Friday, April 29, 2016

Kestrels

I'm almost finished - just need to stitch the bird into place.  This is an American Kestrel - a species that we sadly don't see as often as we used to.  This year, Paradise City Arts Festival, over Memorial Day weekend, is donating the proceeds from their silent auction to benefit the Kestrel Land Trust.  I will be donating either this piece, or a similar one, to the auction.  It should be a wonderful weekend!

Kestrel #3:  Summer Haze

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Workshop Update...


A dozen wonderful ladies met today for six hours to learn about landscapes, layout, and design.  Here's what they worked on!  All the small white and yellow dots are pin heads - these pieces are pin-basted and ready to stitch.  The hours just flew by.  We shared fabric and turned out some amazing pieces!  All are in progress.  Many will be at our guild meeting tomorrow, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.  Meeting details are here:  http://www.handsacrossthevalley.org/

I'm so proud of everyone - they we very brave and jumped right in!

everyone brought LOTS of fabric to share!
look, faeries!



desert with yellow flowers coming into bloom!


don't you wish you were on this beach today?

sky, mountains, fields..simple lines can be dramatic.

wonderful purple desert shadows

I love dark, mysterious skies!

sky, mountains, lake/river with boat - the white spot in the foreground just isn't filled in yet.  Love the gold sun and purple clouds!

and just look at what you can do with batiks!

wonderful rocks!

dryer sheet clouds!
can you spot the frogs?

look, architecture!
adding tulle on top
stitching away!


my studio, after prepping for the workshop, getting ready for Paradise, and working on commissions!

Friday, April 8, 2016

Workshop tomorrow!



Here's one of the samples I'll be bringing to my Hands Across the Valley Quilters Guild workshop tomorrow.  It's not stitched yet - this is to show everyone how I do the layout.  I can't wait - this is going to be so much fun!