Peacock

This was a fun/scary quilt to make.
Not cotton, but satin.
Not batting, but flannel.

Satin is slippery, many pins needed to hold it in place while sewing,

I hope the wonderful person who commissioned it is
please with how it turned out. 

I am.

Intelligent Design v. Reality

More pictures to follow

Little Sailor Blue

A quilt made for a good friend, in record time. I've always wanted to make a sailboat quilt, a little mental calculations, and this cutie is what happened. 

Glass Beads

When I started this quilt, I had no idea how it was going to look finished. I had a large bag of scraps, a lot of time, no quilts on order, and I wanted to keep my hands busy. Lots of us are like that, having to keep hands busy.

So I got to work: mixing and matching, coordinating, contrasting, texture, theme, density of color, shades.

And what I ended up with reminded me of beads my aunt and uncle brought back from Morocco 45 years ago. They were called Goulimine beads, I didn't know they were actually made in Europe, I'm sure Aunty and Unk didn't either. I still have them, and cherish them.

So when this quilt was nearing completion, I realized it reminded me of the beautiful beads.

And thus, Glass Beads was born, and finished.

It is hand quilted, queen sized, and for sale

Scrap quilt, closer: ever closer

Now to put all 90 together in a pleasing pattern, 

layer, baste, quilt, and bind. 

Any day now.

;-)

This quilt will be available for sale when finished.

Time for a theraputic scrap quilt.

 I love mixing colors, and matching them, 

straight lines aren't important. 

Adding a line of beading here and there makes for 

interesting color, texture, sparkle.

Many more scrap blocks to follow, with a quilt by and by.

Shhh! It's going to be a chuppah, it's a surprise!

The bride doesn't know it yet, but she's going to be married
under a traditional Jewish Wedding Chuppah.

Chomples, the wonderdog, as ring bearer.

Quick! Tie it before they get back from their honeymoon!

Fin
I hope they had a fun and relaxing honeymoon.

Stars in Pastels

Repost of two old friends.

 Squid chair: 180 silk rosettes, 8 arms, many coat hanger, 

and a typical lab chair just begging for rebirth. 

Again, a typical office chair, leopard print faux fur, chrome yellow trim, and real natural-dropped white tail dear antlers painted, attached. 

A quilt for a hunter.

The same, but different

Two new quilts for two new people.
Welcome to the world, little ones!