Hello,
We have a house guest, our daughter’s dog Riley. He is a good husky, but requires three walks a day. That sure is eating into my work time. I am enjoying myself .
I discovered this is my 300th post. I never envisioned that I would still be writing and creating this work this far into the future when I started it. The first one was Sept. 1, 2011 and I have come a long way. That first blog only had three pictures. Now I see photos as one of the strongest parts of my posts. I was so tentative about what to write in the beginning. Now I am surprised and proud of this work. I look forward to the postings and think about what I want to cover over the week. It makes me pay more attention to my peers, what I am doing and my environment. I look forward to noting things every week. I do not plan to end any time soon as I just renewed my domain name for the next three years.
Progress Report: Collection 2- Grandmother Mc This work is 18” w X 31” l. I started out with some lace that grandmother Ester had created and built up the surface with more items that where hers and represented her.
She had button tin and I spent many hours stringing them for her. Three different ones from the collection are shown here. 
Perception 
I am done adding the text to the background with metallic threads on this work. 
Now I am doing reflective quilting around all the words.
Persuasion I am still doing pebble quilting of the words for this quilt. I seem to only be able to quilt three words in an hour. I have seven words remaining.
Rocky Shores 
I am doing a Quilt University class by Linda Schmidt. The first lesson is on water. I painted the sky and water and them I followed the instructions on how to make the rocks and foam. I am making up my own shore line. It is all pinned in place now and I will begin stitching next.
Mulberry Memories
This week I worked on the winter memories for this quilt. Ice skating, and sledding were two of the things we did lots of those years. Gene had a flexible flyer and it was a wonderful sled. We even built snow jumps for it.
Old Barn I just started this work based on a photo of the old barn on Dad’s farm. It fell down before he moved from there and the lumber was burnt in the stove in that house.
Daily Practice
I am now adding some lace flowers to the surface of this project. I hand dyed the lace last summer with Liz. This project continues my effort to use materials that I have altered with dye this year.
Card
It is hard some times to keep things balanced. I often go to excess on some things. I am trying to pay attention to this as I get older and think about the need to keep my many interests in line.
I just could not seem to stop working on collage this week. Collection, sifting, placing and creating a new image from scraps- it is a wonderful process in my eyes.
Keep Creating
Carol
Hello and Happy New year- 2025
Progress Report: My Year I did finish the quilting and stitching down the binding this week. Now to get the sleeve added and labeled.
Collage I did my usual two works this week.
Scrap Happy I am doing the binding on this queen sized quilt now. Each side takes more than an hour so the process is slow.
Purple Jacket In the newest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, there was a article about a using a sweatshirt for the base of a jacket. So I thought I would try it. This is my back.
Autumn Tide Pool I am making progress on this project. I sure seem to enjoy adding all the little buttons and beads to the surface.
