Misc Photos

Some more of my quilts

This was a Medal of Honor quilt, I did the binding.

This was a quilt guild challenge - My First, it hung in an AQS show.

This is a quilt Marian and I made for a contest with the 75 anniversary of the Smoky Mountain State Park. All the material is made from pictures we took while hiking the Smoky's.

This was the first applique quilt I made. It was purchased at the 2018 SMQ quilt show by Pat Davis.

This is made entirely of beads. I gave this o my sister, Karen.

This quilt hung on the wall of the Cashier's Office at Thompson Boling Arena when I worked there. When I was promoted, I left it there. When I retired, I gave it to Juli Raines, my friend and co-worker. It was a monthly block of the month by the fabric company, Northcott. 

This pattern was two row by rows, one from Atomic Fiber and the other from Gina's Bernia. I combined the two to make a quilt for my friend Karla Sass. She is the Director of Operations for our Rowing team. It is one of my favorite quilts I ever made.

Isaiah's baby shower

We had two baby showers for Isaiah. One was at Jenn and Derek's house and then we went to Ider and had one there. These pictures are of all the things I handmade for him. Keri picked out the yarn for the blankets and I think she did a fabulous job. They turned out so well.

2017 Townsend Fiber Art Festival

I was lucky enough to be able to take three classes at the 2017 Townsend Fiber Art Festival. The first one on Saturday morning was with my friend Nancy Mohrlyn. The teacher was Geri Forkner and it was making vessels using a wet felting technique. I loved the way my turned out. Saturday afternoon, Nancy and I took a Learn to crochet sock class with Jonee Davis. We made one small sock to learn the technique and then she took us around and showed us what yarns would work best to make socks. I'm ready to start on my first pair. Finally on Sunday, I came back alone, and took a Nantucket basket class with Robin Goatey. It was only my second time making a basket on a mold. I ended up buying one of his handmade molds. It was only $49, which I thought was dirt cheap for a handmade mold. I hope to be able to make some baskets during my recovery from back surgery and make some socks too. It was a great weekend of creativity.

The World Record "T"

Al Roker, the weather man for the NBC Today show, visited campus on March 29th on his World Record Tour. UT's world record was to make the largest letter T. There ended up being over 4200 people there. We were supposed to be at the stadium at 5:30, but the Athletic Department treated its employees to breakfast at 6:00 a.m. and then we walked down to the stadium. The breakfast was horrible, but we had a great time. We were done by 8:45 and headed back to work. It was a great way to bond with office friends and be involved in a world record.