Sunburst....

Tired of all that grey. Grey skies. Grey clouds. Grey days. Wanted something really bright, really hot and so put together oranges, pinks, hot pinks, blues, all swaddled with green borders and jewels here and there.  A queen size quilt that sizzles............no more grey.

Janice's Quilt

Janice's quilt. Civil War Stylized lap quilt.  I knew she was coming, so finished it off just before she arrived. It will have a good home with her......quilts always need a good place to live their years.  Quilts find their owners......not the other way round, which is   a good thing. And this one wanted to go home with Janice.......

Birthday Presents

 Tea cozies ( Bodem covers) for Armande. This is the front of each. One in Leopard print/music, and one in light spring colours.Hung  with fringe and pearls, beading.

 Civil War stylized table runner for Shirley, in California. All squares are different.....one is  a cross...

Reverse side of tea cozies. Just let imagination go wild.....

Teal Nights

Finally, a new quilt. Have had this panel sitting around since last summer. Was always going to hand quilt it, but have finally come to the conclusion that hand quilting is next to impossible these days. So, found a neato stitch on my machine, and had way more fun doing that. And my fingers were not screaming by the end of  it.
     I will miss hand quilting. It is by  far the best way to finish off a quilt. But, it's either give up quilting all together, or enjoy the piecing and do it by machine and still get to quilt. I think I'd rather still make up some things by hand, but the smaller stuff. Nothing too overwhelming. Anything with Godzilla like tendencies will feel the wrath of the machine needle.Giving it all up would be so defeatest. How silly would that be? Especially since I have a wall of fabric staring at me, downstairs, in the dungeon. And all of that fabric is  saying: "Piece me, piece me"........who am I to deny that?

Christms Runner for Rebecca

Christmas Table Runner for my friend, Rebecca, who lives in New Brunswick. Sent it a little early ( just a tad), since she moved to a new place. Was going to be a big quilt, but renovations downstairs put a stop to everything, so decided to turn it into a runner. And I like it better as a smaller piece. Merry Christmas, Rebecca...

Happy Halloween

 Morgan's costume for work on Halloween...................Just had to add the wig and makeup to complete the effect.......

Someone else knows it's Halloween.....listening to fireworks. Pye sits and stares at the little window, listening ot the crackles, and booms outside...

HALLOWEEN MAKEUP TRIALS ( How to)

 Halloween is approaching. Makeup trials are important. Guess who this is..............come on, three guesses ( no, it's not me). Costume Contest time is here.
     Outline what you want to accentuate , with eye liner.  Start with pale colours, like pale grey first, around eyes first. Then do the bags under your eyes with a grey tone liner, before going to the lids of the eyes. Use black all over the lid and make wings going out the sides. After that, you have permission to GO CRAZY with black eye liner......lots of it. Green and purple blush give shading on cheek bones and up side of face. Finish the look with black lipstick and iridescent glitter all over skin.
  When it comes time to do the actual makeup on the actual night , you will be an old pro.....

Add a wig of your choice, jewelry, and you are set ......muhahahahahahahahahahahahaha.