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.

fast friday challenge 60

The challenge required me to use color to create an atmosphere. I had a tiny scrap of the light fabric, and left over remnants of my favorite blue. I wove the roof, following directions by Jude Hill, and raw edge appliqued the flowers and the fish. I don't know if I was successful in creating a mood, but I like the piece.

using up the stash

I got in a mood to try and reduce and recycle my stash.  I made 2 comforter quilts, using mostly blue fabrics.  One included fabric photos of my 2 granddaughters. They helped me tie the comforter.  When my husbands saw it, he wanted one, so I made a second one, and got my friend Jeri to quilt it.

This summer I decided to try and make a quilt using a pattern from Kaffe Fassett.  He used muted colors and no sashing.  I bought the striped material to use as sashing, and I made mine very colorful.  I only bought 2 yards of the stripe, and a twin bed measures 75 inches, so I added the green piece at the top.  The animals were mostly left over from the backing for my grandson's quilt.  Jeri suggested that I make a backing, but when I finished it, I thought heck, I have twin beds in that room, so I decided that the erstwhile backing would become the new top.  I used up other material for the backs of both, which I am not picturing here.  Alas, or hooray, I still have a stash.