Busy Week...New Family Member

I can hardly tell you what I've done this week, but I know I've been running. Thought I would post a note about our mountain hoe adoption... This majestic lion purchased in Sedona last month.... was transported and delivered yesterday to our home in Bear Canyon in Mt Baldy. He's breathtaking.

Lovely Palm Springs Weekend

I Love Lucy... don't you?? A much needed and relaxing weekend in Palm Springs. I took my friend Laurie... who I always call LUCY.... to the sculpture of Lucy Ricardo on Palm Canyon Drive. They finally met.



This is a marvelous likeness.

I've been binding a couple of quilts. Not much to watch being done... but I'll show them to you as soon as I get around 3 more sides of a gigantic quilt with fun images of all my Wanabe Quilters Friendship Group. It's colorful and kind of goofy.

Beautiful First Ever Effort

Look at this lovely portrait of this painters daughter. Shh... It's a surprise, so I won't mention names! This is a fairly large piece so not quite finished. It was a big challenge in that the original photo was not as clearly focused as a portrait painter would like. But I think it's pulled off well!

This has been a very productive (albeit not in quilting) week. House cleaned out to 2 garage sales, and 4 loads to a Rummage sale.... and best of all, I finally got my piano disc piano hooked up and finished my work around the house listening to the piano score from Phantom of The Opera and Porgy and Bess. Wonderful! Hubby will be home from Azerbaijan Saturday evening, so today, a gal pal and I are headed for 2 days in Palm Springs. Yeah. Have a great weekend all!

Unusual Images, Lovely Sentiment

It took me a long time to understand that Day of The Dead was a beautiful thing. The images always looked kind of creepy to me so I couldn't get beyond it to understand it is all about honoring your ancestoral family. In a country that is largely focused on youthful presence, it's exciting to see people honoring their parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. This piece is almost done and is by student Elisa Regan who owns the Sacred Moondance Quilt Shop in Lake Forest, Ca.

Who's watching who?

The past 2 days have been embroiled in an annual garage sale plus deliveries to a church rummage sale ( 4 SUV loads). Glad thats done. Now back to fun stuff and showing some additional student work from my May retreat.

Dear friend Caroline Lombard painted this exquisite piece of a grey wolf peering through trees. Chillingly beautiful!

Incredible work

These are 2 pieces started in the recent retreat.... Look at the talent this gal has... and the photo references are hers as well. The artist: Janmarie Halliday of Placentia, California. I like her work so much, I said I'd quilt them for her. They deserve to be finished and seen in a show.

A Clematis:
and Dahlia:
I've already received some deposits for next Aprils retreat. Check out pattsretreats.blogspot.com

Wow... Which is the picture?, which is the painting?

This is Kathy De Muro's first ever painted piece and she had a ball. I'm proud of her. She gave herself permission to take her time and get it done. Great job Kathy. I consistently have students with great results. Yeah!