Clifty Falls Mural

I had a very relaxing time during our stay at Clifty Falls Inn. One of the most comforting moments is right after a meal at the lodge's restaurant. Your tummy is full and there are plenty of rocking chairs and recliners just calling your name!

This Mural ia at the Clifty Falls Restaurant

Outside the Clifty Inn Restaurant in the Lodge, is a Family Room. On the wall is a mural which looks to be about the size of a full size quilt. I took the opportunity to study it while Steve relaxed with his newspaper.

The mural seems to be a map of all the trails in the Park.

I was impressed with all of the detailed artwork .

Look at these little guys, made out of fabric and yarn.

Good ol' SMOKEY the BEAR.

Neat wildlife, and - look another little guy!

"Only YOU can prevent Forest Fires!"

ewww! a skunk!

Some one even made a little guy looking out of his sleeping bag to find Mr. Skunk passing through!

A bunch of small animals

Is that a compass of some sort?

Where the Buffalo roam.

I see Smokey and the little guys again! 

A very pretty otter.

You "otter" see this mural in person. I came home with a bunch of ideas for a cute quilt after viewing this! 

CLIFTY FALLS INN

Clifty Falls State Park

Madison, IN

"Guess who's coming for dinner?"

"Guess who's coming for dinner?", originally uploaded by Patsyquilts.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!
Mr. Turkey just stopped by to peek in, but ran away when I asked him to "Stay for Dinner!"

CLIFTY FALLS .. a peaceful getaway

Steve and I planned a small getaway to CLIFTY FALLS

It's been a wonderful week for being out and about, the temperature in Southern Indiana has been around 73 degrees in the daytime.  Makes it hard to remember that on the 5th day of November, we had a dusting of snow!

Over breakfast, we planned our day

There are lots of neat places to visit, like ANTIQUE MALLS, 3 WINERIES,and lots of SHOPS! We really liked window shopping the best.

I really enjoyed the Local Yarn Shop

There was a shop that had a very pretty spinning wheel in the window, surrounded by hand knitted lace and lots of skeins of wool in awesome colors.

Steve had his eye on an old 1861 SPRINGFIELD

Steve went over to the next shop window , the Black powder Civil War rifle had his attention.

The lace and spinning wheel had me drooling!

One of these days, I would love to learn all about wool from "sheep to spinning"

machine through the shop window

Three very antique sewing machines were in the same window as the 1861 Springfield Rifle. If you ring the bell, they would open the shop, I think it was a mini museum. Everything was covered with dust, I would have loved to see the black dress up close along with those 3 sewing machines. To my disappointment, no one was around to answer the call.

I like this one!

I think this one was my favorite ^

sewing machine with it's peddles below

I have a vintage Singer 201-2 , (1943 model), this machine could possibly be made 80 years earlier, or so

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fancy foot peddles

Not the kind of treadle I saw on Grandma's sewing machine!

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Granny Square Afghan for my daughter, Amy

Back at the Lodge, I took out my afghan that I've been making for Amy, almost done- except for weaving in close to 500 pieces of yarn on the back! I knew I should have been doing that part as I was going along. Live and learn!!

A cap for the Cancer Center in town.

I think I must have an ADHD , not really, forgive me. But I do love VARIETY. I go from embroidery to quilting to crochet- OH!  LOOK A SQUIRREL!

I also did a little quilting on JUNGLE BABIES

This was my balcony and the view was superb, I could see the Barges go by with coal.

The Ohio River

A very relaxing time indeed!

WORKING on an OLD UFO

 I love the monkey's cute face!!

quilt is in my favorite chair, originally uploaded by Patsyquilts.

I've been going through my UFO's and found the JUNGLE BABIES quilt panel by Patty Reed.
 Maggie, my Boston Terrier tried to chew on the edge. Frustrated, I put it away. It's back on my lap again as a challenge to become an "FO' !
So I shall sit in my favorite chair this weekend and quilt away...

Mrs. Arthritis

it's fun to take pictures with my left hand - NOT! 

Pumpkin Hat made from DRESDEN PLATE pattern by SUE

Pumpkin Hat made from DRESDEN PLATE pattern by SUE, originally uploaded by Patsyquilts.

Halloween is now over, but it was a time for good creative fun. Sue made this very cute Pumpkin Hat for her granddaughter to wear with her costume.

Elizabeth wearing pumpkin hat made from DRESDEN PLATE pattern by SUE

Elizabeth wearing pumpkin hat made from DRESDEN PLATE pattern by SUE, originally uploaded by Patsyquilts.
Putting Elizabeth in the high chair with an ice cream cone was the only way she could keep her still long enough to get a picture.
The hat used regular Dresden Plate segments all in orange. Keeping a hole open in the center, made it easy to stick a ponytail through.
She was such a cutie- hope everyone had as much fun as Elizabeth on Halloween !
PJ

Autumn was made for sweaters and HATS!

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL !!!

Brown County, IN

Mabel the Maple tree, in the front yard

Made this hat on Saturday!

side view of Roll Brim Hat

Back view of Roll Brim Hat

skull cap,crocheted in about 90 minutes!

Knight & Dragons

Here are plans of my first quilt for QUILTED CUPCAKE PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT

I used an old doll pattern for my knight and asked my daughter to draw the costume.

He needs to hold a sword, don't you agree? Even if they are friendly dragons!

Now off to the sewing room to turn it all into applique' and patchwork...

Quilted Cupcake Project Night Night

I recently listened to my favorite podcast :

Quilted Cupcake: Quilted Cupcake Episode 35 Show Notes: Book Review...: "This week's podcast featured three book reviews. You can find full details on the Book Review Page. Dare to Be Square Quilting: A Block-by-..."

Jean has started a great group project on Flickr called QuiltedCupcake Project Night Night. You can join it and make crib-size quilts to donate to children in need.

Imagine being a child who is sick or away from home and everything familiar. Someone gives you a softie (doll or toy) to love on, a book to read, and a quilt to snuggle under. Wouldn't that make your little world feel safe and warm?

I'm going to make up some quilts to send. A few will be those cheater quilt panels because they are cute and quick to make, I have a few handy! Then I'm gonna make up some out of of my stash: doggies, kitties, - even friendly dragons!!

So, if you will- please give the Quilted Cupcake podcast a listen (you don't even need an ipod or mp3 player- just listen right off your computer.) http://quiltedcupcake.blogspot.com

Thank you so much!

PJ

Dog and Butterfly

I spent a great Labor Day weekend in St. Joseph, Michigan. This poodle dog scarf was found in an Antique shop!

Quilted Bath Mat

under side of mat, old bath towel I quilted fabric strips onto the towel, then top stitched different decorative stitches.

lots of creative fun!