Celebration Flags

Olivia has had a fever due to teething, we hope, so i neglected to post yesterday.  So…now that Marilyn has called me from Santa Rosa to say her gift arrived, I will show you the entire banner.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
This is not an original idea, but i just had to make one.  Somewhat akin to the [...]

Breathing as Excitement Builds

HA…never able to do anything just perfect!  I put this piece on sideways…in a hurry i suppose.  Finally we have some rain, which is too bad for the Debate doin’s outdoors (a band was playing very loudly a little while ago), but i am gratefull because the zinnias and marigolds will last longer.  The atmosphere [...]

Healing Heart

Healing Heart: fabric, tie-dyed dinner napkin, yellow linen dyed with natural dye osage-orange sawdust, 8 pointed star quilt patchwork, nest of gold thread,dyed crochet, red wool, enamel pin, paper butterflies, dyed lace flowers, copper wire, beads, hand-stitching.  Size: c. 20″ square
I started this piece last fall while in the early chapters of Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY.  [...]

Healing Art

I find that making art is the best way for me to intuit, bring to the surface, seek understanding, and communicate what is going on inside of me.  The process of creating becomes a meditation on the person, situation, or problem that i am struggling with.  This piece is a gift celebrating the life of [...]

Leaves of Blue and Green

Today this leaf wall hanging went to its new home.  Look how nice the colors photographed when placed on a ‘middle grey’ background.  All cotton and hand-quilted, i hope it will serve to “bring the outdoors in”.  I decided that I would not make another along the same theme until this piece was sold; i [...]

A New Day Finished

This wall hanging is finally finished; ready to hang and ready to list on ETSY…if i only had my store ready!  Diana and I printed these roosters a few years ago to use for potholders…i love using them again.  I hope this hanging will remind me that i can start over every day…especially when the [...]

Prairie Coneflower

These are blooming in my front yard right now.  As the centers mature, there will be tiny seeds that the birds will love.  This is a native prairie plant of Tennessee that is fairly rare, so i am glad that it is thriving here.  I have finished another wall hanging, mentioned in earlier posts - A [...]

Finished a Piece

Huzzah…a piece is finished and pictures have been taken.  This is “April Offerings”, started in April and here it is June 13.  Oh well, i am learning to wait and see when i cannot figure out what to do next, what the next part will be.  The nest is made of tiny beads, the eggs [...]

A New Day

   I have decided on the title of this piece.  The sun is finished, using a feather stitch in silk buttonhole thread, to tone down the colors and give some texture.  Now i want to do some more embroidery on the trees and add some plants.  I struggle with the urge to start another project [...]

This Sprout has a Hat

I soaked and planted Martha’s butternut squash seeds this week, and look! there are sprouts this afternoon.  And this one was still wearing its little hat.  Sorry, I still have not mastered the close-up focus on this camera.  I did not start working on the “rooster” project until a couple hours ago, so there is no [...]