SO far this week.

 I changed the wing on the bird.

My husband kept saying it did not look right.

Even though I followed the photograph.

It does look better.

 My next bird art quilt is sort of a collage.

I think it is OK.

I am working on a larger sunflower quilt.

I have to decide it it will be a wall quilt or a pillow.

I still am undecided.

Winter continues here in the middle.

My sunflower seeds arrived in the mail today.

I am looking forward to planting them,

The sent me a packet of rust colored coreopis.

Yum.

Spring will come eventually.

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.

Fridays production.

 I finished two 15 x 15 art quilts today.

I am loving doing sunflowers.

They are so cheerful.

The Day lilies and cone flowers are not bad either.

What do you think of the crazy quilt backgrounds?

 I have 4 more that need their flowers and 2 

landscapes to finish.

I am glad I am finally getting the lead out.

My knee is feeling a little better.

After 6 months it should.

While now I just have 30 to go.

Back to creating tomorrow.

Background day

 Yesterday I spent my time putting together 8 backgrounds.

I enjoyed using some of my scrapes and 

preparing for some art quilts.

 Two are landscapes and the other 6 are crazy squares.

 The squares are perfect for my photos printed on fabric,

 I think this will be enough of the squares.

Today I will work on finishing one of them.

It is colder than cold here.

Wish I could stay in but I have a Doctor appointment

that took 3 months to get so I will venture out.

Have a very bright and beautiful day.

Three of 35

Tuesday I finished the sunflower quilt and made

2 more small cone flower art quilts.

I love cone flowers they are so prolific. 

 I added some leaves to the sunflower to cover where

my seam did not catch and the backing showed through.

There is always a way to rescue a quilt.

I think today I will start a larger quilt.

Tired of working small.

It sure is cold here in the middle.

I envy those who live in the southern climes

this time of the year. 

Maybe in 4 to 5 weeks we will see green again.

Sunflower

Monday I started this small sunflower quilt.

The vibrant Kaffee fabrics makes it rock.

This is just one of a series of 35 I need to make.

Something new for me using bright colors.

I have 2 more days to do nothing but play in the studio.

Have a great Tuesday.

I am off to the studio at 8 am.

Summer solo show

 Yesterday I took the time to plan the art quilts for

my solo show in August. It is called CHAIRS.

Think relaxing in a lawn chair overlooking the

bluff onto Lake Michigan. Sitting under the shade

of a tree reading a book.

 The show is all about relaxation.

Kicking back.

 I printed several photos on fabric to incorporate

into small art quilts for the cash and carry crowd.

I am doing Open Studios at the International

Quilt Festival in Chicago in March and all of

what I did will play into that. 

Photos onto Fabric quilted.

Quilting and Painting your quilt.

So I am ready for Chicago and as I make my 

smalls for the solo show I will have my examples done.

I like it when a plan comes together.