Rise Above the Fray

Took an old quilt out of the closet and threw on some elements that could work for this hand sewing project

Flowers made of wool, hexagons to cover up color that I didn't want to be visible.

added this house from a class that I used to teach. I have about 30 of these single houses. This one is stenciled with polka dots from Stencil Girl Products. I really like the black and white roof.

maybe using the measuring tape? I am not sure of the balance or if it adds anything in particular

I do like the way this has evolved. hand sewing is so relaxing and the measuring tape didn't make the cut, but the variety of buttons is the cats meow. Rick rack on the roof. 

a closed up of the stitching. This was really a fun project to be able to sit and hand sew while we were on vacation. So relazing!

The finished piece "Rise Above the Fray." Find some joy everyday to keep yourself sane. You can do it!
 

My Life on a Cup returns for 2025

How do you take your coffee? With Democracy and Freedom

Our libraries have lost their Federal funding, which is so terrible

Our museums have also lost their Federal funding

TSA is now on the line as they want to privatize it

The Postal Service is another agency that they want to privatize

And back to gardening. It was very satisfying to pull out and cut all

Of the devil plant -the Morning Glories. Clothed in overalls, Croc boots,

Gloves and a good hat. The Cultivator did a great job. The new one, 

Since I killed the old one

Old Projects become New Projects

This house quilt is from 2021 and it never got finished. All imagery

Is mine from some fabric lines and some from a fabric I had made

When Robert Kaufman Fabrics offered their digital machine to

Make fabric for individuals like me. 

How I love to free motion machine quilt. And the bonus is having

a good machine in which to do it. Bernina 770QE is making my

Life a lot easier. I am slowly getting back into it.  

 
The finished product backed with wool blended felt. No

Batting or binding needed. Completely raw edge appliqué 

With Mistyfuse fusible web

The difference between taking the picture inside my house

As opposed to taking the picture outside. There is clearly a crease

Down the middle that isn’t visible inside. Oh, but I love the 

Texture it creates being outside. So beautiful.

And I love the back with all of the stitching lines on hot pink

Wool blended felt with black thread!

And my woven label that is sewn onto every quilt I make.

It’s my logo, my most iconic image from my work. Everyone

Would love coffee on the house! So fun!

Kaffe Bernina

Happy to have been able to trade in my 750qe for a Kaffe Edition Bernina 770 QE Plus!

It sews like a dream. And then there is that huge bobbin! 

The sewing room is coming together! Picked up my sewing table that a friend had 

been storing for me. My Barbie collection watching over me. Red bins store 

pre-fused fabrics by color. Other cubes store fabric. The white tall chair

has my first Bernina 153 QE, which I will never get rid of. It sews through

anything, even watercolor paper.

My new wall of quilts! It’s rather fun to look back on my career as a quilt artist

and fabric designer. Mistyfuse for the win! I was a Mistyfuser! Making wall

quilts with wool blended felt and no batting or binding. The Rebel Quilter!

Journal Quilts from 2003 8-1/2 x 11. House quilt reminds me where I have

been, to the Spiral Quilt which was such a fun class to teach! Oh the memories!

Me in my normal attire. Overalls from Duluth and a striped shirt from Gudrun!

My felt Curvelet quilt made in 2020 when we were sheltering in place.

Friends Leslie Tucker Jenison and Michele Musca did an Instagram Live

Feed about sewing with Curvelets. 

My ironing board from Target eons ago. It’s not ideal, but it works. Just don’t

Let that hot iron touch one of my puffer coats. May have to move them, and 

make room for more shelving in that closet.

My cutting table is in another room. It’s just the right height. Quilts grace 

this wall too. You can see a portion of our painted hallway done in 2020

My Life on a Cup. December. Christmas lists, wrapping, sewing, making tags,

all the while trying to stay positive is these tumultuous times. I keep saying to

myself to remain calm, have Joy, be positive, stay strong. Be well my friends.

And here we are, back to quilting

Me as a gardener with my flowers, cups and saucers and houses!

This original watercolor has been printed on Spoonflower fabric

Stacking teacups 

So far, so good. I haven’t pieced a quilt in two decades. My watercolors on Spoonflower fabric. Also using some of my fabrics from hopscotch too made by RJR

We shall see

Artist for Kamala 24

B is for Blue. VOTE BLUE on your ballots!

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Passion, hope, freedom. Kamala Harris

I want to live in this neighborhood where everyone is not afraid to have their lawn signs up

Freedom to choose! 

We need to protect our rights in this election

Women United for our healthcare

Pulled this out of my archives, but so important as to where we are

Peace over chaos. Love over Hate. A moral compass over zero values

I voted and got my confirmation from the Secretary of State! Go VOTE

Light over darkness. That’s what we are fighting for. 

Living by our Constitution vs. a guy who wants to dismantle our government 

Kamala Harris is protecting our freedom, is all about truth,

Love for America and We the People, Peace and Joy

I’m with her! Get out there and VOTE!

Drawing and Painting for Fun

The paper towel paint blotter made into fabric on Spoonflower is pretty cool.

I am enjoying the whole process of creating my own fabric line and

I am looking forward to sewing it altogether to make a usable quilt! 

Watercolor painting of a pink house surrounded by leaves that have been 

made by using my own stencil designs from Stencil Girl Products. 

I used watercolor paint to give the leaves designs and texture. 

I love how it turned out. 

Look at this gem! Mirror image on fabric using Spoonflower. 

This will be a fun hand sewing project!

A self portrait of me in my element. Houses, garden, cups and saucers, 

overalls, happy! It is rather fun to challenge myself to draw in a 

larger format and then paint it! I am enjoying the process!

And made into a fabric panel on Spoonflower! 

I am super happy how it turned out! Bright, colorful and fun!

Next up - tale of the two houses with quilting patterns.

My painted dining table underneath. It makes a nice frame! 

Another great fabric panel made on Spoonflower of my

watercolor painting. Not sure if I need to lighten the blue

polka dot stripe. Still mulling it over.

My iconic houses and some with objects on the roofs. My logo is

a house with a cup and saucer on the roof. Love the dog one and

the house with the iron on top. 

And the fabric. The colors are a good match to the original!

What a great border these will make in a quilt! 

This is the first one that I made and on Spoonflower the background

came out gray on the first try. Then I painted the background a light 

shade of blue to make it more printable. I love stacks of cups! 

Me, houses and cups. In hindsight, I should have cropped this first.

Oh well. You can see the cups and the houses together on

Spoonflower. I am learning as I go. Just me.