Hi, Its been so long since I have written in this blog, but, this is a new year, with new resolutions. There has been lots on the burner, with little down time, even to quilt. I have been working on one quilt for "Tactile Architecture" and I think I might actually get it done. This winter has been wet, cold, snowy and generally wonderful for us. We usually get constant fog the months of December and January, and with all the storm activity there has been little or no fog. We got to spend the holidays with family both here and in Mount Shasta City. The puppy is keeping us busy as well. I am trying also to finish about three other quilts for end of January deadlines, and since none of them have even been started, this might not be accomplished. But, today I actually mailed a couple of entries in to shows, so at least that is done. Once it is done it never seems so bad, but getting to it is always so hard and I procrastinate terribly. Every time I go to download photos and burn a cd for entry, I get befuddled and never quite remember how to do it. But, I usually figure it out and get it done....I will post a couple of random photos taken recently for everyone to enjoy.

Painted Changes

Hi,
I thought I would post the changes to my Hummer quilt after I got all the good advice from the quitart group. I ended up using copper iridescent paint and some gold iridescent on some of the feathers as they traveled up the right side of the quilt. The threadpainting just did not do it justice. I originally had this beautiful hand dyed piece that I could not bear to cut up so the bird emerged from the center. The quilt prior to painting with the copper and gold is shown under a previous post "Murphy Bed" and it is hanging behind the bed. What do you think of the changes? Does anybody have any suggestions for more improvement or change.
Other than that, this fall has been busy working, playing with the puppy, playing with the grandsons and attending their various sporting events, and some studio time, trying to figure out what to make next and looking at all the looming deadlines for entry and thinking that I might not get there this year.
I am also gearing up for my trip to Houston the end of the month where we are taking some classes and just having a general good time. If I am lucky enough maybe my Journal Quilt will actually be displayed there. That would be fun.

New York, New York

Well, what a summer....have had no time to post for a while, and no time to quilt either. After I got back from Sacred Threads I prepared for our trip to New England for my dh family reunion. We took two weeks and covered lots of fun places thanks to all the good advice from quiltart group! We spent time in the Amish country of Pennsylvania, all of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, then spent our time going down the coast from Portsmouth, NH all the way down to Grenwich, CT where the reunion was held. Lots of pretty country, lots of humidity that we Oregonians are not used to. We even spent a couple of days in NYC, quite the culture shock from rural Southern Oregon....lots of fun.

Then, on a sadder note, my father passed away (I got the notice while sitting in Central Park), so we came back home and I got on a plane to help my mother in Southern California. A very nice celebration of his life, and another family reunion of sorts was there. Lots of reflection, time sitting on the beach in San Clemente, and comfort for all.

Now, after about 6 weeks of go, go, go, I am home and getting settled again. Hopefully to post a little more often here. Here are a couple of photos of the trip to New England. The first is my dh and sons at Grand Central Terminal, and the other is Pennsylvania. Maybe someday some of the photos will turn into art quilts.

Luigi

We have a new little puppy. He is a Papillon and is named Luigi. Love at first sight. Here is a photo of him and my niece at her high school graduation. He is 13 weeks old and a doll. I am so excited, we registered today for classes in Houston. Hope we get at least some of them. It will be so exciting to be there for the first time. I am trying to figure out how to get links to this blog so the world can see it.
I also got great news the other day. My quilt shown below "Once in a Blue Moon" sold. A woman came in to the shop where it was hanging, and just had to have it. She was going to a wedding of her nephew that night, his name was "Blue" and he was getting married on a blue moon. I just had to sell it to her. Seem things just happen for reasons.
I have been busy trying to figure out inspirations for some challenges coming up in the near future, but am not getting inspired yet. One is for the SOST quiltart challenge, and two are with my art quilt local group of wonderful women. It is so hot today that it is hard to think, much less create.
So, instead I burned some CD's to enter in art quilt shows. Guess you can't get in if you don't enter, so here I go. I am going to post the photos next, after this posts.....am still learning

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