Argh!!

Yo ho ho... Another from the same pattern as the Pink Gerber Daisies. This print is the pirate map print from Timeless Treasures. I used a solid black for the inner border and a black background filled with various shades of gold stars for the large border.

I was going to actually quilt this one (vs. flannel) because I found a great black print with miniture pirate heads, complete with the eyepatch.

But it is to black and white... not at all the same feel as the front... so, now I may just try to find a flannel that makes me happy...

This is also going to be packed up for the Christmas sale. 

Nancy Crow

I purchased the latest Nancy Crow book a last month and just started really reading it this weekend. I am so inspired. She is one person who inspired me to do this whole quilt thing. I came across an article on her work several years ago and I fell in love with her art. It was quilting, like no other quilting I had ever seen. I liked that it was original, modern, and her.
I also loved that it wasn't precision quilting where every corner and point was perfect and crisp. It wasn't about how perfect a piece you did, but instead original art.
I realized that one reason I haven't enjoyed quilting lately, I've been following everyone elses patterns and doing very little improvisational work. So, inspired by one of her pieces... I started a strip piece that I did not draw out on graph paper, just resided in my mind as a vague idea... and already after getting my first set of strips done... has changed. Twice!
I love it!!

This is fun!!

I will still continue to do quilts from patterns and the gifty stuff. But I will make more time for the no rules quilting. And I'm not ready to go true solid or hand dyed.

Not just yet.

Spring Shot

Ahh, for cooler weather and springtime color. Heck, forget the color. Just give me cooler weather!!

This was our backyard dogwood. Our front yard dogwoods have white blossoms. 

Gerber Daisy

My latest for the sale. I love the Jane Sassaman dot fabric, how the verigation played out on the strips. I did not quilt it, just backed it with a bright lime green flannel. It is roughtly 40 X 49.