Christmas is not over!

Yes! it is still the Holidays at our house.  So much going on with one son moving to Southern California for a great new job, and the other son coming home on leave from the Navy with his new wife. I am really looking forward to their arrival later this week. Thus it is still Christmas at our house!  I have several projects I will be working on again soon, it is just an extra special Christmas this year.  I promise to get back at it asap and let you see what I'm working on... 'till then Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Matisse

Just love the use of line and color in the work of Matisse.
Would love to create a quilt in this style using my own drawings.
Will let you know when that happens!

EVOO Quilt

Ok here is a photo of my latest Quilt .. EVOO Extra Virgin Olive Oil... When I was watching Rachel Ray I had no idea what she was talking about.  So I came up with this silly idea that shows where the extra virgins are.  Look closely and you will find two virgins in the olive tree. Since this is an extra special tree it produces extra large olives. Enjoy my silliness!!

Can't wait to show you the projects I am working on after the 3 day Hollis Workshop

For now it is top secret.. no peaking until its finished.  We learned how to work with the dyes to create picture quilts... I am currently improving my techniques and combining what I have learned from Hollis with inking & color techniques learned from Lura Schwarz Smith.  So far, so good, it is turning out well but I'm just not quite finished with it yet.  So you can look forward to my next post.

Toodles for Now

Barbara

Summer's Over

Well summer is over, now begins the rush to finish projects before Christmas.  In the meantime you will find posted a few pictures taken on our various trips this summer.   The pictures are taken not just for family but also as a resource for future quilts.  I am looking forward to taking a class from famous quilter  Hollis Chatelain this month. Check out her web site, www.hollisart.com.  She does a beautiful job of combining her vision in her quilts, I hope to learn how to use some of these photos in my work.
Let me know which pictures you like and which ones should be made into quilts.

Quick trip with David to Fort Bragg, Capillio Lighthouse

Please Check out the Photo Gallery to find more to make your selection of which photo should be made into a quilt.  The class is on Oct 8 so please let me know which photo you think deserves to be considered to become a quilt!
Thank you for your choices!! I look forward to seeing which one you have chosen!!

Enjoy!!

Wonderful 4th of July Surprise

Yes! We had a very special fourth. We went to Oak Harbor for our vacation to visit our son Charles who is in the Navy.  We arrived on Saturday and met the wonderful girl he has been dating.  On Sunday they announced that they were engaged and - Oh by the way, we are getting married tomorrow! They had planned the wedding so that we could be there on our vacation, and we had no clue!! It was all arranged all we had to do was help her look for a dress. What great fun!  Everything was all set, the whole island helped to celebrate with fireworks galore!! We now have a new daughter in law, Noel.  Just for fun here are some photos from the Wedding!! Enjoy!!