Amish Bubbly I & II

"Where can one find this thick hand-made felt? Ocean Shore Hardware, of course! And the bubbles? A necklace from Tokenz on Main Street. Simple Amish quilt color blocks hold escaping bubbles."

Vacation

"Quadrants of paradise. Dark exotic locations, tropical landscapes, clear azure waters, sun & surf & beach, speak of island getaways."

You can see the quilts on display in this lovely hair (and more) salon. Also shown on the right is the quilt  Breakthrough.
"That wonderful Aha! experience. We roll along, consciously thinking and struggling to solve a problem. Bot now and then, we get a glorious breakthough from the deep, that bubbles up and solves the puzzle. Clarity!"

Welcome to Bamboo!

Entry of Bamboo Hair + Body, the venue for my show True Colors.
Left: Serotonin - "The dance of peppy colors and blips of surprise all connect in a composition of wellbeing. Life is good!"
Right: Hot Flash - "A Basic Amish quilt block, redux, with flashes of brilliance and intermittent sparkles."

Pimento

"Log Cabin is a classic quilt pattern. This quilt uses nine log cabin blocks, turns them wonky, and ends up in a martini. Cheers!"

Pimento: 12" by 12" framed quilt installed in Bamboo Hair + Body.

8 MORE DAYS TO PARTY TIME!!

Thank you Yasmin for the beautiful Bamboo to showcase these wall hangings. Wonderful lighting and ambience, but then, what would expect from a Feng Shui consultant applying her principles to her own studio?

And Flavor Restaurant will help with the refreshments! Francisco has such a good feel for what people love and and then he adds his clever twists--classics with flair. This will NOT be a diet-as-usual day for me.

And! And! Stevan Pasero on guitar. What a nice man, who is selling out concert halls around the country, and has agreed to support local artists and play for my party. He will bring some of his CDs for sale. Please support his artistry, too!

I can't wait!

EEEK--There's a spider in my quilt!

Anyone who knows me, knows I have a spider phobia. You can imagine my surprise to see one IN my quilt, thankfully not ON it. I hadn't seen it till I looked at a photo I took of Tom on the landscape quilt I've been working on since mid-July. Yes, it's been that long. I participated in the Sandra Sider quilt critique, showing one of the in-process pieces. It's had several iterations since. Anyway, when I looked at this photo in Photoshop I was shocked to see a tarantula. I can hardly type the word, even the word itself in print now having almost the same sway. I hadn't seen it before, just knew that the one area wasn't working. It took a photo to show me what I had--legs. Eeeuw!

My solution solved two problems: eradicated aforementioned "T" as well as improved the composition by repeating both a shape and a color. My friend Bridget calls these "happy accidents."

  BEFORE -- see it?

AFTER  -- all gone! 

Vantage Point

I put some finished quilts on top of a bookcase for safe-keeping, meaning safe from Tom. He tries to bite off the beads. Oh, that's right. Cats can jump up on top of bookcases.