR CUTE MATERIAL!

COULDN'T RESIT THIS LITTLE POCAHONTAS TO HONOR MY INDIAN HERITAGE!  HOPE YOUR HAVING AS MUCH FUN AS I AM! PRAISE THE LORD!  YOUR  ALSO INVITED TO;  www.preciouscottage.blogspot.com

DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY

EVERY SINCE MY FIRST RED DRESS PAINTING SOLD I'VE  FELT THE NEED  TO CREATE ANOTHER FUN ME IN MY RED DRESS ( HA HA!)  SO HERE IT IS!   THE SAME DAY I FINISHED IT OUR BETA SIGMA PHI  SORORITY PRESIDENT ASKED ME FOR AN IDEA FOR A FAST FILL IN PROGRAM SO I VOLUNTEERED.   THE SONG  "BE HAPPY DON'T WORRY" HAD BEEN RUNNING THRU MY MIND AS I PAINTED THIS, SO I GOT ON GOOGLE AND PRINTED OUT THE WORDS AND WE ALL TRIED SINGING IT AS A WAY TO START THE PROGRAM.    PARTLY HIDDEN  QUOTES IN THE PAINTING ARE: "YOUR AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL", "YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG", " PAINT THE TOWN RED, "PUT ON THOSE PARTY SHOES LET'S DANCE" AND  "DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY",

 

 

I ALSO BROUGHT MY 4 STORY QUILTS  AND MY COLLECTION OF FUN CAMPER BLOCKS TO SHARE.

WE HAVE STARTED HAVING LUNCH TIME MEETINGS OFTEN AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WE WERE MISSING 2 OF OUR MEMBERS TODAY.

"MOM'S ART CAR" WAS MY FIRST STORY QUILT MADE IN 2011. I HAVE WRITTEN THE STORY OF EACH QUILT ON THE BACK SO HERE IS THIS ONE.   ---    AFTER SEEING AN ART CAR PARADE IN EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS AND ANOTHER IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS IN STARTED THINK ABOUT WANTING ONE OF MY OWN!  I TRIED TO GET HUSBAND MAURICE TO GIVE ME HIS LITTLE RED METRO, HE CALLS HIS LITTLE RED ROLLS,  BUT NO LUCK!    THE MORE I VISUALIZED  "MY ART CAR" THE MORE EXCITED I GOT!   SO SINCE I COULDN'T GET THE REAL THING I DECIDED TO CREATE THIS STORY QUILT.    I PURCHASED AND  HAD BEEN READING MARY LOU WEIDMAN'S BOOK "OUT OF THE BOX STORY QUILTS", SO I HAD LOTS OF GOOD DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.  I MADE THE QUILT WITH "WONKY" SIDE QUILT BLOCKS  FIRST THEN  I DESIGNED MY CENTER THEME PANEL.     SHE SUGGESTED OVER EMPHASIZING DIFFERENT THINGS; THUS MY BIG LIPS AND EYES AND LEG HANGING OUT THE WINDOW!    I USED A LOT OF 3-DIM. ITEMS LIKE THE NOTEBOOK RINGS FOR EARRINGS., FOIL FROM PEANUT BUTTER JARS FOR HUB CAPS AND BUTTONS FOR CENTER OF WHEELS AND POLKA DOTS ON THE CAR.    I HAVE A FABRIC FLAG AND WOODEN CROSS ON THE CAR ALSO.  THE CEENTER PANEL WAS ALL HAND APPLIQUED.  HOPE YOU ENJOYED LOOKING AT IT. MARLYNNE J. SNARE        P.S. THIS QUILT WON A 3RD PLACE IN THE 3-DIM CATEGORY AT THE 2011 HARRISONVILLE FINE ART FALL SHOW.

"HOME"  WAS MY 2ND STORY QUILT MADE IN 2012.    121 W, 61ST TERR. IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI   WAS PART OF THE JOHN WORNALL FARM AND OUR CHILD REARING HOME. FROM1965-1976.        WHILE LOOKING TO BUY  WE WERE SHOWN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.    BUT THE SIGN HAD  JUST GONE UP THAT DAY ON OUR HOUSE WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY AND I ONLY HAD EYES FOR IT WITH THE GLOWING CHANDELIER SHINING THRU THE  DINING ROOM WINDOWS!               PICTURED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS OUR FAMILY. OUR 3 BOYS; PAUL, PHIL AND JOHN WITH THEIR HIPPY AFRO HAIR SYYLE OF THE 70'S, OUR PEKINESE DOG. "PANDA", MAURICE AND I AND OUR CAT "SNIGGERS"            JOHN OUR YOUNGEST SON  FOUND A CANNON BALL FROM THE CIVIL WAR IN THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS YARD. IT IS DISPLAYED IN THE HISTORICAL WORNALL HOME MUSEUM.   THE TWIN GAS LIGHTS ON THE HOUSE WERE PURCHASED AS AN ANNIVERSARY GIFT. DURING THE RIOTS OF 1968 WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS SHOT WE TURNED THEM OFF TO AVOID VANDALISM.        I LOVED OUR HOME IN  THE BROOKSIDE/WORNALL RD. LOCATION  AND WAS SAD TO  LEAVE WHEN WE WE MOVED TO GARDEN CITY  TO THE RANCH HOUSE WE BUILT THERE. P.S. THIS QUILT WON 3RD PLACE IN THE 3-DIM CATEGORY IN THE HARRISONVILLE FINE ART FALL SHOW OF 2012.

"GOING GLAMPING"  IS MY 3RD STORY QUILT  MADE IN 2013---- "GLAMPING IS THE NEW WORD FOR GLAMOROUS CAMPING!  THERE ARE CLUBS OF LADIES (GIRLS) THAT GLAMORIZE THEIR CAMPERS, ALL SIZES AND STYES, INSIDE AND OUT, PACK FORMALS, COWBOY BOOTS AND HATS, AND ALL FUN THINGS AND TAKE OFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MEET UP AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS FOR A WEEK OR WEEKEND OF "GIRL FUN"!        I HAD ALREADY STARTED MAKING MY COLLECTION OF GLAMPING  CAMPER QUILT BLOCKS  SO WAS INSPIRED TO USE 4 OF THEM AS A  START FOR THIS YEARS QUILT.   THE CENTER PANEL FEATURES MY DREAM RED AND WHITE POLKA DOT CAMPER WITH YELLOW/GOLD AWNING AND SIDE CURTAINS. I HAVE A FANCY TABLE COLTH ON THE TABLE AND AND A POT OF FLOWERS. OF COURSE I'M DOLLED UP WITH MY RED BEADS AND SHOES !   THE BIG PENNANT SPELLS OUT "GLAMPING" AND THE LITTLE SIGN SAYS " MARLYNNE'S HIDEAWAY!"  FUN FUN FUN!  HOPE YOU LIKED IT!    P.S. THIS QUILT WON 1ST PLACE IN THE 3-DIM CATEGORY OF THE HARRISONVILLE FINE ARTS FALL SHOW IN 2013

"MOM'S COTTAGE'"  MY #4 STORY QUILT  ------I HAVE A PRECIOUS COTTAGE UP THE DRIVE FROM OUR HOUSE. IT WAS BUILT BY MY HUSBAND AS A ONE ROOM ROUGH FINISHED  CABIN IN 1970 FOR OUR FAMILY TO USE AS A GET AWAY FROM THE CITY.  BUT IN 1975 WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR HOME DOWN HERE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CABIN SOON BECAME A MILK BARN THEN A CHICKEN HOUSE, PLACE FOR  PIGS, SHEEP AND EVEN TURKEYS THRU THE YEARS!  AFTER OUR YOUNGEST SON BECAME DISABLED WE DECIDED TO TURN IT INTO A BACHELORS PAD FOR HIM.  YEARS LATER IT WAS VACANT AGAIN AND I LATCHED ONTO IT AS MINE!  I HAD IT TURN INTO A LITTLE 4 ROOM ENGLISH COTTAGE. I AS WELL AS MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HAVE ENJOYED STAYS IN THIS LITTLE GEM!      TO HONOR MY  COTTAGE, I DECIDED TO FEATURE IT IN THIS YEARS STORY QUILT! ---I HAVE PLACED ME IN THE COTTAGE GARDEN IN FRONT OF MY COTTAGE.  I USED SILK FLOWERS PAINTED TO MY COLOR CHOICE IN THE GARDEN, AND A BIG PINK BIRD IN THE TREES. I LIKE THE COLORS IN THIS QUILT ESPECIALLY THE  BRIGHT YELLOW DRESS AND LETTERING.  THE FLOWERS AROUND THE SIDES AS WELL AS THE CENTER PANEL ARE ALL HAND APPLIQUED    HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS QUILT!     P.S. THIS QUILT WON AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE 2014 HARRISONVILLE. FINE ART FALL SHOW- 3-DIM. CATEGORY.       THIS WAS A VERY LONG POST SORRY! IF SO INTERESTED YOU MIGHT CHECK OUT MY OTHER BLOG AT: www.preciouscottageblogspot.com

HAPPY TIMES ARE HERE AGAIN!

JUST LOVE MY NEW RED POLKA DOT PITCHERS FROM MY SISTER JUDY!  I PUT TOGETHER THIS PILLOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AFTER FIND THE EMBROIDERED PIECE IN AN ANTIQUE MALL

GUESS WHO'S COME FOR A VISIT?  GREAT GRANDSON ELI!

ELI LOVES ART PROJECTS! SO HE HELPED ME MAKE THESE VALENTINES FOR SOME OF THE TROOPS.

HE GOT HIS NAME ON THEM TOO!

DECIDED TO ORDER A SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS NEAT QUILT MAGAZINE! WE VISITED  HAMILTON, MISSOURI THIS PAST SUMMER AND I REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH HOW THE MISSOURI STAR QUILT COMPANY HAD TAKEN OVER THE MAIN STREET OF THE TOWN.

HUSBAND MAURICE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR INSULATED MITTENS TO WEAR AROUND THE FARM AND WHEN HE TAKES HIS WALK AND HADN'T HAD ANY LUCK!! WELL A PACKAGE CAME IN THE MAIL AND LOW AND BEHOLD GRAND KIDS CASSIE AND STEVEN HAD FOUND JUST WHAT HE WANTED.! IT WAS LUNCH TIME, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER HE WAS GOING TO TRY THEM OUT ANYWAY! HOPE YOU CAN PUT SOME FUN IN YOUR DAY TOO!  WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME VISIT MY OTHER BLOG ALSO AT: www.preciouscottage.blogspot.com  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FIRST AFTER CHRISTMAS ART PROJECT & AFTER CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

"HANGIN CHICKENS"  I WAS INSPIRED BY ONE OF MARY LOU WEIDMAN'S CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS.... AND I JUST WENT WITH IT!

DECIDED I NEEDED ONE MORE PAINTED WOODEN CHICKENS FOR MY HANGIN CHICKENS SO DID THE GOLD ONE

AS MY HUSBAND SAYS: "THE GRINCH STOLE OUR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS", SO I WAS DUE SOME AFTER CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

PRECIOUS LITTLE SANTA BOOT AND "JOY" BLOCKS (MY MIDDLE NAME)

AND THE "BIGGIE" THIS OLD 1930'3-40'S METAL KITCHEN STOOL

I THINK I WILL USE IT, JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A PLACE TO PUT IT!  WELL, I'M SATISFIED NOW! READY FOR THE NEW YEAR. HOPE YOURS IS A SAFE AND HAPPY ONE!  REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT: www.preciouscottage.blogspot.com also!

HAVING SOME FUN THROUGH THE HARD TIMES!

THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THE LAST PICTURE! OH WELL IT'S FUNNY AT THE BEGINNING OR  THE END!

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE ELF?

WHILE STAYING IN THE CITY WITH SISTER JUDY DURING HER HUSBAND BOB'S ILLNESS AND DEATH, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE NEAT CHILDREN'S BOOK AND GAME.  AFTER COMING BACK HOME WITH THE BOOK IN HAND I TOLD MAURICE WE HAD A GAME TO PLAY!  HE'S BEEN A GOOD SPORT TOO!

HERE IT IS!  MY PRACTICAL HUSBAND NAMED HIM "ELI" "ONLY HAVE TO CHANGE ONE LETTER, "F" TO "I" HE SAID!

WE DECIDED TO TAKE TURNS HIDING AND FINDING "ELI THE ELF".

ALSO ANOTHER GRANDMA/GRANDPA RULE. YOU HAVE TO SAY WHICH ROOM IT'S HID IN!

MAURICE WAS AFRAID WITH OUR MEMORIES WE MIGHT NOT FIND IT TILL EASTER!

MAURICE IS GETTING RATHER CREATIVE!

BUT, I'VE GOT AN EAGLE EYE!

T.V. ROOM THIS TIME!

MY HUMOROUS HUSBAND CAME IN WITH MY ARTIST FIGURE AND SAID, "YOU TOOK HIS CLOTHES  OFF"!  I HOPE WHAT EVER CIRCUMSTANCE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON YOU WILL FIND A WAY TO HAVE SOME FUN TIMES TOO! BLESSINGS ON YOU!