Challenge results

As I mentioned in my previous post, the quilts for the AQS Ultimate Guild Challenge were due last night at the guild I belong to. There were 7 entries, including mine. And they were GREAT. Everyone who brought one did wonderful artistic work. But we will not be entering the contest this year. In previous years we have been in the AQS show (4 out of 5 times, in fact) so we should be proud of ourselves and let some other guild have a chance this year.
I gave out "Golden Spool" awards and will post photos of those and my quilt soon.

The bathroom is as done as it's going to get for now and work is piling up. As ever, stay tuned!!

Trying to be a good blogger

It is hard sometimes to stay current with this blog. Work is consuming much of my free time (whatever that is) since I'm caring for Vincent a lot.
The dreadfulness of my hovel has gone beyond my tolerance so I'm trying to do something to make the bathroom look like modern people live here!! The new potty helped and I changed the yucky handle that came with it to a nicer one that matches the sink faucet handles. The walls are in BAD shape and need lots of work. Demolishing the entire space is out of the question right now. So I feel like I'm putting a band aid on a compound fracture, but it's better than doing nothing.
That bathroom is SO bad I won't even take a "before" photo, but I will take one when the work is done. Stay tuned!
Art quilt-wise, I must finish the piece for the Ultimate Guild Challenge. Hopefully that won't be a total bust---only 6 people have said they are committed to doing a quilt. There will be a posting on Feb.25 on this subject. I may be going down in flames as chairperson of the challenge committee at the guild.

2009

For the new year I decided to change my blog a little bit, like getting a new haircut, in a way. My friend Patricia, has a wonderful blog that makes me look like a slug!! As soon as I figure out HOW I will provide a link to hers.
Best wishes to all for a great new year!
This is our holiday card for 2008. It refers to the Museum of Play and its Toy Hall of Fame. The stick was inducted in 2008 and the cardboard box got in a couple of years ago. A lot of those who got cards didn't go to the website, so they thought we were just stupid. Haha on them.

Something fun

I worked all week and decided to give myself a quick break and do something fun. My granddaughter already has all her holiday/birthday stuff, but still wanted an actual present "under the tree". This is what I came up with. The face is done with crayons and permanent marker, with a patchwork background, then stretched onto wooden bars from the art supply store--one of my favorite places!!! Also see the photo she took of herself that is the inspiration for the art work.

The cutting table of my dreams

These were the kitchen cabinets that lived in the attic for 20 years. After sanding, painting, casters, hammering, etc., they are reincarnated as the rolling cutting table I wanted. Life in my sewing room will be much easier now. My husband does not have to buy me a Christmas present now.

Got around tuit

I didn't realize it has been so long since my last post. While my husband was home Thanksgiving week we turned two old kitchen cabinets into the rolling cutting table of my dreams and I tricked out my fireplace. Also I did some surface design on fabric and paper and actually worked, too!
Her's the before & after of the fireplace. Photos of the cutting table later.

Back to work

Played hooky long enough now I'm broke!!! Hopefully I will get a break soon to do fun stuff make art and catch up on ATCs.