It is all coming together.

don't 'cha just love it: 
                       when your in the groove,
                       and it's time to move,
                       and you're not feeling blue.
don't 'cha just love it:

don't 'cha just love it:
                      When you're feeling free,
                      and you just want to be,
                            golly gee!

Don't 'cha just love it:
                     when you can jump up and out,
                     when you catch a wave,
                     when you shout!

don't 'cha just love it:
                   as the breeze flitters through your wings,
                   as the leaves dance in the wind,
                   as you jump for joy: Rippet!

don't 'cha just love it:
                        when you flit from flower to flower,
                        stop to smell the roses,
                        and just be you.  
don't cha!
(Please let a comment so I know you are out there, Thanks)
                       

Good things about winter!

Yes, it snowed again yesterday and the temp this morning was 10 degrees.  And it's March and there are robins, red-wing blackbirds, and ice still on the pond.  So it was said that Toledo, Ohio had the worst winter ever in it's history with largest amount of snowfall and low temps.


So guess what?  I made lots of quilts.  I dyed fabric, I painted on fabric, I printed on fabric with my HP printer; I played a lot. I quilted. I freemotioned, I flew with threads, I designed, I created.  So much fun. 

"Danger" Monochromatic wall hanging.

Snow and Quilting together.

"Freedom" Close up of Quilted Wall hanging.

Ashley's T-shirt Quilt 

Mom's embroidered t-shirt and sweatshirt. 

My Hand Dyed fabric Strips

Quilt in Progress

Natural Dying in Process

Natural Dying Results on Silk.

Quilting my Daughter in law's quilt.

I am building up my creative fiber art to sell on Etsy and two local shows that will be coming up this summer.  

WATCH OUT, I AM ON A ROLL- AN ART ROLL. 

What I'm not on a roll with is transferring pictures, so there are additional pictures on my Instagram,  please see here:  http://instagram.com/chaines7169 

The the cooler temps!!!!

What I love about Fall.  I love the sunsets.  Always the delicious colorways of purples, pinks and the silhouettes of shadows. I the love cuddling up under my own quilts to warm my soul and a grandchild or two.  I love the shorter evenings, time to go inside and knit or handsew a little.  The day is done.

I love the stillness, the quack of the geese and ducks, the glassy smoothness, the calming of the day.  

My cats are still, closed eyes, dreaming of mice and birds and sunny windows.  Don't wake them up, then all hell breaks loose.  Watch out, white cats can be just as bad as black cats. 

 My start of a Confetti Quilt.  Not a great start, I will work on it today.  The chill is in the air and it refreshes my soul.  I hope it does yours too.  

Finally- I got it back

Hip Hip Hooray  I am jumping for joy in my mind because my knees are not doing well today.  I got my Bernina Back.  It went to shop to get fixed Feb 1, 2013.  The embroidery  mode was screwing up then when I went back and tried to sew straight-line with Adeline's Quilt it starting clunking, choking, clanking, oh my!

I was so lost without it, yes, I have other machines.  My Sweet Sixteen took over for all of my quilting on my daughter in law's quilt and I was was able to do my doodle,  Just one so far. https://www.facebook.com/groups/378752315555196/  I am following Christine Pollhaus Doodle Group on facebook.  I really has shown me I need to step up my free motion.  It is not done yet, embellishing to come and background quilting.  I am learning alot from her.  It is a free group and tutorial is at http://www.patchwork-passion.de/bom-doodlekalender She is a great teacher from Germany I think, You need to translate her instructions but she explains things well.  Thank you Christine.  

I an sorry I am not able to show you Kate's quilt, my daughter in law.  It is a gift.  It is made from a dress this woman's mom wore.  It is from Hawaii. Sweet Sixteen!  I got it last year at the Cincinnati International Festival.  I love it.  

ART makes the world turn.

BEADING NECKLACE THAT DIDN'T SELL ON ETSY

FUN GLASS BEADDING BRACLET AND EARRINGS THAT DIDN'T EITHER

A QUILT MADE FOR AWONDERFUL YOUNG MOTHER WHO HAD A STROKE DURING HER THIRD PREGNACY

FABRIC PAINTING IN INTERNATIONAL CINCINNATTI QUILT SHOW 2012

 

GARDENING WITH BUTTERFLY BUSH AND BLACK EYE SUSAN

 

RAISING BABY KITTENS FROM 2 DAYS OLD SAVED FROM A BARN LIFE

 

ART, What is it?  Growing something from seed, helping life live, painting a picture, making a fabric quilt to keep someone warm and letting you know you love them,  designing jewelry to be seen by many or just you, cooking a new taste and texture in a meal by you, just for you or just for many. 

ART takes on many forms.  ART makes the world turn.  ART keeps a person sane.  ART lives on.  Just do ART! Anyway, anyhow, for anybody!



Yes, I'm still living my art.

Family Pizza Party, so much fun!

Dying class with the Fiber Arts Group at Stich. 

Watching sunsets, with a evening beer cocktail, of course.

finding turtles on the lake with my grandson and daughter.

Planting and Gardening. 

Decorating for Fall and the Rehersal dinner at our new home. 

Long time no write.  So much has happened this year.  New house, Elderly parent problems & son's wedding. My Sewing studio is still revolving.  It is a mess right now, I'm so unorganized, but I'm working on it alittle at a time.  No pics of my studio at this time but I will show you what I have been working on since the last post. With our new home and location has come fun family parties, fishing groups, swimming gatherings.  fabric dying, making quilts for Quilts of Compassion.  helping out a a new fabric shop, "Stitch" and shopping, shoppping, shopping for my new pad,  Loving life, it is too short, have fun, share with others, enjoy each moment and let the little things go.  forget the past and remember it is all small stuff. 

My first Shelegh Folgate's lesson!

My first real creative class with fiber art.

A 3-D Pencil holder.  I made the ribbon, butterfly, and design of the pencil holder.

Possibilities can happen anywhere, anytime, coming from anyplace!

My life drastically changed when I closed my consignment shop of 7 years.  I loved the experience, the people I met and served, the lessons I learned, but I became burned out.  All my creative ideas were gone, my hopefullness was gone, my joy was gone.  My daughter help out alot during those last months and so did my dear husband, but I just could not keep it going in this downturned economy, high rent and my bank account dwindled.  So I closed it and I am so much better. 

Then I met Shelegh ,on line, through someone else's blog and found she had a group on Yahoo to work together on fabric art projects.  http://www.creativechallengers2010.blogspot.com/     Her own blog is http://www.sheleghfolgate.blogspot.com/   With Shelegh patience teaching, my life, artwork, creativeness opened up like nothing before it.  Her and I have both grown since last January.  She had an Artsy Shop, http://wwwapatchshe.etsy.com/ selling her classes on line and has a growing group.  I feel previleged to have met this special English lady.  She has a free class (and is famous now, by the way) on http://www.3creativestudios.com/       Give your creativity a shot in the arm!

If you are looking for something to spark you creative fiber art, take one of her classes.