Getting ready.

 I have finished the sewing part of my Chairs show.

Now to pick up the paint brush.

I have a stack of small quilts.

I have finished the last of the pillows for the chairs,

 Now this week I will paint sunsets and flowers.

I love to paint.

Especially sunsets and water.

Closing in on the finish.

I am finally getting close to being finished.

I may be able to wrap things up by the 29th.

Working on my cushions for the chairs.

Today I will make the cover for the rustic bench.

 



 I may even have some time to make some more

flowers for the FibR show which is happening the

same time as Chairs.

Leslie took this awesome photo of the sun setting

on Lake Michigan. We all love that lake.

My son proposed to his wife at the lake shore.

Have a great day and I will retreat to the studio for the day.



Coming soon CHAIRS

 Slow but sure the show is coming together.

I WILL be glad to move on to something else.

Maybe a little time off of the sewing machine.

Wind swept sunset  just needs a sleeve and binding.

 I need to finish the grasses and  binding on the one.

I have started putting the small quilts on canvases

or putting slats in the back. I have about 12

small quilts. I have decided to keep about 5 for

Christmas gifts. I will sow them but put NFS on

them.  I look at them and think about how one of my

 kids would enjoy them. Sometimes they just talk

to me.

Summer Flowers

 The flowers are so pretty right now.

I am taking photos for future art quilts.

We finally had a sunny day with no rain.

 I am thinking of doing large close ups of flowers

In a series. Great idea?

 I am so blessed with lots to choose from.

Today is FibR meeting in Lafayette.

I have missed 2 meetings and it will be nice to

see everyone again.

 I really like this daisy flower.

It is so vibrant. Than the zinnias are just awesome.

well off to the studio for a few hours.

Sunset on the Lake

 Yesterday My sewing machine was down  so I

painted  two sunset backgrounds on the next two

quilts in the line up.

I think they may work just fine.

Now to add the vegetation and the chairs.

I am so fortunate to have a great sewing machine

repair man just an hour away.

I had thought I was pulling a dust ball out of the machine

and it was a spring which I lost. No sewing machine.

Bummer. I went to visit J&R late afternoon yesterday

and within an hour it was fixed. He salvaged a spring

off of another old machine and a small plastic tube

and for $25 I was back in business.

I did block in 5 acrylic beach  canvases,

So I am on track.

Have a great day you all.

My new cabinet

 I wanted to show you what my husband made for

my bathroom. I have a vertigo issue and need to

keep my hair spray cans up and not have to bend

over to get them each day.

 I found 2 old boxes in the garage and lo and behold

they  were the exact size of the painting that hung 

in the bathroom by the mirror.

My husband took a piece of piano hinge to join one

of them together and now I have a cabinet.

Now just to clean up the mess in the box that

sets on the counter only spent $8 on the hinge.

Gate to the Beach is finished

 Finished this one up late yesterday.

Now to finish up 2 this next  week.

Getting closer to show time.

 The view out the front door this morning.

Looks like it will be a sunny day.

Now to relax for one day.

Than the push is on.

Remind me never to do a solo show again.