Woman is a Tree of Life

Finally I am posting my piece for the SOST Challenge.

(Sisterhood of Sagging T**S) Everyone had a blast with this subject and the results were really amazing, and soon to be posted on the QuiltArt site.

http://www.quiltart.com/

I got the idea from a photo of a fountain I saw surfing. It had a tree growing from the center, and it just said ZING! My first thought was "Old Woman Willow" But I wanted my woman to be lithe and sophisticated, a classy and contemporary of Old Man Willow. I decided she wasn't ancient enough (yet) to be Old Woman Willow. Commercial batiks, (fussy cut boobies - I didnt paint those, honest) hand dyed binding, machine embroidery & quilting.

When I cut out the shapes of the roots, one was definately needing a shoe.

The label was fun so I posted its picture here too.

Cat Face - Positive & Negative Space

I just completed this little exercise having to do with positive & negative space. I attempted to make a cougar face, but I didnt get the chunky jawline that cougars have so its just a cat after all. Batiks, FME, some razzle dazzle threads couched for the whiskers & eye. I rushed the binding just so I would complete it, so thats a tad sloppy but otherwise I am satisfied with the fun result.

The back is about as fun as the front.

Northwest Rain Flower

Not Quite a Sunflower... rain drops for petals.
Not the best image but its given away so...

5 X 7

Doll and Bird House

A while back another Granddaughter requested a shelf for her Bratz dolls, and Larry told her he'd make her a doll house. She and her brother were here Saturday and Larry started building the shelf/house. It evolved into something with a balcony & front porch. The kids wanted to paint it the same colors as our house (they helped paint a bit last summer) so we got out the paint cans and let them have at it. I decided it needed some flowers to spiff it up.































Click this one to see the flowers up close and personal.





















While I was at it, I hunted down an old battered bird house that has always hung on our front porch. I gave it a paint job. The chirping of many families of sparrows have given me cause to smile over the years.

Tea Party Chairsies

Some Little Ladies came to visit and we had a Tea Party. They don't really want tea. They just want to pour into the cute cups, spoon in lots of sugar, stir and stir. Then they are done.
Our itsy chairsies are perfect for tiny tea parties.



















2 granddaughters (on the left) and a friend.




















After pouring, stirring, sipping & spilling, bed jumping was just the ticket.

Little Chairsies At Home

Here's the Little Ducky Chairsies
At home in their places.

front porch

Bathroom
















TV room keeping Mini Me company
















Parlor

Old Newspapers

Some pieces of newspaper from 1942. These were used for insulation under our living room floor. I am contemplating how to use these. I don't want to just throw them away.

Click the pics to see some detail.

Water stained, cut, crumbling and dirty, but oh so cool!

Itsy Chairsies - Just Ducky

My girlfriend rescued 8 of these little chairs from the church dumpster. I've had them around for 10 years or so, painted various colors. They were in a sad state of disrepair, having used them in the yard to hold plants and I even left some of them out in the weather. It was time to give them little face lifts. Larry patched and glued them back together, getting them all straight and sturdy, and I painted them some bright colors that match the new colors we painted inside and out.

The red is for the parlor, to sit beside my Victorian Settee & love seat which are upholstered in red, gold & cream. The lavender goes in the spring green & lavender bathroom. The cocoa chair goes in the TV room which is 3 shades of cookie & cocoa brown, with my "Thinking of Chocolate" quilt on the wall. The final bright berry chair goes on the front porch next to my berry door (they are different berries but fun and bright) to hold a bowl of pansies.

Cyber Fyber Postcard Exchange

I had the Happy occasion to exchange a fiber postcard with Susan Lenz.

These fiber postcards will be on display at CYBER FYBER, an international exhibition scheduled for January 8th through 20th, 2009 at Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina.

You can see all the fabulous postcards that she made, and the exchanges on her blog -Here- .

Here's the postcard I received from her.
















And here's the one she recieved from me. (Its one of my recent Sunflower series)

Sunflowers for the Postcard Exchange

Last Fall I joined a Postcard Exchange.
Click the title "Sunflowers... " above to view the whole gallery.
There you can click the images
To view each one individually .
Enjoy!!