Thursday, May 16, 2024

String Pieced Quilt Completed

We are half-way through May already.  Below is another barn photo with a quilt in it.  After I completed it, I took it to show Betty, who's eleven string pieced blocks got this whole project going for me.  She did like it, but she does not recall the eleven blocks or quilting at all.  She, her hubby, and Mimi the pooch now reside in assisted living.   

We just came back from a week-long trip to Ely, Nevada.  I feel like the quilt on the barn photo could have been taken in Ely, but I took the photo before our trip.  There really are interesting things going on in and around Ely, and no crowds.  We had a great time and were not ready to come back home, but we had to, or our plants would have died.  I took my sewing machine and a project. I took three books to read, but I read zero.  I did zero sewing.  I darned one sock and a nice size hole that was in the seam near the left knee of my favorite pink jeans.  I glued a bunch of buttons onto a lunch box that I spray painted blue.  It was such a relaxing and fun week!


Ebony and Marsha came with us.  Ebbs is getting better about not spending the entire trip under the quilt on the bed.
Marsha has not posted any of the photos of herself on the doll quilt blog yet, so here is one.  
We visited the Nevada Northern Railway and we rode on the train pulled by the steam engine.  I love the noise it makes. 

 Ward Charcoal Ovens.
The road back to Ely (heading north).
At the White Pine County Historical Museum.
On the main drag.

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Green Monochromatic Art Quilt is Completed!

I take photos of all my completed projects.  I have completed twelve art quilts, so far, in 2024.  That is an average of three per month.  I will not be keeping up this pace.  My most recent completion is my green monochromatic quilt which celebrates a couple of special occasions in April; Earth Day and Arbor Day.

The quilt is actually much more vibrant in person, The stippling, in conjunction with the teal green tulle, really creates some depth.   To make this quilt, I used the skills I learned from Susan Carlson's Spiral eWorkshop.  I have signed-up for her new Fish eWorkshop.  Try the spiral to learn new skills and techniques.