I love ad-libbing with patterns and fabrics and colors.
Art is where you find it
Art and Beauty are where you find it. I look for it in everyday life and try to create more whenever possible.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Evolution of quilting style
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Life is a Song
Yesterday I really 'saw' the piece of counted cross stitch that has been hanging on my bedroom wall for many years. It's at least 30 years old, maybe older. I made it before I discovered quilting.
What it says still rings true for me.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Bye bye quilts
I had too many quilts around the house.
Scrap quilt to Donna |
This weekend I gave some to my nieces. Others are tagged and ready to go to my nephew, grandson, and bonus granddaughter
Debbi has mine from Oma
Debbi got my wedding quilt from 1996 |
Kathy has this one now
Martha chose this one - the Women of the Bible
Michael will get the 12 days of Christmas
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Natalie will get Dear Jane Light |
Kathy took this one |
Donna took the Red, Green, Purple one |
Mike has the first quilt I made |
Jack gets this one And Granny's Star has been returned to Jack. |
Kathy took the one from Gruene |
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Hibiscus - raw edge applique with thread painting
As usual for a class, I used fabric that I already had, but this time I think it worked well.
Since most of my walls are full, I turned the block into a pillow for the recliner in my living room.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Texas Landscape
As quilters do, I made finishing it up into a quilt a lot harder than it might have been. I made four strips of flying geese, in four different sizes to frame it. At least I had the good sense to put in cornerstones of bluebonnet fabric, rather than the curved flying geese that I first thought of.
It's a real pretty little quilt.
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Starting my Ninth Decade
I celebrated my fifth sixteenth birthday. (I do love the hexadecimal base system. )
Instead of a big party, I had several small ones.
First, I had a visit from my grandson Jack. He made a very quick visit from Minneapolis. We had dinner at his Mom's house, cupcakes with candles, and he gave me a planter with an unknown green plant. The planter is in the shape of a bull and the plant is kind of ivy-like. It's growing nicely.
At the monthly meeting of my Round Rock quilting group, the Pebbles@Round Rock, we had Texas sheet cake for me and Marilyn, who will turn 75 before the next meeting.
That's them on my table with the planter from my grandson Jack and the birthday table mat that my friend Rita made for me many, many years ago.
My cousin Shirley, who is 89, called, as did my former sister-in-law Laura.