Gossip

The ducks and geese on the Cane River are a noisy, curious bunch...

Yeah, I'm cool. Wanna make somethin' of it?




Look at her: walking around like she's something special.

Herbert's gone and lost his head again


Hangin' out

Mom, I can't see! Mom! Moooommm!

We'll sneak off when she's not looking

Psst, did you hear about....?

I'm telling!

Humph, see if I pay attention to you.

practicing the walk for Project Runway

worn out from all that socializing

Rollin' on the River

Cane River, downtown Natchitoches (and following 8 photos)

Cane River from Fish Hatchery Road

Cane River from Fish Hatchery Road

Cane River from Fish Hatchery Road

Bayou Boulet de Canon

swirling green top layer

Bricks and a Butterfly

What are the mysterious triangles for?

One of the famous brick streets.

All photos taken in Natchitoches, Louisiana on May 6-7, 2009.

Iron Lace

All photos taken in Natchitoches, LA, May 6-8, 2009.

More Heavy Metal

All photos taken in Natchitoches, LA, May 6-8, 2009

New Quilts! Metamorphosis: New Quilts from Old Favorites

Cornered! with detail and Puss in the Corner inspiration blocks

In August of 2008, my son found a tiny kitten under the hood of the car, covered in grease and fleas. He cleaned her up and she won his heart, as well as the scorn of our other two cats. Boris the black cat is determined to be Alpha male, and is also proud of his prowess at catching (catnip) mice, while Moose the orange cat is the mighty hunter of lizards and bugs who’s afraid of everything. Oslo the kitten sleeps, dreaming, no doubt, of how best to annoy her big brothers.
Background fabrics are hand-stamped by the artist. Cats are threadpainted over fabric collage, and are based on photographs taken by the artist.

Robbing Retirement to Pay the Mortgage with detail and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul inspiration block

It’s a scary economic world these days. Job loss, foreclosure and bankruptcy are worrying citizens who have worked and paid their bills on time for the first time in their lives.
The heavy black line is the Dow Jones Average from April, 2008 through February, 2009. Note the big dip in late September. Actual headlines were transferred onto the fabric using printable t-shirt transfer material. All headlines are from The Alexandria (LA) Daily Town Talk, where my husband was employed from May, 1977 until his position was eliminated in December, 2008.

See all the challenge quilts at:
http://fiberartsconnsocal.org/exhibition_catalogs/Metamorphosiscatalog.pdf
Quilt block diagrams and original cat photographs are my own work.