The Tree Project

The International Fiber Collaborative has organized the project that will be displayed in Huntsville, Alabama in April 2009. A full size tree will be constructed in Big Springs International Park. Participants are asked to create a 5" x 7" leaf out fiber. I have completed my leaf and will send it this week. As you can see it has shape and dimension. I have added one bead to represent moisture.

Reflections of Poe

The Raven Postcard.

In celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's 200th Birthday, a group of quilt artists are making postcards. This is my submission. Poe's image is reflected in the raven's eye. In his beak is the word "nevermore" made with beads.

These postcards will be given to a group that will auction them off. The benefits will go to Alzheimer research group.

Koi Ying and Yang

This quilt was completed for the guild challenge in December. It won 2nd place. I constructed the fish with pieces of fabric. The shading was made with oil pastels. The fish resemble very closely a couple of the koi that we have in our pond. I made the ripples with the quilting lines.

This area has been suffering from drought. Our pond became so low that the back fins on the koi were actually out of the water. We pumped water from the well to help sustain them. Finally in December we began to get some really heavy rains. The pond is back up to full.

Thanksgiving is approaching

Emma's birthday was November 20th. She is 2 years old. We are expecting her and her mom to arrive Thanksgiving Day. Bric and his family will arrive on Friday. Since Emma's mom and other grandparents are Jehovah's Witness, they do not celebrate birthdays or Christmas. But we do! We will have her party on Friday. I have ordered a large cookie with Elmo on it because she loves Elmo. I made her a quilted sweatshirt with turtles. The two Santa pillows are for the little boys to use from now until Christmas. We are so excited about everyone coming to our house.

Botony

This new series is based on vegetation.

Small quilts

These are based on old family photographs. One is of Nina Lindon as a young girl with a parasol. The other is based on a photo of Harry Lindon standing in front of an unidentified building.

Vote! Vote! Vote!

Today we went to Big Creek Fire Station to vote in the presidential election. There were only 4 people in line in front of us. We did see a couple of our neighbors. What an exciting election! We will watch the results tonight.

My eyesight has improved enough that I finally am sewing again. Yippeee!!!! I worked yesterday and today in my sewing studio. I made several purses and some small quilts. It felt great to be working again.