I’m so excited to be on the board of this year’s quilt symposium. Everyone is working hard to have the best facility (Johnson & Wales), the best teachers and make this the best symposium ever. Above is the logo I created. I includes the “carolina lily” as well as dashed lines that represent hand or machine stitching. The colors are representative of the typical “carolina lily” block. I had a great time creating the logo….I haven’t done a FUN logo in forever. I’m happy to say that it’s up on the logo lounge website.   http://www.logolounge.com/

Logo lounge is a great site for logo inspiration.

I took a wonderful beading class with Deanna Hartman a couple of months ago and I can’t stop beading.

And, I’m so thankful I live here.  We Really are a great nation and we can fire all those in office when we need to.  Obama is the change we need.

Check out this photo of me and my sisters. Check out the hairdo. We had this “professional” photo taken as a gift for my father. I remember so much about this photo…curling my hair the night before…the long drive on the highway to the photographers studio….the white headband that pinched behind my ears….the red dress that was too short…the half smile on my face…everyone telling me not to smile……what? don’t smile, don’t say “cheese”?
This photo sat on my father’s desk until he passed away.

I wanted to post a few pics of what I’ve been working. I love Paris, so I thought I’d do a mini-quilt saying so. It’s very challenging figuring out what goes were and everything I should include but it’s also so much fun. I’m really love beading and I’ve been looking through all my old Quilting Art’s magazines. They are an incredible resource for beading techniques. I can’t wait till Deana Hartman comes to the guild in October.

I recently took a wonderful class with Lyric Kinard, Surface Design Sampler Platter. I had a great time and learned so much. Below is the book cover I created. On the front cover I created a stamp of a leaf. This was done by carving a leaf form into an eraser and then using fabric paint to stamp it. I later added a few beads and flower beads. I had too much fun.

Below is the back of the book cover. Similar techniques were used, more stamping but here I got to bead. LOVED IT! I attached a cabochon and then beaded around it, enough to bend over the cabochon to hold it in place. I then beaded around the leaves for fun. During the class we also did some photo transfer, foil stamping and screen printing. I had a wonderful time and I got the Mark seal of approval, “that’s cool, you could give that as a gift”

The project below is from the the class I took from Susan Brubaker Knapp. The class was ’start with photo’. I learned so much and liked the class so much I HAD to finish the project. I found thread painting to be so much FUN. I can’t wait to try it again. I hope to do some type of flowers for my next project.

A detail of the stone. I was very pleased with the stone area. I think they probably would have looked better if I had used a gray that was more modeled. The grass was quite difficult. I definitely should have used a print here.

I thought I’d start this entry with a few pics of my hydrangea bushes. As you can see the first hydrangea is a lovely purple. My favorite color. You may ask, how did I get them this color? Pickle juice! I water down any pickle brine that is left over in the jar and water the hydrangea with it.


Next is a pic of some of the most unique petunias I’ve every seen. They were so pretty, I had to go back and get enough for the container on my porch.

And this is the orchid that is on my office mantle. I’ve been wanting one for a long time and I finally said, “what the heck,” lets give it a try. Hope it lasts…especially since my green thumb isn’t too green lately.

This wonderful quilt is hanging in the children’s hospital in Chapel Hill. I spotted it when Patty and I were up there a couple Friday’s ago. It really jumped out at me. Was this done by Amy Stewart Windsor? There was no plaque and no one at the desk seemed to know. Please let me know who did this wonderful quilt. Below are a few detailed shots.




And this last work of art was also at the children’s hospital. It’s just darling. The artist is from California and her last name is Rosen.

What can I say, I LOVE batik fabric. Here are some additions to my ever growing stash.

Have you ever created something with one idea in mind…had someone look at it and see something totally different? That happened to me recently. I made a shawl for friend as a birthday gift. (I was careful to use colors that were in her palette. If I hadn’t everything would be violet.) My friend saw something more than a shawl….it’s now hanging in her living room above her couch. I must say it looks great! And, how exciting to have a piece of my work hanging in someone’s home!!
Below are a couple of pics.

Well, thanks to my cat Sandy I now have poison ivy/oak. I can’t believe I’m 40 something and I’ve never had it before. I usually get eaten every spring by mosquitoes with several bites on my legs but this is a first.
So, I’m pretty grossed out but at least I’ve got plenty to do at work…it keeps my mind off of the grossness, burning etc of it. I hope it dries up soon.