Panels done

 I have all the panels done now to sew them together.

 It was actually fun to see what the different stitches

looked like and the effect the made.

 I really like how it is going.

 The group of flowers is nice.

Looking forward to putting this one to bed.

Ready for a new project.

Fiberart For A Cause

My contribution to this years Fiberart Fir A Cause.

Sunset an 18 x 18 art quilt fused, painted and machine and hand stitched.

Every year Fiberart For A Cause, founded by Virginia Spiegel, announces a new fiber-related fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society. To date, we have donated $240,000 to ACS, and this year we hope to make it an even quarter of a million dollars!

Mark your calendars for February 4, 2015. On that day, the first 100 people to donate $100 each to the American Cancer Society through the link provided by Virginia, will each receive a fiber artwork valued at $100 or more. We have 100 artists from all over the world participating, each donating an original artwork to this fundraiser. This is a photo of my contribution. 18 x 18 called "Sunset"

For all the details on how you can donate and win an original piece of art, please visit http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/FFACThe100Fundraiser.html

Kathy's quilt

 Well I have all the components ready.

Now to play with the design for Kathy's quilt.

I see a lot of places to change. but I really like

the flowers and the fabrics.

It will be a great quilt for my daughter.

I got my new Dell desktop yesterday and my

grandson come over to fine tune it.

It is so nice to have a resource like a college sophomore.

Nothing like young brains.

I am going cold turkey with both a new laptop and

new desktop. Really stretching the 71 year old

brain. I will probably avoid dementia for at 

least 4 extra years with all the brain  stretching.

I have learned quite a few new things.

Like what settings means what to do with it.

Down loading patches for the Cd's I lost.

Things are still not working right with E-mail

but I will conquer that soon.

 18x18  inch art quilt finished today.

This is my quilt or the 100's.

will post more detail later.

I got the flowers for my daughters second quilt

ready to go. I will work on  this project Thursday.

 I am going to have fun with this one.

I love the colors and love flowers.

My border fabric arrived today so I can 

really work on this tomorrow.

Lime green, rust, olive and cream.

Great colors.

Stiching

 Closing in on my 100 piece of art.

I will finish it up today.

 Decided to add some hand stitching to emphasize

the leaves. Perfect way to watch  TV.. Stitch and

keep up with Diners and Dives at the same time.

We are getting a big snow tonight.

Than extremely cold weather perfect for staying

in the studio and creating.

A little thread adds something.



Finishing 2014 projects

 Planning the next bed quilt I promised my daughter,

It will have flowers on long stems on it.

Than to finish my donation for the 100's

I will add lots of hand stitching to this yet.

 I finished the quilt top on Saturday it just

need stray threads clipped on the back and 

a final ironing. I am getting closer to finishing

last years projects and than I can move on to 2015.

I am looking forward to doing the Chairs show

and doing some summery and flower quilts.

Have a quiet Sunday than back to the studio on Monday.

Rainy Day

My daughters bed quilt in progress.

Yesterday I got the last 2 rows on now to add the

 6 inch border. I hope to finish this top today than start 

 on the flower one. Queen size in chocolate brown tones.

I have one more leftover project from 2014

than I can start on my show pieces for 2015.

I need to do a 30 x 40 screened printed and quilted

art quilt for a friend. Tones of pale blue and silver.

Should be fun to use some of the skills I learned 

from Jane Dunnewold.  Paint is always fun.