Roaming....................................

Some days there is the roaming factor................

I just want to sit and roam through the internet

Just to see what's OUT there in the

vast world of worlds.

Do you Roam?

We can walk through pathways of shadows to find

wide open spaces--look through the mesh to see grids of clouds and green fields

Or

we can day dream under the sun as the windmill turns and turns

Yes, I roam--some days when I bring up my blog, I click the Next Blog button at the

top of the page just to see where I'll go.

Today I've been to UK, Kuwait, Australia, Japan and

then I got tired.................

it's exhausting when you roam!

and time melts away!

I'm roaming when I  should be...........................

June Month 2015 Mystery Quilt Along

 

I'm keeping up with this QAL sponsored by Pat Sloan.

This has been fun 'Vacation Time"

 

I liked this block a lot!  Wished I made another block!

Just might make one more--especially if the layout needs more blocks.

 

The Wheels Are A-Turnin'!

 Yesterday was the start of the Tour de France--and Tour de Fleece!  We didn't write about the first stage as we were celebrating July 4th!  So, Today, we begin with stage 2 and we're off.............

Well, I'm spinning my wheel--I began yesterday on July 4th, the official start of the challenge!

Just look at this luscious fiber!

I have about 3 lbs. of this lovely white fiber

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I've left this fiber in its natural--no washing, still with lanolin (lots of it!)

I have used this fiber in my one pot dyeing method--that is why it's left unwashed

I bought this fleece at Estes Park Wool Market event one June.  I usually go to the fleece judging--always pride myself on picking out the champion fleece and

this was THE Grand Champion!

I was standing next to the owner of the sheep & asked her if it was sold and she said no!

"Want to sell?" I said.  she thought for a minute and then said "Okay"

we settled on a price!

What a great spinning experience this Romney fleece has been!

Here is the Day 2 stage info on Tour de France......

"For the first time, the Tour de France will experience offshore racing! The harbours and beach resorts of France have offered prestigious finishes by the sea. But only the Netherlands can allow to design a finish line “in the sea”, at the heart of the Zeeland Delta. This unlikely geographical situation will mainly alert the title contenders: risks of echelons are to be highly considered" Christian Prudhomme

2nd Stage

Sun 5 July

Utrecht to Zeeland (Netherlands)

166 L

July 4th!! Proudly We Stand--Let Freedom Ring!

Today, July 4th is the day of USA's Independence--a day when we gather as families to celebrate our freedom--an evening filled with fireworks

A day filled with watermelon, lemonade, hamburgers, hot dogs; beach parties, swimming pools, sprinklers and lawn parties!

Neighborhood parades

And Neighborhood salutes!

Today, July 4th, would have also been my daddy's 97th birthday--he was born July 4, 1918--

certainly a firecracker baby!

Let Freedom Ring for all.............................

 

Quilt of Valor Pattern

Starry Night for Josh has been the QAL for Alycia's Quilts of Valor

I'm just a little tardy posting this step by step QAL.  Hopefully, you'll enjoy sewing up this delightful pattern and present it to a
Soldier, so he/she won't be forgotten and be rewarded for his/her service;

Thank you Alycia for your dedicated service to our military and their families!  I love your patterns!

Step One

Step Two

 

Step Three

 

Final layout!

check out Allegiance Mystery Quilt for another Quilt of Valor pattern

Spinners Delight

Soon, it will be time for Tour de Fleece challenge!

Does your guild need a challenge?

Or do you just need to challenge yourself

when you are spinning?

 

 

Here is a sample board of spinners' delights!

Each spinner took a photo, famous art work, object, etc.

and spun to achieve their inspiration of the photo

 

I think this would be such a great time to think about

placing that photo in front of the spinners and

see what they can come up with.

Let's spin to our delight!

Sculpture of Live--Linda!

What a treat to see this exhibit at Denver Art Museum before it's deadline!

This is work of John DeAndrea and it is so real

it looks Live!

 

 

Linda is asleep--such a natural pose and so lifelike..

Such soft features--you just want to reach out and touch!

This is his most recent sculpture--"Nude with Black Drape"--oil-painted bronze

The features of the face are remarkable

This one is so different from his solo pieces--

polychromed bronze, polychromed vinyl, clothing, plaster, hair and wood

A self portrait of the artist

What a Pity Linda is only shown on rare occasions--so happy I was able to view her

and John DeAndrea's works