A few new things

Even though my brother was visiting (telecommuting 4 hrs a day), I was still able to get 2 quilts done.
The first one is a hoot. I call it Blue Eyes and it is a self portrait.

Get it? Blue eyes? I'm still laughing.
The next is called Kitty and is a portrait of my beautiful and talented daughter Meredith's cat.

There is a LOT of thread painting on this quilt. Kitty has beaded whisker spots and a hand made (by me) ceramic bead with CAT on it.
It's been a great summertime week for a kid out of school!

A few new things

I had a dream as I was coming awake and in the dream I was making this quilt. I call it Maiden, Mother, Crone because you can really see woman of all ages in it. One of the rectangles has a button that belonged to my Grama Rose and I know I wore clothes like the bottom row back in the '60's. Can't you see some of those women  to impress? I can.

 

Tomorrow is Jane's birthday and I decided to make her a journal. This is a beautiful batik fabric; black with turquoise dots. I fused a crescent moon and free motion embroidered a tree with leaves on it. The tree represents the lineage of Jane's family. The multi-colored beads are the people in the tree. On the back of the cover I free motioned Jane Whitten in a circle.

I am taking an online course and had to make a fused composition. I made this one and called it "House hidden by trees".

It's just a composition.