After spending 10 days with my grandmother in Western NY, I have returned home to PA. It was nice to be able to spend time with my grandma and parents that I would not normally have a chance to do. Gram is doing amazingly well considering what she went through. She came home with much swelling in her legs, and by the time I left for home, they had improved a lot. She will not be driving again soon, or ever, which is hard for her to deal with, but she is back home. She is also wearing her Lifeline button at all times. She would not wear it when she went to town for her exercise class and dinner days- didn't think she needed it…..
I took some things with me to work on, and did a little hand and machine stitching. I gave Gram's sewing machine a good cleaning and then used it to stitch together these blocks I pieced before leaving home.
The blocks are12" finished in size, making this finish at 4ft x 5 ft without borders. I think I will be adding at least a small border, but not sure how wide it will be. I think this will make a nice size for a quilt to snuggle under on a couch.
This is another piece I worked on and finished one evening. This is the first of the blue ACEO's that I have beaded. There are gemstone chips in shades of blue along with beads in various shades of blue and crystal. The flower centers are accented with pale yellow beads. This is the first item I have listed at my new Handmade Fuzion shop. I submitted my application to Handmade Fuzion a while before I left to stay with my gram, and got my acceptance while still in NY. To sell at that site, you have to apply with photos of your work, and be juried in. As with my other shops on the web, I will have different items in this shop from the ones in any of my Etsy shops or on the sales pages of my website. If you don't see just what you like in one shop, check out my others! I will be working to add items to my newest shop later this week. Here is a link directly to this ACEO.
I am a former textile artist and new pattern designer with a degree in horticulture, wishing to share my love of nature, flowers and gardens with everyone through my photos, sunprinted fabrics, and now pattern designs. Chronic Lyme Disease has caused major changes to the direction my life. I have to limit the amount of time spent digging in my gardens, and quilting has become more difficult. I discovered pattern design as a way to get art back into my life. I now use my gardens and photos to inspire designs that can be used on fabrics and print on demand items.
Welcome back! I really like your scrappy strip blocks. I may have to give them a try. I need to do something with my rather large stash of strips and such.
The scrappy strip blocks are addictive!! A great way to use up those extra strips, too.
They are! I made a table runner today. It isn't perfect, but I like the technique. I'll post some pictures soon.