Winters goals

Some of my goals this winter.

Quilts inspired by famous artist. 

My family will love this.

More sunflower quilts.

This one was Angie's birthday card yesterday. 

Love these colors will do this quilt.

want to do at least 3 of these, 

Love this combination. Will do. 

Farmers wife is on my list. 

But in brown, black, grey and one color.

More sunsets.

Angie Mack loves sunsets.

I do too.

A must do this winter.

I love winter.

Tea on a Saturday afternoon.

I went to my friend Doris's house Saturday

afternoon to pick up 3 silk shells she had dyed

for the Holiday Art Show this Friday and Saturday.

I need to sew up the sides for her.

Doris is going to be 96  this month.

She was busy painting watercolors.

I saw my Gate art quilt on her wall.

She made some tea and we visited.

Alert, active and interesting as usual.

On my way home I saw the cranes in the sky.

Good Day

Birds

 The Juncos will be gone before long.

 The sparrows and the Jays never leave.

Just get more numerous.

 And more jays.

 Little quilts remind me of the winter birds.

My husband is having some medical issues.

So my friends my life is once again in flux.

Just waiting to find out what and where we go next.

On our journey through life together.

Leaves and birds

 I found this pic and remembered how neat it was

making leaves. Funny how fall leads to leaves.

Than I found some bird pics and need to get

going on my 2 pieces for the NICHES show.

I am doing them both with birds.

Marks pet scan had a good report yesterday.

 Now on to the surgery.

It was a beautiful day and today looks good also.

Now off to the studio to get something done. 

Junco in the pines

 Saturday I made this bird quilt.

The back ground square is 15 x 15.

I spent about 5 hours creating this one.

The pine boughs turned out really nice.

This is number 6 so I have 29 to go.

Wonder how many I can make this week.

I need to go north to the UP store to send

my quilts for the International Quilt Show in Rosemont.

So I will have a few hours less this week.

THe start of some new art quilts.

 The first step in the process.

I printed some of my photos on fabric.

fused them onto backgrounds and today I will

add quilting. Than I think I will do some canvas

backgrounds and add the small quilts to this.

Than maybe embellish with beads or

found objects. Frog time was at the

International Quilt Show in Houston.

With the haku I wrote for it. I love the water lilies.

 Than the road in the woods in Wisconsin.

My husband and I took  a trip in the fall

to see the beauty of Wisconsin.

Another full day in the studio. Nice.

Newest art quilt

Studio all ready to dye on Friday.

I made 2 art quilts today.

This one with the chickadee is my favorite.

I just may keep this one.

Soft and subtle colors.

It went together so smoothly.

Now I just need to make another 18 or so.

2012

January

 February

 March

 April

More to come on Monday.

Robin is done

Finished the art quilt and ready to go on to a 3-D Robin.

I have a cedar post with a branch attached for a base.

Yesterday I started the nest.

Than maybe one more 3-D bird and ready

for submission.

It feels good to be back in the studio

and creating again.

My knee is finally starting to bend again.

I can walk up stairs normally

but still need to conquer going down.

Still doing one step at a time.

I found a mangle on Craig's list.

Talked the owner into delivering it before my surgery.

My son in law put a new cord on it.

So now I can press the 150 yards of fabric

I have pre shrunk for Nancy Crow's workshop.

 



Work in progress.

I started working on my proposal for a 2014 show about

birds. I need to finish this small quilt and make

some 3-D birds yet.

I had my husband cut a cedar log in 4 lengths.

We wrapped barb wire around them and

added a small branch to one.

The branch will hold a Robin on a nest.

I will attempt a 3-D owl this week 

to sit on top of one of the post.

Than maybe a cardinal or chickadees.

Spent a quiet day church, lunch out, a long nap

and a good book.

A perfect Sunday.