Oh Brother!!!

2012!!

19 Jan 2012 2 Comments

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2012

and happy chinese new year for those on the lunar calendar.

: Jan. 1, 2012 at the family inn…

the husband’s cousin is running the inn now, following in his father’s father’s father’s footsteps.

the cousin and his wife and our “little cousin” treat us so well while we are there…

: in the final phase… illustration…

sandwiched and basted and ready to be embellished.

i love the whole piecing process, but even more i love the embellishing…

: scraps added to the quilt top

i really like how this turned out…

you never know how it’s going to look until you try!!

: little tiny scraps on a little piece of batting…

just playing around with little bits of color….

abstract and fluffy!!

anyhoo… the new moon on the 23rd starts the beginning of the lunar new year…the year of the dragon!

ending on Feb. 6th with the full snow/hunger moon….

we are expecting snow next week….

happy winter solstice!!!

21 Dec 2011 1 Comment

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: brr. that patio looks cold.

I think it needs a quilt.

on a cold winter solstice

by the light of a cresent moon

i shall lay a cloth, to be blessed by the Yule!!!

current work in blue....

tangled up in blue….

13 Dec 2011 5 Comments

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if i told you i was stitching again….

would you say

SO WHAT?

or would you say

SEWING WHAT?

feels so good.

hi mom and dad….

11 Dec 2011 1 Comment

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: pretty fall colors.

okey dokey.

back to an artsy fartsy quilting blog.

i am knitting furiously on a pancho for Kayla and each round it gets bigger.

and longer and longer to knit around…

today i dug out a bunch of my favorite Japanese cloth

in an effort to cure my “materialism”

today i will cut and stitch and begin to create.

aren’t you all excited.

I am.

: vegetable field next door

this is the view out the window from the room off the kitchen with the computer.

sometimes my neighbor is out there working.

most of the time, she’s not.

well, there you go.

22 Nov 2011 2 Comments

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as sand flows through the hour glass, so do the days of our lives…. damn, how time does fly.

still taking books out of boxes and attempting to find space for them.

(way too much) material still in boxes……

today i actually laid out some cloth and got the mind thinking about stitching.

it’s been a long damn time since i put needle to cloth….

sigh.

kitchen view from the entry way..

loving my new kitchen….. trying to keep it neat and clean and inviting!!

view from the back door....

finding that more house and more land takes more time…

it feels good to have room to wander and putter….

always a weed to pull, a walk to sweep,a tree to prune…

this season of thanksgiving, i feel truly blessed…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

huge praying mantis!!

Culture Day.. Happy Anniversary to Me!!!!

02 Nov 2011 3 Comments

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Nov. 3 is culture day

a national holiday

and

my wedding anniversary.

here are some photo updates….

farewell flowers....

flowers from my previous neighborhood association…

notice my fairly new haircut AND my new red glasses!!!

halloween in the carport.

the carport is a fabulous place to decorate for parties and for just hanging out with friends….

two boys horsin' around.......

and just a few random shots of the kitchen……

new fridge

love that big eye thing in the center…. big brother is watching!!!!

cassette racks

my dad and i made these racks for my cassettes (holds 54 cassettes) when i went off to college….now turned sideways, they make excellent spice racks… i added some hooks and dowels and VIOLA!!!!!! towel racks!!!! i love to repurpose stuff, especially homemade wooden things i made with my dad…..