Hello,

It is thawing here and the sound of  dripping water from melting snow  has been going on all day.  The street is running water and directing it toward the storm drains.   I find it is cheering as though Spring may in fact come.  The fact that I herd song birds this morning helps with that feeling too.   I have worked in the studio  a lot this week.

Progress  Report : Blooming Bacteria This quilt is based on an image from an electron miscrope of bacteria- that is were the name came from. It   has taken me a long time to complete as I had to make each one of the black button whole circles by hand with a small crochet hook.  I know I started it last fall when I was taking my  grand son to Physical Therapy.  I then  stitched the units down to the surface.    The free motion work in the red is called pebble quilting and it really unified the quilt.  I did reflecting quilting around the outside of the circles.  This quilt also has a background  that is curved pieced .   The red is a hand dyed piece that I received from a fellow quilter.    It was only a fat quarter and I used every bit of it that I could in this work.

Foundations IX Spring Moss  This work in the foundations series, was influenced by that spring desire I felt last week too.  It is also loosely based on  a shot I took of some Granite a few years ago.    Like most of the works I have been doing in this series there are lots of raw edges and a tron fabrics here.  The dark green is Dupni Silk.  It frays so  much that I saved all the threads and applied them to the surface as well.   I continue to use the silk paper I created last fall.  I am looking forward to warm weather when I can go out doors and create more- it is too messy  do inside in my dry studio.   I used lots of different colored thread when I was doing the free motion work on this work.  Some apple green, yellow green, yellow and pink to get the effect I wanted for this piece.  

Foundations X   When I could see that I would soon finish with Foundations IX- I started thinking about the next one in this series.   I was trying to make the top section of this work lighter than the bottom, but still have shadows near the top.  I am  not happy with the solid unit on the bottom right- but I have enough to begin work.  I want to bring in more of the rusty coloring into this work.

Foundations XI  I pinned up this new top this morning.  I have been experimenting with long stitches in yarn on nylon netting.  I was trying to create another texture that I could use in my work.  The  four pieces are  on the surface and may  or  may not stay as I go along.  This is a pure experiment, but then not knowing how something will work out never stopped me before.  I will keep you posted.

Scrap Happy  I am working on the scarp box and I decided to start a quilt using what I have.    This is a good thing too as this morning I had a call from our local public TV station and they want a quilt for their auction.    This shot shows the  red and earth toned  centered blocks as they look when they are assembeled.

Daily’s    I am reaching the  end of this style of  block.  There are only three  left that have the half red circle and two lines.   So next week  there will be a new layout.

Keep Creating

Carol