Hi hi,

I am still feeling a little behind – natural I guess what with being away and then holidays.   The kids are out of school this week too and so I have done a lot with them.  The weather has not been very cooperative for doing work out of doors, but we did  do a little.  Raking the last of the leaves  and getting the grass ready  it’s first mow. The leaves are starting to bud out and screen off the views of neighbors homes and yards too.   I enjoy the fresh green of spring and the transparency of the leaves.   I am looking to start a new round of Project Divest- or perhaps it is just Spring Cleaning.   I have contacted one of the local Elder care homes and I will deliver a dozen quilts on Monday to decorate their halls.

I will take photos this time and try to do a little article for the local news paper in order to encourage others to pass their work on into the world.

I did finish quilting  my Dragonfly Days mini quilt for the SAQA auction this week.  I need to add the sleeve and do the documentation and it will be ready to send.   I had a good time outlining wings in Maderia metallic thread.  I am hopeful about being a more active participant in that organization after the conference.

 

Progress Report:

The 3-D project is still on the wall.  I am not sure where I want to go with it so I will let the piece rest until I “see” a future for  it.    I have been busy working on the tops that I had started before I was away.

Dawn’s Green

I need to tack the facings back and add the sleeve and this one will be complete.  This is the end of Dawn’s green fabric from the DMC  project and that is where the name came from.  I had fun quilting this one with all it’s circles.  As I look at it now however I may replace the silver beaded circle with a glass beaded one as it seems too strong  for that location.  Design decisions  like this one must be made visually I think.

 

 

 

Glide

This quilt  top was made on the same day as the one above.  I sure must have been in a “Blue Mood”  that day- or more likely I had all the colors out and they just came together in two works.   Glide features some metal units that come from Grandmother Ruth’s home.  Mom boxed up lots of stuff from her house when she emptied it and sent me several.  As I keep sorting through them I keep discovering these strange treasures.  The brown envelope only said glides on the outside so I assume that these where for furniture legs. I stitched each one down with a different stitch pattern to make them interesting.       I am about half why along with the quilting  with the triangular  patterns.Purple Squared

This is the third quilt I started.   I applied the silver drum beads in square patterns to reflect the print on the fabric this time.  It is ready for me to begin quilting.  I am still in the “think” stage for that step.

 

 

 

 

 

 

X ed Out      I have lots of mixed feelings about this work.   It was created from the leftovers of the cut up quilt  that I made  the mini from.  They where all lying there on the cutting table and looked so challenging.   I may have gotten carried away here.     I love all the hand stuff- but I am in question about it.  I really like the overlap of the applique parts- and the negative  space is strong.     I hope that trimming it up and squaring it off will help make the work feel more organized.   The title may say it all and it may just be an experiment to toss.    We all have failures when we step out of our usual methods of the creation process.          I hope spring is dancing at everyone’s door.

Keep Creating

Carol