Progress on "Initiative"

First day back at work in the new year.  And I made good progress on my Fiberactions "Initiative" challenge.  In fact, the painting is all finished, heat set and loaded for quilting.  Tomorrow I'll start the quilting.

I had shown a peek here and here while the painting was in progress.  Here is  peek #3.



Stay tuned, the big reveal is Jan. 15th!

Happy New Year!

A day late, but we just returned late yesterday from our trip to New Orleans and a long overdue family visit.  We had a wonderful time, ate waaaaaaaaay too much fabulous food, hugged & kissed family and friends we hadn't seen in way too long.  It was a wonderful week.  It even spawned an idea for a new mixed media project!

Even though I took my camera, I managed to take very few pictures....fortunately though, my dear SIL captured the important moments I missed.

And Chloe and Harry were at home with their 'cat nanny'.  They missed us, but did fine...this is an option we'll use again.  I loved being able to talk to their 'nanny' every day and get a report. They are both even more clingy and talkative than usual today, but I think that is to be expected after their  first time being left at home without both Mom & Dad!  And tonight, things are almost back to our 'normal'.

SO, it's a new year, and I have lots of projects swirling around in my head and making their way to my sketchbooks.  Lots of stuff will be coming in this new year, so stay tuned.  Thanks for visiting and offering your comments, and I hope you'll continue to visit in the coming year.

I'll leave you with a couple pictures....driving across Mobile Bay





And  a streetcar on St. Charles in New Orleans



And that's it for tonight.  I wish you  all a happy, healthy, prosperous, and creative New Year!

Hanukkah/Christmas

I must have been a very good girl as December has been a very good month for me.  But before I show my new things, I've been working on cat/puppy quilts for Chloe & Harry's  New Orleans cousins.  Since I don't have any doggy fabric, the puppy (named Irma) got pink flamingos.  I did 5 all together...4 for cats, 1 for the puppy.











And yes they're blurry, sorry. It was a combination of no good light and being in a hurry.   But you get the idea.  Simple focus fabric with a border and their names quilted in it.

And onto my new stuff!

I've been wanting some red shoes for a while now...with just a hint of a heel...





Remember, I live in south Florida, so open toes and heels are the standard...... No throwing snowballs at me!

And then I got some new tops...I'm on a black, and red kick right now.











And a purse...still in my color scheme AND room for my new "Kindle" in the back pocket...



And then of course my Kindle





And we won't discuss how many books I've already bought and downloaded to it....

It's been a good month for me :)

I must be out of my mind....

I spent time this afternoon frogging cat quilts... yes I mean quilts for cats.  I had a run of thread barf.  Then I re-quilted, and as I was finishing I realized how nuts I am.  Not only did I frog and re-do the bad sections..I did SID on all 5 quilts too!     Too much of a habit with me I guess.  Oh well, the recipient cats of family members are worth it, lol!

Merry Christmas everyone! May yours be full of love and joy.  And be safe if you're travelling!

Mail Call!

The mailman brought me some postcards today!

From Mary



from Mother



and from Nancy



Then my best friend (the guy with the brown truck) brought me this



I'm very excited about that!

Then to top it off, I had a phone call from my son and DIL....I'm gonna be a Grandmom again!   Maybe this time I'll get a little boy...or not; either way healthy will be good.

And as if you need more...I leave you with some cute furbabies...they were cute today.











Have a great night!

Sneak Peek #2

Work continues on my Fabrications challenge.

Last few details

I spent today putting together 5 quick quilt tops for 4 kitties and 1 puppy. I'll be taking these to New Orleans with me next week.  Very simple, just a cute print and sew on a border.  I'll get these quilted this week.  I had kitty fabric (of course) but no puppy fabric, so the puppy gets flamingos!











I also finished up my postcards for December and got them in the mail on Friday.



Some of you may recognize that fabric...it's one of the sunprints I bought from Vicki.

I'm still working on both "solar powered"  and my Fabrications challenge and hope to make lots of progress on both this week.