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| We had 25 silver balloons around the room............. |
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| Lots of silver tinsel and silver spindles to give as favors...................... |
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| And lots of good reason to be where we were................. |
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| One creative spinner wore her reasons for being here--a different shirt for each day. |
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| We went from an empty room |
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| Vendors setting up their booths |
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| To a full room with over 100 spinners--all there with one thing in common--spinning to have a good time! |
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| I had put my treasures away safely and had forgotten about them until we had a fiber artists meeting this past week and our speaker had recently returned from a visit to the southern provinces of China and brought some of the textiles she had purchased on that journey. |
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| The stitching on these garments are absolutely fabulous! and there is no way we would spend the time or effort doing this. |
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| These are culture pieces, passed along from family member but the knowledge is fast fading as the younger generation want western things |
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| These pieces of jewelry are from our speakers 'stash' The top piece along the border is a head piece |
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| Now, the following pieces are the ones in my collection. Feast your eyes and senses on this handiwork from this culture |
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| The stitching seems to contain small beads |
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| This piece would be worn like an apron |
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| Miao Textiles : this book gives a good overview of this topic, but you can read online some of the history |
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| The blue is from indigo--deep dark indigo |
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| Shibori piece |
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| Batik |
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| If you have a chance to visit China, look at the textiles. You will see many minorites wearing their treasures in various cities and small towns. |
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| This the project for January from Patchabilities that I receive each month from Cedar Chest Quilt Shop. I make two of these each month--one goes to brown headed kid in Colorado and the other goes to my mother, who at 92 is hard to buy for. |
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| This is the small hanging for February. My mother says she looks forward to seeing what each month's pattern will look like. I'm relieved that she likes this gift! |
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| These jockeys and shirts were a swap with other members from Scratching Post on Fatcat Patterns website. It's free to join the group. This long line of clothing will hang in brown headed kid's laundry room. |
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| Finally, almost finally anyway, caught up with mystery blocks from Carol Doak yahoo group. All are paper pieced--this one seemed to take the longest to work up. So many pieces but it's looking good. |
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| Another UFO finished--this one went quickly. |
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| This laundry hanging will go in my laundry room where I just have a small space--but what fun it will be to see these hanging on the line! |
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| This was a swap from Denise Russart's site. Only problem--I didn't make it in time to make the swap, but figured out a similar pattern to use. Looks like this will be a Binky Patrol quilt. |
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| These were good stash busters too and easy to assemble. |
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| FINISHED! after a year long project--the chicks are ready for the quilting needle. Really enjoyed making these wonderful whimsical chicks from designer Sindy . although the patterns are no longer available you can order from her site. Now up for the next few months are colorful fish--fun and another stash buster. |
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| So glad to have some UFO projects finished and ready to be quilted. And if you think my goal of finishing two UFOs before beginning another is right on target--you are so wrong! It ain't workin' for me--too many other things to create in order to have more UFOs! |
It’s time to think about greeting cards I’ll send out this year. Most years, if I’m not feeling pressed, I’ll create my own cards. One ye...
