I finished a wheelchair quilt and I'm pleased with how it came out. I have lots more to practice on.

The next several photos are parts of a tote bag. I'm using some of Vicki's hand dyed gradients. I misty fused them to some decorator weight fabric and did some stitching. I tacked down some  eyelash yarn around the embroidery.

I leave  you with a photo of Frankie....he was sleeping and looked so cute. He woke up before I took the picture and didn't seem all that pleased.....poor baby.

 

design wall monday

 I'm working on a scrappy green quilt for some friends of ours. They got married last year and I hope to finish it before their next anniversary.

I've been getting reaquainted with Fiona my funquilter. She's been sitting idle for way too long.

 I need lots and lots of practice.
 I leave you with a picture of my sweet Cally.....she loves boxes. It doesn't matter the size.....the smaller the better.

Anyways, go over to Judy's blog and see what everyone else is up to. Have a great day!

color palette challenge

 Here is my color palette challenge for February. Along with trying to use the palette Vicki creates, I'm also trying to use my stash of her hand dyes. Go on over to Judy's blog to see what everyone else has created. I'll leave you with a photo of my baby.....I'm sure he's dreaming of the mischief he'll cause when he's done napping. :)

I've been working on my shading.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

my week

This week I made a sock monkey, knitted socks and started a shawl. I made a mat for my cardinal photos, taken by Kate of Chronicles of a Country Girl. She takes awesome photos and sells them in her etsy shop. I used a piece of stash fabric....one of my gorgeous gradients from Vicki. I painted the rickrack black, it was bright red. I'm very pleased with the project especially since I used things I had here. They are hanging in my kitchen and I'm loving them. I also played with watercolors and a did a bit of drawing. Of course, I was highly entertained by the kitties. Hope you had a great week.

fabric and a hawk

I finally chose my fabrics for the color palette challenge. Except for the white and black, I'm using Vicki's hand dyes. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to make but I'm leaning towards a cover for my embroidery machine.

We spent a good part of the morning watching this guy eat his breakfast.

I'm taking some online classes from Carla Sonheim and this is one of her sidewalk photos. You try and find a picture within the cracks. I saw this little guy. Along with learning to draw, I'm spending time each day learning photoshop....it's a challenge!

Hope you have a wonderful day.....thanks for stopping by. :)

Have yourself

ufo challenge 2012

1. blue and white star snowballs
2. nana's gardens
3. dolpins and turtles
4. sunrise
5. sunset
6. yellow brick road
7. underground railroad
8. butterfly quilt
9. cat stars
10. christmas trees
11. flannel quilt
12. garden club

This is my list from 2011....I'm optimistic that I'll do much better this year.  Head on over to Judy's to see who's playing.