New Names of Jesus Blocks

Here are my latest blocks for the Names of Jesus Quilt Study group.


For week 15 the name is Lord/Kyrios and the block is Royal Cross which I fused and machine appliqued with richly patterned fabrics to represent the awesomeness of our Lord. It makes me think of a richly decorated gold and enameled cross from the Renaissance.


"that at the name of Jesus every knee whould bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." -Philippians 2:10-11







Friend is the name for week 16 and the block is Friendship Circle. This block was fused and machine quilted with fabrics in shades of blue and turquoise on the cream on cream background. For some reason blue seemed to me to be the perfect color to represent a friend.


"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and 'sinners.''" _Matthew 11:19


"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" _John 15:13




Under the influence of Kaffe Fassett, I am attempting to be more bold in my use of fabrics. I've always loved richly colored and patterned fabrics but had no idea how to use them in my quilts. Now I'm putting patterns and colors together that I never would have in the past, and I usually like the results. I'm even cutting up large patterns into very small pieces and letting them lie as they fall in the pattern without trying to fussy cut and carefully arrange each piece of a pattern in the parts of the block. Believe it or not, that center medallion in the Friendship Circle was not planned, it just happened and pleasantly surprised me.

More Names of Jesus Blocks

Here are 3 more blocks that I did this week for the Names of Jesus Quilt Study.

For week 1, Immanuel_God with Us, I paper pieced the background of the block designed by our leader Karen, and fused and machine appliqued the heart.

Scripture:

"All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel'_which means,'God with us.'" --Matthew 1:22-23

For week 2, "Light of the World" I chose to paper piece an alternate block, "Light and Dark".

Scriptures for this name:

"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." _John 1

"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" _ John 8:12

For week 14, "The Lion of the Tribe of Judah", I Paper pieced the "Brave World" block in gold and black fabrics that give the regal, awe inspiring feel of this name.

Scripture:

"I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, 'Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.'" __Rev.5:4-5

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah reminded me of an old favorite book by C. S. Lewis, who has greatly influenced my life, "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe."

I can't tell you all how great it is to feel like doing a little quiltmaking and I am endebted to Karen and Keri for doing such a great study that inspired me to get up and at it again. I also thank Denise for having the beautiful display of these fabrics at her store, The Creative Cloth Closet in Canon City. This fabrics are grabbing me to do "just one more." Last night after I had done some reading in bed, I kept looking at the fabrics I had chosen for the next block, and had to get up and cut out pieces to be sure they would look the way I hoped when pieced. I still have to paper piece the block but the right sized pieces of fabric are ready. As I left the cutting table to get back into bed I noticed that all 3 cats were helping me in my quiltmaking. They are really good at this kind of help.

Lindsay is in Labor

Lindsay has been in labor since early this morning and we hope to have the new great grandson out in this great big world soon. Talked to her a couple of hours ago and she was about ready to go to the hospital. Now I want to get the baby quilt finished for him. Shay and her kids are planning to be in Denver for the Labor Day weekend and we'll get to see the new baby then also.

Here is Lindsay, Mom, and Kaylee at Thanksgiving.

I was actually able to get out in the garden, this weekend, to trim a few tree branches that were shading the veggie garden and pull and cut a lot of weeds, wild grass, and elm seedlings out of the herb garden and veggies. Amber and her younger sister, Makayla, came over and helped me clean house by vacuuming and mopping. I took them for ice cream at the Cold Stone place in Canon City to thank them. For some reason vacuuming is so hard for me, it pushes so hard, due to the suction, and leaves me breathless. My appointment with the Cardiologist is tomorrow morning. Please pray and send good thoughts for him to be able to help me.

I have also finally gotten enough gumption to do some more quilting. I have some projects I want to work on, and I've had the WOTB block for Deborah (the woman who led Israel to victory in the book of Judges) cut out and taking up space on the side of my cutting table since mid May, when I began having problems, so I sat down last night and sewed and fused it, to clear the decks for action. This block is for all you variations of Deb out there, since it is the Honey Bee block; Deborah means bee. I chose colors to go with the bee theme and really like the looks of this block. This is the 37th WOTB block I've finished. There are 15 more than need to be completed. At this point, I'm not sure if I will do all of them, but I do want to make the blocks for Rebekah and Rachel, and Ruth and Naomi. I have the base done for Esther, but need to do the star points which are made from tiny pieces and appliqued on. When those are completed I may decide to go ahead and design a layout for the quilttop. I don't have the passion to finish the blocks for some of the more obscure women and have begun the "Praying the Names of Jesus" Bible study and quilt block group and want to start making those blocks. At The Creative Cloth Closet in Canon City, I found a batch fat quarters of wonderful gold flashed print fabrics to use for these blocks; they have the look of medieval designs. Some day I hope to make the blocks from Carol Honderich's group "Quilting the Psalms". The appliqued blocks she designed are incredible.