WOW...that was fast!

With Melody's gracious help I have sent all 5 quilts to new homes and admirers. Enjoy them!



Now I have the second bunch.



#1 MIGRATION # 5...by Caryl Bryer Fallert. 2000 22" x 18 This piece is awesome and I will miss it....but I know there is someone (probably many someones) out there who would love to have it and has the space to display it beautifully. SOLD

#2 COPING #VIII 1997 by Erika Carter 23" x 24" A beautiful art quilt.

#3 LADY by Dawn Rappold 25.5 x 26.5" 1985 Beautifully hand-appliqued and hand-quilted

#4 POTPOURRI by Gabrielle Swain 1996 Gorgeous! hand-appliqued and hand-quilted. SOLD

Detail of Potpourri

#5 CONEFLOWERS by Ellen Anne Eddy 1998 13" x 16.25". Wonderful threadwork on this.

#6 LUNA by Ellen Anne Eddy 1998 13' x 14" More wonderful threadwork.

#7 CHAIR MAIL by Laura Wasilowski 1997 10.5" x 12.75" Laura is a master at what she does...this is a really cute and fun piece.

Click on the pics to get a better look. And email me if interested. marciamurf@aol.com

Marcia

Downsizing...............

Over many years I have accumulated some wonderful quilted pieces from my favorite artists. I have decided to now let a bunch of them go to new homes to be enjoyed by other admirers. I will keep some and the rest will go on ebay in the next couple weeks. I am posting pictures today of the first bunch, all from Melody Johnson (with her blessing), here on the blog. If something strikes your fancy, email me and we will talk about it. They will be a fraction of the original cost...and they are all in great condition. Click on pictures for a better look.



#1 ABACUS 9.75" x 12.75" fused & beaded...can be slipped over a plexi frame to stand, or can hang on wall... SOLD

#2 JUNE BLOOMS 11" x 14" fused and embroidered SOLD

#3 WINDOW 21" x 9" fused and quilted SOLD

#4 SAMPLER 12.25" x 8.5" pieced and quilted with a sampler of stitches and decorative threads SOLD

#5 NINEPATCH PIAZZA 25" x 27" This is a beauty...I remember Melody telling a story about seeing a pattern on the ground at QBL one year and interpreting it in this quilt in 1997. Fused. SOLD

Marcia

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More Fabric Dyeing

I've only managed to get a few pieces of fabric dyed...this silk/linen was done over the rack. I'm working on making a shirt from the last piece I did....not the easiest fabric to sew on...but not bad. That's what's been keeping me busy the last few nights while cheering on our athletes.



Time to wash windows...ugh...I am not the happy homemaker....housework stinks.

Itchin' to Sew

I cut out a bunch of bags yesterday and made this one last night while watching the Olympics again. This is fabric designed by Amy Butler and sold commercially. This is the heavier-weight home-dec fabric....it's so nice to work with and makes a substantial bag.

More Summer 2008

Well....this summer included, unfortunately, a couple falls for members of my family. My Mom fell off the stairs on the deck at the cottage and bruised her head...she is recovering nicely...what a scare that was...and 5 days in the hospital. A couple weeks later I get a call from my daughter...she fell with Logan and the dog gate hit his face....airlifted....catscan... stitches ....questions....he's doing great...we were all a mess. I have since learned that everyone I talk to has a story.......

The last couple days of my trip were spent with my friend Marcia at her beautiful studio and home, and a class of seven others where they were making wonderful jackets. This is one of the teacher's (Priscilla Kibbee) samples that I loved.

While watching the Olympics last night I had the urge to make a bag from a favorite old pattern....couldn't find the pattern so I called Nancy who found hers and measured it for me so I could make a pattern on graph paper. This is made from old bark cloth and a new lining.

I also had a chance to dye a couple pieces of silk/linen gauze. I used procion MX dyes and I'm quite happy with the pieces.

This is just eye candy...camp shirts made by Doshi...she dyes the fabric and it's spectacular.

Marcia

I'm Back!!!!

Well...where did the last three months go? I've been to Orlando three times to see my little grandson, Logan....can't get enough of him!

And I've been to my beloved cottage on Lake Erie...this is the view from our beach every night....not always so spectacular, but part of the experience.

And as I walked on the beach almost every morning for my exercize....I bent to pick up as much beach glass as possible...to be saved for a future project. :)

A number of years ago, Terry and I decided to put our name on the list for a cottage at the beach. Well....we were given the opportunity to look at one this year and loved it...so....

This will be our future cottage....we plan to spend alot of time there in years to come...especially once we hit retirement....this will be our 6 month summer home.

More about my trips to come in next post.

Marcia

This was Prom weekend in Port Jeff....the parent's pick a theme and decorate the outside of the building, the gym, and the bathrooms....it's the 50th year this has been done. I've done it twice...I know how hard it is!
The theme was A Night at the Royal Museum (Port Jeff Royals!)....these two girls were great....posing like statues, then all of a sudden moving in dance and back to a pose. This was during the public showing, four hours before the prom.

This is ALL painted cardboard ....it's the outside of the gym entrance. The whole lobby inside and the gym walls are covered in painted cardboard. It really is quite a feat!

The senior class was small this year...only 85....(usually about 100). But I'm sure they had a great time. I love Port Jeff.

I'm hoping to get to some fabric this weekend and next week before I go away again...phew!

Marcia

One more day......

Well...I have to go home tomorrow and leave this little guy for a few weeks...till I'm back again! This has been an amazing experience for me....since I didn't do the childbirth thing I was never really exposed to a newborn for any length of time. IT'S HARD!!!! The lack of sleep for the Mom and Dad is of course offset by this precious little boy coming into their lives...but it's hard on them. Now add three dogs into the mix! They are doing a great job....I'm glad I could be here to help...and spoil, and cuddle and smother with kisses :)

Three hours before my flight leaves, his Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan arrive for another week of spoiling!

Marcia

Logan James

Here's our little guy....an angel, of course. I'm having such a good time!



The theme of his bedroom is Franklin the Turtle....Keri loves turtles and loves the Franklin books. She painted this one on Logan's wall.

I love this picture....aren't all sleeping babies just so precious?

This little guy....what a miracle....our lives will never be the same....aren't we lucky.

Marcia

Logan James Sullivan

Our first grandchild, a boy, was born today at 5:38 am.....7 lbs 9 oz....19 1/2". Isn't he the sweetest!!!!! I'm thrilled to have been in the delivery room...what an amazing experience...I'm so glad I felt the need to go to Florida early....her due date was June 10th.

God Bless Logan James Sullivan.

Marcia

Bag Revisited

I decided this bag needed some kind of closure for security...so I added a flap and a great button...also one on the reverse so I can use the turq side too. That's all I accomplished as I watched the finale of Survivor....for three hours.

Marcia

Warm Weather Finally!!!

Yesterday was beautiful and warm enough to dye some canvas...so these are for my next four bags.

I laid out the canvas on a table and squirted the dye on...makes for less waste and I wanted fairly even color on these. Most pieces only got one color...this was a play piece...I might make small make-up bags of this to coordinate with the other bags.

Then the pieces go to the plastic on the deck to dry in the sun.

I also dyed some webbing to coordinate...must do much more of that today.

These are the two multi-color pieces I did for accessories.

Marcia

New Quilt

The quilt is back from the quilter...http://www.designingquilts.com/ and once again Eileen did a fabulous job.





The fabric is all from Judy Robertson at http://www.justimagination.com/. I had collected many pastels over many years and decided it was time to use them.

Marcia

Turq & Lime Bag & The Shower

I'm trying to find the ideal bag (for me and others) and I keep trying different sizes, weights of fabric, color combos etc....I'm real pleased with this one. It's reversible...both fabrics are a heavy-weight cotton canvas that I dyed. I made the bottom larger also.


The brown webbing works well with both colors...and the whole thing can be thrown into the washer and dryer.

Here's my daughter at her shower (Baby Monster Bash actually....she was married on Halloween after all! It was more of a party for Mike and Keri, and men and women were invited) ...this turtle themed quilt was made by the mom of our good friend Gail...along with little hats and booties....so cute.

We asked everyone to bring (or send) a favorite book for Logan's library...Keri loves books (she hopes to write and illustrate some of her own someday soon!) and it was fun to see what people's favorites were.

Keri plans to draw and paint some things on the wall...Franklin the Turtle is her theme. The quilt I made for Logan hangs on the crib.

Marcia

Eye Candy!

As promised...a few of Doshi's beautiful pieces of wearable art...crazy good!!!

Later today or tomorrow I'll have the pictures ready from the shower...it was great.

Marcia