New Work

Boris and Natasha, the Yin-Yang Kittens
Damcing in the Moonlight

These were made for the 2009 Breaking Traditions exhibit at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan. this year's theme is "Home," and the entry fee benefits "A Place to Bark." For more info on the show click on the logo in the right hand column. Both pieces measure 12 x 12 inches (and are actually square despite the wonky photos). For the full story of Boris and Natasha, see this link:

http://btaqe.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-beginnings-sunday.html

Larger quilt using the same techniques:

http://splendiferousfiber.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-quilts-metamorphosis-new-quilts.html

what I've been up to - painting scarves

Scrunched or salted, painted and layered with metallic stamped images.

dragonflies
oak leaves

ferns on gauze SOLD!

spirals

geometry

turquoise butterflies

butterflies on gauze

spirals, resisted and stamped SOLD!

more oak leaves

trees SOLD!!

silver and gold spatters

golden fronds

bronze fronds

Sunny

baby sunflowers piggy back on the stem of a large one

one of the big guys

all in a corner of the veggie garden

They're out of the nest now, but here are the baby robins. Mama sat on those eggs for a LONG time, but once they hatched, it was almost no time until they could start to fly.

sleepy?

always hungry.This little guy went exploring and got to the branch above the nest. Perhaps it got crowded in there as the babies got bigger.

Pecan bark & budding sunflower.

With One Voice at 212 Arts Center

Postcard from the show.

Rock a Bye babies

Feed us, mom!
Newborn robins look just like...muppets! (or vice versa)
There are at least three, possibly four, in the nest.

Guest Blogger

I'm the guest blogger for the Breaking Traditions New Beginnings blog today. The theme of this year's show is "home," and the blog features a different story about rescue pets each week.

http://btaqe.blogspot.com/

work in progress

Daylilies

Easy to grow, and overwinter very nicely. Most of these came from specials at the home improvement store, and some didn't bloom until the next year.

lemon yellow

huge flowers

I think this may be a hybrid of the ones above and below it. I shamelessly encourage pollen from one plant to another, and plant all the seeds back in the flowerbed. This is on a smaller plant, likely grown from planted seed.

sort of a mutant of the huge-flowered one.

Happy almost-summer.

Nesting and Resting

Tenacious violet Robin's nest in our pecan tree, about 8-9 feet off the ground. The long streamers are dead daylily leaves, pulled off and left for the lawnmower.
Waiting for the eggs to hatch. Hopefully, the cats will stay disinterested in birds. They seem to prefer bugs, lizards, and the occasional mouse. Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, cardinals, red-headed woodpeckers, and the little brown birds all eat out of the cat food dish on the back porch. The cats are only concerned with having someone fill it back up.

Oslo's new napping place. Note how her head is perfectly positioned for ear-rubbing.