more photos

Since the photos of the quilt are so bad.. here are a few close ups of the quilting on the tree quilt.

holiday gifts

Well i managed to make a few holiday gifts. Its amazing how much work one can do within a limit time. This is why i NEED deadlines. the two dog quits were done in two nights and the large whole cloth piece took two nights of quilting. The two dog quilts were done for my mother and sister, the little pom is my mothers and was done using photo printed fabric of the dog. The doberman with the floppy ears was done with my embrodiery machine and then hand painted. A fun technique that i had published in Creative Embrodiery Magazine. The last piece, a whole cloth, was a piece of fabric from 1973. It was once a wall hanging, streched on a frame that hung over my uncles couch. Sometime in the late 80's I was given the couch and all the 1970's accesories. For some reason i kept the cloth and found it this summer while cleaning my attic. I thought my uncle would get a kick out of getting it back quilted and ready to hang again! You can really see the quilting work on it, in this horrible photo. There are little animals quilted into the white parts. Well time to get back to work. More deadlines to meet.

Oh Christmas Tree

I love Christmas trees. I love the smell, the lights and the ornaments. Each year I try to make different ornaments for my tree and for those of family and friends. This year I went with ornaments that are simular to the necklaces that i have been making. They each have photos of my families pets, retouched in photoshop. I hope they will enjoy getting them as much as I have enjoyed making them. Happy Holidays!

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I will try to keep it up to date, Im hoping that it will be easier then keeping my webpage up to date. And yes, i will eventually get that up to date and running again. I haven't been doing to much sewing as of late, mostly because my studio is in my attic and it is very cold up there this time of year. So i have been keeping myself busy making jewelry. I will try to post photos of some of the new pieces. I really enjoy making these, and since they do not take up to much time or require me to sit in a cold attic. I will be making a few more before the winter is over.