Hello,

I have spent a lot of time this week preparing for Halloween and all the joys there of.  This first shot is of my grandson in his black crushed velvet cape that has a red lining of the same material.   Very dramatic to my eye and worm as well.   I did a second costume for the 10 year old grandson too, but as I have not seen him dressed in it, so I do not have a photo to share.  Let’s just say it is a very elaborate pirate costume, from a video game.     All the fun of seeing how kids portray themselves will come this eve and I do so enjoy them when they appear at my door.   It is good to try on different persona every now and then.

Because I spent so much time creating costumes I did not get a lot of quilt work done this week.  Progress Report: Rounds 

I am working on the quilting step of this work now.  I decided to emphasize the stamped circles and quilted around them all first.  I also filled in the rest of a circle if it was cut off in the stripping process.   Now the quilting is reflective of those first actions.   All the curves means I am moving very slowly because there is so much turning of the whole quilt as I stitch along.  I like the rail drops on a pool like images I am creating using this  technique.  

Oak Leaves  This work got some attention this week too.   I made a bunch more leaves and trimed them out for application to the surface.   The leaves are made of various shades of green Dupioni silk that is backed with green cotton.   I draw the vanes out in thread and then free hand cut the leave shapes, all the time referring to the actual leaves that I picked up last week.   I will pin them on the quilt and hand stitch them down  this week.    I seem to have lots more hand work than usual at the moment, but I enjoy that too.

 Blue Yonder

This work is fully assembled now.  I enjoyed the process and it did seem to change under my fingers as I worked on it.    I have created a back and will do the assemble process soon.   I am trying to clear things up from the pin wall so I can start on a new series of rock pieces.

    Daily’s 

The Daily’s changed this week.  I did black circles and red rectangles this time.   I also watched a video on embroidery stitches on Wed and have a whole head full of stitches to try.  It is fun and a challenge- that is what I wanted so I feel very good about the process.

I hope you enjoy all the fun little visitors this evening.

Keep Creating

Carol