Over the river and through the woods.

Over the river and through the woods

to Grandma's house they will come on Tuesday.

Hopefully I will be ready.

I will double check everything today.

The menu, the stockings and the food.

The luxury of being done early.

I think I may go to the studio and play today.

Why wait until after Christmas.

With the weather we are supposed to have today

it will be good to stay home.

I had hot chocolate and bonquet for breakfast.

Bonquet is a dutch pasty made with almond paste

and a flaky buttery crust shaped into a tube.

Delicious.

First I must clean the kitchen it took a beating

yesterday. All the food packet are delivered or mailed.

Now just to straighten up and I will have

3 days to play.

Christmas is coming

So it begins, making cookies , peanut brittle, mailing

packages to family, cleaning and planning.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Monday I spent 2 hours in the dentist chair

and I have a new front tooth.

Yesterday I had a 2 hour massage.

Oh so nice.

I think I am almost human again.

I went to Walmart for some toys for

 the great grand kids. They make pink Lego's.

How cool. Bought another load of groceries.

Today it is finishing up the food gifts and mailing

my sisters packet to Arkansas.

I told the post office I have one more

but that I had to bake some things.

He said there is a new rule any with food packages

there must be samples for the post office. :)

He must know I always bring them a platter of sweet stuff.

I am staring to plan art quilts in my head.

Colors slipping through my thoughts.

I have lots to do with 2 shows this next summer.

I am looking forward to getting back to creating.

 



Lines

This is the first task we did last week.

Lines

Floating lines.

Broken lines.

One line, two lines and 3 lines.

White on black and black on white.

Than arranged into a quilt.

I can see using these elements in future quilts.

I am off to the dentist today.

The first day of the class my front

tooth broke off. I did not dare go to a

dentist as I would have missed out on too

much and been left in the dust.

I said it was intense.



The FInal Project

I thought I would show you my final project

from my week long Nancy Crow workshop.

It is just pinned to the wall.

The work load of this workshop was intense.

I  got it cut out and pinned to my wall

but had no time to sew it.

So it came home with me to be finished

when I go back to the studio after Christmas.

I was so tired I slept 9 hours last night.

Plus took a nap after lunch.

I was really impressed by the work of my

fellow students.

Some very talented art quilters.

I have come to the realization that a 5 day

workshop is too much for me with my

health issues. In the future I will limit myself to

1 to 3 day workshop.

I did have trouble driving myself home

I had to stop every 20 to 30 minutes to

keep awake. BUT the important thing is

I did make it there and back

and survived the week with Nancy.

That woman has the energy of 3 women.

I learned a lot of  craft that will make

me a better art quilter in the long run.

I look forward to January through

the 1st of May when I get the most done in the studio.



Help

What can I do to add new photos to my postings .
I get a message that Picasa is full. I have lots of photos from
my Nancy Crow workshop and no way to share.
There must be some way to correct this
By the way I am worn out from the 5 days of class,
did a lot of good work and met some very great
quilt artist. My My there is a lot a talent in this world.

Sew Sew Sew

I start my 4th day of Nancy's class.

Sorry for the lack of posts.

Being in class for 12 hours a day

makes one very very tired.

In a good way.

Finally a workshop that is work.

I like to learn.

I appreciate the wealth of information

I am gaining even though I am having a

tough time keeping up. Eat, sleep and class.

I must get ready for the class I need to get my

circles cut and hung on the board before 9 am.

Adios.

The view from

 The view from the lakefront.

Today's ride to Muskegon, Michigan was a messy one.

Rain than snow for the last 12 miles.

5 hours in the car.

But I arrived safely.

19 of us had supper with Nancy Crow.

Nice and relaxing.

I think we will have a great time.

Monday at 7:30 we have to haul our stuff

into the classroom and be set up and ready to

go by 9 am.

Now to get a good nights sleep .

I will report in Monday evening.