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This 1955 jazz sampler somehow resurfaced from my mother's house. The sleeve partially nibbled by unidentified creatures.
Began photocopying the sleeve and ended up trying to recreate it. The original is shown left, my copy to the right. Made a mistake with my scissors in the upper left corner. So I made it look like a cut-out mark.
It's a mid-sized 10-inch record my father possibly received from a family member living in Canada. This record was mailorder only, distributed in both the US and Canada. My father wasn't into jazz but he kept the record anyway.
After all those years one track still moves me. It's Relaxin' at Camarillo by the incredible Charlie Parker. Camarillo was the name of the rehab clinic Parker had just left. Song titles were invented by studio personnel so Parker could stick to making music.
This was my first quilt, made of 12 different blocks. The beauty of this quilt is the variation of each distinct pattern. It took me 10 years to hand quilt it.
Long term new project that I am looking forward to start.
Blogged: lulubloom.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/project-golden-sampler
A sampler of feather stitch and variations. Read my blog for more information. therosejournal.blogspot.com/search/label/TAST
Dan and I met up with our pals from interchangeableparts on Saturday at Triumph in Princeton. Which we now frequent because of the wedding. And i'm okay with that. All four of us ordered samplers (our poor waitress) and it was awesome. It's always so much fun to hang out with them - we laugh so, so much. And then I bought too much at Paper Source because of all the beer. (And I'm also okay with that.)
This sampler was stitched by 12-year-old Emma Harrison in 1881. Emma was born in Northend Warwickshire. The sampler is in the possession of her granddaughter Mavis Potter.
This was a block of the month my guild did last year. It came from the book Rotary Cut Quilts, by Fons and Porter.
I was working away on this sampler when it became obvious I wasn't going to be able to finish it. Not enough thread. Since I am in a village in Larsen Bay and I bought the thread in Seattle, I'm going to have to wait until I get home. Oh well, I'll finish my kid's scarf that he's been waiting for.
Applewood is the best place for great home cooked food while in the Smokies. This is a sampler of their fried chicken, dumplings, and chicken pot pie. YUMMY!
Applewood Farmhouse and Restaurant in Sevierville
See more on my blog at Jon-Mark.com
I have completed nearly all of the blocks I've posted so far in the Test Your Skills Sampler. Just two to go, then I'm caught up.