I do not know what possesed me?

I made 15 art quilts this week and my studio is a mess.

Yesterday afternoon when I went back to the

studio after lunch I just went nuts and started

in on a deep cleaning. Now it looks worse than ever.

The photo above is how I want it to look.

I will go back to the studio and try and bring

order out of chaos. 

 I even sorted fabrics in 9 drawers.

Now I have a stack of fabric that needs to go

back on the shelves in the proper colorway.

I try to keep the fabric in groups of colors.

I always mess it up and have to sort again.

I found some good fabrics for the big  quilt

I will be starting on.

Good for tree trunks.

My mind is always thinking ahead to  my next

project. I plan most of my quilts in my mind.

I do not have enough patience to sketch them.

Late at night or driving long distance are

good times to let the mind free and plan.

While now I  better go and find the

floor, counter and table so I can create again.

Combining paint and photos with stitch.

 Just a little bit of what I am working on.

I print my photos on cotton and add some paint

to the mix. Than I stitch and mount on stretched

canvases.  Some interesting effects.

 The lake shore is so calming.

I like the inclusion of people in the photos.

 I went shopping with my daughter yesterday.

We haven't spent a day together since June.

It was nice to catch up on the family doings.

She needed to go shoe shopping. 5 pairs later

she had her fill. I needed more small canvases

and Michael's had a sale and a good coupon.

Now I need to unload the car and get into the studio.

I find it is easier to unload the car the morning

after shopping. Most of it goes to the studio today.

SAQA auction

This morning I was checking the SAQA auction

site and saw that my little quilt will be auctioned

off in Houston at the International Quilt show.

I think this is a honor.

I am continually amazed that people respond

more to the little quilts than to the big ones.

Yesterday I worked on a bunch of little

beach scenes. I also started to work on

a big quilt. Always something to do.

I got another 4 quarts of fresh tomato sauce

in the freezer it is going to be a tasty winter.

I like to have home made as much as possible,

I at least know what is in it.

Tuesday is massage day so off to the studio

for a couple of hours of work than an

ahhh afternoon.

 



Friday and Saturday's art quitls

 Friday I put this small art quilt together. My daughter

liked it so I need to make another. She said that

people like to look at tranquil scenes to relax. I

never thought of that before. They get away by

looking into the art quilt. This scene I took on my

way home from Grand Rapids. I took the scenic

route home and found this at the end of a cul-de-sac.

4 red lawn chairs on a bluff on Lake Michigan.

 Saturday I took one of my hot pads and turned it

into this small ditty. Than I chopped a quit into

2 pieces and made 2  12 by 12 sunsets.

I did not like it as a larger quilt and I think it

is perfect as two.

 What a cop out to get some quilts together fast.

Monday I will work on and finish the red flowers

reflected in the water for Dana. I hear she is coming

back from the west in September so if I hustle

 I can save the shipping cost and give it to her.

Have a great Sunday I am reading than I have a

opening to go to this afternoon. Perfect day.