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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Got the Border Done
I got the border done yesterday and today will work on the Toon part of the QuiltToon™. Hope to show the entire thing on Monday (Nov. 1, 2010). I spent the week finishing up getting alo my computer software compatible … Continue reading
2 Monitors – How? Help!
I have the two up and running but cannot figure out how to open one program in one, and another program in the other…HELP! Also, thinking of a new quilt using black and white materials mostly. It’s a new week. … Continue reading
Today Is Applique Day
Today I hope to get Rob’s Vote QuiltToon™ finished…I will be busy appliqueing..meeting tree trimmers and floor refinishers…quilts aren’t the only thing I do.
Posted in Daily Musings, How Tos - Quilt Making, Political Commentary
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Distracted to Another Quilt
I did get some of the picture done for the arrival in America of my grandfather in 1874, but with election day approaching I want to make a quilt to commemorate our son’s first vote. I should get that almost … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Process, Quilting, Retirement, VOTE
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2nd Day’s Work
Well, I got the border and background made, but then a friend came for lunch, etc., etc. So you see I have picked some fabrics for the the picture I’m going to create of my grandfather coming to America in … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Process, Mennonites, Quilting, Retirement
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First Day Work on Quilt
OK…today I’m starting work on the quilt for “Tillie’s Story” that depicts her father’s arrival at Castle Garden in 1874. You can see in the sketch a six-year-old boy sitting on a pile of luggage in the foreground looking at the … Continue reading
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My Mother’s Story — It’s done!! (For Now)
My Mother, Matilda Heidebrecht Funderburk, 1910-2004, was born in a rural central Kansas Mennonite community. On the header at the top of this blog blog you will see “Tillie’s Story.” Follow the links on that page to her story in … Continue reading
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A New Quilt – Sept. 3, 1874
If you go to the page “Tillie’s Story” of this blog, you won’t find much. Soon you will find there photos of small quilts I made and the story of Tillie, my mother. In researching her story, I found that my … Continue reading
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Getting Organized – I did it myself!
See I did get it organzed. The pile is now hung in various spots and the table is ready for more work. I also did this without help from my husband and son as they had promised. But hey, that’s … Continue reading
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The QuiltToonist 
Rob’s First Vote
It’s finished — Rob’s “First Vote” QuiltToon™ .Please make sure you vote. It’s so important in our free society to exercise this right and responsibility.