Taking Michelle Courier's - So you want to paint- I am loving it!!!

Vancouver WA May 09

Went to Vancouver, WA to see my daughter and her husband.(Danielle and Nick's house) They are so happy together!!!

Chicago Quilt Show

Had a wonderful time at the Chicago Quilt Show. I went with 3 other quilting friends and laughed the whole weekend!!!
I learned about a product called Solvron. If you use it as your bottom layer of your quilt sandwich, stitch the layers together and then spritzed the whole thing hot water it contracts, giving you a bubbly effect. I also bought a lot of misc things that can be worked into a collage.

Can't wait to try get creating, but first I must catch up on household things.

Anna Maria Island Florida

Went to Anna Maria Island in Florida and fell in love with the white sandy beaches, the blue-green tropical water at a wonderful B & B. I walked the beach with my husband and dreamed of a leisurely retirement, full of time for my artwork.

I did a little watercolor while there.

Buster

Got a new puppy. He is such a sweatheart.

Fabrications retreat

August 1 2008

So glad it's August and my youngest daughter is coming home from Europe soon.
Much to far away and too long a road.

Our guild is doing fractured photos. This is where you each person has a 20X 20 photo and cut it into 6 or 8 pieces
Those pieces are all swapped among the group and each one of us quilts, fuses or whatever on one of those 8 pieces. At the end all of your pieces quilted by others come back to you and you reassemble your photo.

I will post pictures