Valentine books

Sweet little Love Books to fill with sentiments...

...old movie tickets... found items...

...valentines...

Bunting flags

Here is a fun way to display your art collages.

Flags to tie together for bunting.

I made them 2 layers with a linen look cotton on the front and muslin on the back. I sewed a strip of muslin across the top, leaving about 4 or 5 inches hanging on the ends to tie flags together with.

Then had a little fun with paper and lace to decorate a flag... (yes I only did one). I spent the rest of my time making up more blank flags.

I'm listing sets of 5 blank flags on etsy that are ready to be decorated and tied together.

If you sew, try making some flags - easy peasy!

Yay for time off work to sew!!!

Peace on Earth

May you have a Merry Christmas and may peace on earth begin in your heart.

Poetry Quilts

I must...

Part of a poem by John Masefield. "Sea-Fever"

This was a special order on etsy.

Wild Thing Quilt

This was made with large hexagons cut from rich colorful animal prints.

Free motion quilted all over stipple.

This is Jackie by the quilt.

The Jack's know the line is drawn when there is a quilt on the floor...

Happy Thanksgiving!

The pumpkin pies are in the oven, I'm wearing my favorite apron and drinking a red beer, ready to chop chop onions and celery...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I am thankful for my family and friends, this includes you!

Fishing the Atlantic

We all caught something, Levi also caught a 2' shark.

Beautiful day on the ocean!

Jacksonville and Saint Augustine

Beautiful day!

It snowed in Utah. Bahhhh.

Vacation time!

We are in Jacksonville Beach, Florida

to visit Levi and Jenna.

This is our first morning here - walk on the beach and out on the pier.

Will post more pictures later!

An extra hour

Time is spinning past,

escorting in Winter.

I had an extra hour this morning

with the return to Standard time.

Here's what I did with that hour.

Baby or child's quilt finished

I love yellow

with gray

and black

I had fabric left over from the wedding cake quilt, so put together a small quilt, measures 46" x 40". Quilted close stipple all over, making it very soft and cuddly. Listed on etsy.

October 23 - straight line quilting

Happy Weekend.

Poetry Quilt

This is one of my favorite poems -

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine... The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir

I stitched it onto the muslin stripes on this autumn colored wall hanging.

Click for closer view. I listed it on etsy, there are more pictures there.

Best of all, in the corners are fabulous fabric covered push-pins made by Kathy over at Paper Pumpkin. I love them for hanging wall quilts with!

Happy Weekend!

Oktoberfest!

Happy October!

Oktoberfest at Snowbird Utah

These pics were taken last weekend when we went to Snowbird with some friends. This weekend there is snow in the mountains.

Fabric Art Journals

Have you hugged a book today?

Totally huggable books

I haven't burned out on making them yet

Can you say obsession?

Time to get away.

Autumn

A little tribute to

the autumn leaves starting to change...

and it's finally the weekend.

Tomorrow will be a good day for a drive

to see the changing colors.

Maybe to the Oktoberfest

at Snowbird.

:) yeah.

Happy Weekend to everyone!!!

One Leaf Fell book on etsy.

Art Quilt Wall Hanging in neutral tones

Just finished up a project I've been working on for a while...

It's a very detailed quilted wall hanging - all natural tones, full of roses and hearts, birds, flowers, and words. One large patch has the Bible verse "love is patient, love is kind..."

Fun to make, a lot of work. Maybe I'll do a whole lap quilt similar to it one day, maybe not. For now this one is on etsy.

Have a great day!

Day in Park City

We spent Saturday with some good friends in Park City. Rode the six-pack chair lift to the top, and hiked half way down.

At half way point we got on the Alpine slide and rode little plastic carts down the slide to the bottom.

Ended up at Wasatch Brewery for lunch and brew. A brief storm of rain and hail passed over reminding us we were in the mountains and that Winter will soon arrive. Awesome day.

Persuasion

Persuasion

influence

relationship

appeal

Persuasion was Jane Austen's last completed novel.

Persuasion of the heart.

I thought it was a good title on a fabric art journal,

ready to be filled with persuasive pretties.

Listed on etsy.

I'm searching for a new title.

Recommendations?

Fabric art journal books

I sewed a stack of fabric books out of quilted muslin.

Blank books.

Full of quilted pages to decorate.

So soft. Even cuddly.

My husband (who has the mind of an artist only if looking at the paint on a Harley Davidson) says, "These are really cool, but..."

"but you're making something that won't sell. What are people going to do with them? Staple things to the pages? Use a magic marker and write on the pages?"

I wasn't hurt.

I know that textile artists will know what to do with my books.

Have a happy weekend!

Grand-dog

Isn't he adorable!

This is my new Grand-dog.

Congrats to L & J.

P.S. He's a Boxer.

Tony Grove

To a beautiful weekend.