Rags N Quilts

I posted a few more clues to my challenge piece for this month.  You can see it on the Fiberactions blog.

And keep watching for the big reveal next Monday!

Yesterday I ordered a new phone.  Nothing wrong with the old one, and I’m not eligible yet for a free or reduced cost replacement.  But I decided to do it anyway.  I am spending quite a bit of time texting with my 14 yr old granddaughter, so I decided I needed a phone that was “texting friendly”.  I really don’t want to go the whole crackberry…

I mean blackberry, internet kind of route so I choose this one:

And yes, the only reason I choose this one over others( some that are better) is because it is beautiful and RED!

Yea, I know . Stupid reason to choose a phone…..not!

Though Don is still rolling his eyes…..

Men, what do they know!

Of the moon series. The series is called ”Seasons of the Moon”

You have seen “Harvest Moon” (autumn) and last night you saw “Snow Moon” (winter).  Well today you get the last two.

Here is “Sultry Moon” (summer)

And this is “Jellicle Moon” (spring)

There is still a ton of work to do…stitching down all that applique  and then the quilting.  But there is nothing quite like work that is such fun!

I’m still finishing the last few details of painting on “Solar Powered”, but am taking a break for a couple days to work on my “moon” series. “Harvest Moon” is done and I showed it to you a while back. Well, today I worked on “Snow Moon”(winter), “Sultry Moon” (summer) and “Jellicle Moon” (spring).  This is “Snow Moon”  all fused and the stitching started.

All my moon quilts are made from Vicki’s fabrics; the backgrounds are all gradients she made for me specifically for these quilts.  All the other fabrics are hers too.  The moons are lutrador and angelina.  Eventually, we will offer kits for all the moon quilts.

I’m also working away at my Fiberactions “communication” challenge.

The first session of my CircleLord mini classes (the ZigZag template)  at MQR has ended and we had a good response. Now I’m working on the next session which focuses on the basic unit.

So see, I am working….really I am!

but not for the faint of heart… Today I captured them in “hunting” mode.

Chloe with her catch…

Harry watching  and waiting his turn….

damn, she killed it…guess I’ll have to eat it now

So those of you who don’t have cats, don’t bother to complain.  Cats are predators, lizards (among other things) are their prey. It is the natural order of things. And here in our indoor/outdoor world where there are no barriers from inside to outside except for screens which the lizards ignore…well, the cats hunt.

Now, I guess I’d better get back to painting those lizards on my quilt ….at least they aren’t crawling all over my house

Well, the blog is called Rags N Quilts.

It has been brought to my attention that we have been seriously lacking on the “Rags” side of the equation.  So tonight I’ll try to rectify that.  It has been unusually cold here in Southwest Florida since the beginning of January.  My babies are native Floridians, so they are VERY upset with the cold weather.

So this is how they have been spending their days….Kim, these are for you

I’m still painting “Solar Powered”…….hopefully I finish before it kills me.

Tomorrow I’ll have a break from painting as I’m headed out to do a lecture and trunk show. But after that, I’ll be back to grindstone.

But I have been hard at work.  Painting” Solar Powered”…it’s slow going, but I am pleased so far, with how it looks.

Then, there are the other commitments…like premier videos!  Done, and will be posted on MQR tomorrow.

And, my circle lord class that is coming up the end of the month,also at  MQR.   Final editing, etc under way.

And since it’s been a while, here’s a photo of “solar powered”, so you can see that there is indeed progress.

It is very slow going, but that’s ok.  5 or 6 more days and it’ll be done.

Getting started was the hardest part.  After spending several hundred hours quilting this piece that looked pretty good without the color, I was a little anxious.  But as with many things, that first brush stroke was the most difficult.  Once that was done, I was able to relax and concentrate on building and blending my layers of color.When I have a little extra time, I’ll update this project on my website with all the step by step details.  For now though, I’ll give you a brief look at the beginning of the task.

The first 3 layers of color to the sun

and the rays

and after the 4th layer…just a touch of gold

I have now finished the sun and moved on to the next section. I’ll post another update in a couple days.