Zentangle knight

My art quilt group had a zentangle challenge. I decided to make a knight. He sort of turned out like a paper doll.

Snow White finished

Ellie's princess quilt is finished, and ready to be given to my princess. It has 9 blocks, scenes from the Snow White story, and a green border. As her request, the back is red--polka dots. I had a lot of fun making it, and hope that 3 year old Ellie enjoys princesses for years to come. The quilt is hand appliqued and hand quilted.

the Rose mysterq quilt

I made this piece using methods taught by Jude Hill. I call it my rose mystery cloth. Jude thinks we should all have a symbol, so due to my name my symbol is a rosebud. this piece features a block I made for an Asian quilt that I never finished, and weavings including the rosebud motif.

Platero and I

I have finished the literary challenge for my art quilt group. The book I chose is Juan Ramon Jimenez' book Platero and I. I bought this book when I was in college, and when I was nervous or upset I often read about the little donkey, Platero. I still love the book. I made a background for the figure by machine crazy piecing the background. I used brown paper for the path and an indigo dyed old doily for the sky. I am pleased with the result, and maybe will have to find him a place to hang in my house.

Snow White quilt

It has been a while since I have posted. I am getting quilts ready for our march show, and spending a lot of time making a princess quilt for Ellie, my granddaughter. The theme of the quilt is Snow White. I have completed 4 of the 12 blocks, and am in the process of planning the next block, which will feature Snow White in bed with surprised dwarfs looking on. I hope to get the top finished this spring, and then hand quilt it. Hopefully it will be completely finished by summer.
I have a small problem with the mirror block, as her crown, done in gold embroidery floss, is not showing up that well. It does better in person than in the picture. I have been thinking of couching some black yarn in the crown.

Ellie at Santa House

Since Sean's swimming lesson conflicted with the preschool Santa craft day, I got to take Ellie. We made angels, spiders, and tree ornaments. When Ellie sat on Santa's lap, she said she wanted princesses for Christmas. She's a princess herself.

crayon challenge

Our art quilt group is up and running. the first challenge--the crayon challenge. Our leader Wendy had a paper bag filled with crayons. The one I chose was pink--ugh! We were to use one other color. I made 2, since I wasn't happy with the first one, made on a woven background with a green tree and monster, bug on limb. the second one paired pink with blue.