Carolyn Schmitt's guest appearances

Carolyn Schmitt

Halfway There

A Quilter's Life

Meg Glesener

Nancy Kay

Aaron Niequist

Brian Zahnd

Nikki Smith

Suzanne Stabile

Rachel Joy

Darlene Martin

Martha Buckley

Tammy Bennett

Tom Schwab

Carolina Moore

Tina Smith

Yvonne Fuchs

Erin Davis

OwlTail

I just love visiting with these quilters and Carolyn Schmitt was no exception! I am so excited to share her story with you. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this active retreaded quilter!Here's some of Carolyn's quilts with her descriptions.I love scrap quilting regardless of the pattern. I say my mind operates like a scrap quilt, so this is a “picture” of it. The blue border is a liturgical color for the Word of God, and the rainbow binding is a symbol of God’s promises.Log cabin is my favorite and I am especially fond this asymmetrical setting. This is a wall hanging made from a few of the blocks left over after making a double bed quilt for my aunt for her 80th birthday in 1997. This one was made for a quilt show. The subject was Crayola crayons. The 2 faces were done on muslin by tracing the outline of a picture of me at 4 years old and one of my paternal grandmother who gave me my first new box of them in 1946. I shaded in all the details with Tsukineko fabric ink. I pre-quilted the main color which looks like a night sky. The flower gardens were English paper pieced in 1930’s Aunt Gracie’s fabrics. They and the pictures were appliqued on and the circles are large, colored buttons. The last one is made from scraps given to me by a friend who makes crib sheets for day care centers. The only fabric that is mine is the gray sashing. I receive the fabric as triangles with the selvage on the long side and the only way to get the 61/2 inch cut square is serge them along the selvage side and cut the square with all bias edges. 

I just love visiting with these quilters and Carolyn Schmitt was no exception! I am so excited to share her story with you. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this active retreaded quilter!Here's some of Carolyn's quilts with her descriptions.I love scrap quilting regardless of the pattern. I say my mind operates like a scrap quilt, so this is a “picture” of it. The blue border is a liturgical color for the Word of God, and the rainbow binding is a symbol of God’s promises.<a href="https://aquilterslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1655-e1574043419654.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Log cabin is my favorite and I am especially fond this asymmetrical setting. <a href="https://aquilterslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1657-e1574043398170.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>This is a wall hanging made from a few of the blocks left over after making a double bed quilt for my aunt for her 80th birthday in 1997.<a href="https://aquilterslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1662-e1574043432199.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> This one was made for a quilt show. The subject was Crayola crayons. The 2 faces were done on muslin by tracing the outline of a picture of me at 4 years old and one of my paternal grandmother who gave me my first new box of them in 1946. I shaded in all the details with Tsukineko fabric ink. I pre-quilted the main color which looks like a night sky. The flower gardens were English paper pieced in 1930’s Aunt Gracie’s fabrics. They and the pictures were appliqued on and the circles are large, colored buttons.<a href="https://aquilterslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1664-e1574043330779.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The last one is made from scraps given to me by a friend who makes crib sheets for day care centers. The only fabric that is mine is the gray sashing. I receive the fabric as triangles with the selvage on the long side and the only way to get the 61/2 inch cut square is serge them along the selvage side and cut the square with all bias edges.

Spiritual maturity is one of those elusive things that all followers of Christ hope and strive after but can sometimes be difficult to know what it is really like. After all, everyone we know is in process, right? So how do you know a spiritually mature person when you meet them? Is it by their age or the number of decades since they made that fateful decision to follow Christ? Either sounds good until you think through all the people you know who have believed for many years and still, for one reason or another, know much about God but do not seem to know Him at all. If you can’t tell a spiritually mature person by the number of years they have been a declared Christian, how do you tell? Today’s guest (our first!) is a fine answer the the question. When you meet her you will be inspired by her story of coping with a difficult childhood through the church, learning about herself through parenting, suffering loss, and serving diligently in one church for over six decades. (You read that right. 60 years!) But Carolyn Schmitt’s walk with the Lord is more than just the result of passing time. It’s an intimate relationship with Him. It’s going to sound a little but strange… I’m finding for myself that maturity in Christ is very diametrically opposite to becoming mature as a human being. As a human being we go from absolute dependence…to functioning responsibly…but I’m finding for myself that so often I come into my relationship with the Lord as a very independent person needing to mature in dependence. Books Carolyn mentioned (Amazon affiliate links):  Eugene PetersonEugene Peterson The Complete Father Brown: 53 StoriesG.K. Chesterton – The Complete Father Brown Stories C.S. Lewis – The Last Battle Dalas WillardDallas Willard John Ortberg John Eldridge – Beautiful Outlaw Philip Yancey – Prayer  The basics of walking with the Lord are still exactly what I need. Did you enjoy hearing Carolyn’s story of growing in the Lord over time? If so, be sure to stop by iTunes and subscribe. While you’re there leave a review which helps our visibility in the rankings. The post Carolyn Schmitt and Six Decades and Counting appeared first on Eric Nevins.

Spiritual maturity is one of those elusive things that all followers of Christ hope and strive after but can sometimes be difficult to know what it is really like. After all, everyone we know is in process, right? So how do you know a spiritually mature person when you meet them? Is it by their age or the number of decades since they made that fateful decision to follow Christ? Either sounds good until you think through all the people you know who have believed for many years and still, for one reason or another, know much about God but do not seem to know Him at all. If you can’t tell a spiritually mature person by the number of years they have been a declared Christian, how do you tell? Today’s guest (our first!) is a fine answer the the question. When you meet her you will be inspired by her story of coping with a difficult childhood through the church, learning about herself through parenting, suffering loss, and serving diligently in one church for over six decades. (You read that right. 60 years!) But Carolyn Schmitt’s walk with the Lord is more than just the result of passing time. It’s an intimate relationship with Him. <blockquote>It’s going to sound a little but strange… I’m finding for myself that maturity in Christ is very diametrically opposite to becoming mature as a human being. As a human being we go from absolute dependence…to functioning responsibly…but I’m finding for myself that so often I come into my relationship with the Lord as a very independent person needing to mature in dependence.</blockquote> Books Carolyn mentioned (Amazon affiliate links): <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;index=aps&amp;keywords=Eugene%20Peterson&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=TH2Y74AEXUQB65YX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eugene Peterson</a>Eugene Peterson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517263700/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1517263700&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=XTSG3R2FYJVLFEUH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Complete Father Brown: 53 Stories</a>G.K. Chesterton – The Complete Father Brown Stories</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006447108X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=006447108X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=AJSEHNQFQAXFV5QI" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">C.S. Lewis – The Last Battle</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;index=aps&amp;keywords=Dallas%20Willard&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=ZQOGQK75GOKDTOLQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dalas Willard</a>Dallas Willard</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;index=aps&amp;keywords=John%20Ortberg&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=VQWYKSILMY2EWKHV" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John Ortberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455525707/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1455525707&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ericn-20&amp;linkId=YR5NNMNE6ZAH2MGC" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John Eldridge – Beautiful Outlaw</a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/1sr8DX0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Philip Yancey – Prayer</a></li> </ul> <blockquote>The basics of walking with the Lord are still exactly what I need.</blockquote> Did you enjoy hearing Carolyn’s story of growing in the Lord over time? If so, be sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/halfway-there/id1119401775" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">stop by iTunes and subscribe</a>. While you’re there leave a review which helps our visibility in the rankings. The post <a href="https://ericnevins.com/podcast/halfwaythere/001/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carolyn Schmitt and Six Decades and Counting</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ericnevins.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Nevins</a>.

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