Something About Nothing

It's been a week of creative meetings! The Utah Surface Design Group held their annual summer party this week. We were greeted by these lovely paper flowers. . . . . .all in a long row. The fences were also decorated with pieces of surface designed fabric,  some commercial, some home made. When the skies threatened to rain upon us the flowers were brought inside. I love them all together!  We had about 35 people come to the pot luck/show & tell.  The food was generous and delicious! I was enjoying show & tell so much that I neglected to pull out my camera right away so I have fewer photos than I should.  I'm not sure if you will think that is a good thing or a bad thing. This appliqué quilt was her FIRST quilt! She said it took 7 years to finish. It is hand quilted.  Hand painted Lavender lady.   Her face is polymer clay and  she is filled with lavender flowers.   She smelled divine. ...

I have always loved handwork. It's portable and requires very few materials. I made this embroidery project in '70's. I've also created a lot of projects with needlepoint and cross stitch.  I still have a very large ufo cross stitch which I call my Eternity Project because that is how long it will take me to finish it.  Especially since it has been a few years since I've stitched anything.  I seem to have some sort of nerve damage in my hands and stitching can be painful.  However every time I see stitching like this or  this or  this I go crazy and I want to stitch!!!  Let's couple that with the fact that volleyball season has hit and I will be sitting in the stands watching games two or three times a week not to mention a few all day tournaments.  I really need something to do in-between games.  Last weekend I decided to pull out the needle and thread and try something simple. I quilted the piece with perl cotton and...