Friday Feet 12-08-13

Kathie Bellamy Nov 2013

Kathie always dresses so nicely for SQG meetings.  She is coordinate and pressed and wears makeup nicely applied.  And she must have a whole closet just for her shoes!

 

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Signs and Flowrs 12-05-13

As many of you know, I really do hate to shop.  But the time comes when I must do it.  Today I bought two handbags at TJMaxx and a new pair of black pants at the Dress Barn.  I was exhausted!


Since I haven't been shopping in a long time this may be something that many stores do.  I went out of the dressing room to look for another size and when I returned there was my name on the door!  Gosh, I felt like a movie star!  What a great thing to do.  Congrats to Dress Barn.

Just cool!

I met my friends Carol and Dick at our favorite restaurant "Fish in a Bottle".  I know I have visited the ladies room before, but this interesting fresh flower bouquet was never there.

It is very striking against the "marble" wall and at first I thought they were artificial flowers.

But, on closer look I saw they were real, and lovely, flowers.

The secret is this heavy vinyl "vase".  I don't know how it is put together, but it is not sewn (of course).  There are three tapering, skinny compartments and the water goes up to about an inch below the top of the vinyl.  Cute, eh?   After I looked at these pictures I realized I should have checked behind the vase to see how it is fastened to the wall.   Sigh!  Guess I'll have to go back for dinner again, just to check out the vase in the bathroom. 

Wordless Wednesday 12-04-13

 

Monday Browsing + Portals 12-02-13

Google Doodles are a little bit of fun among the detritus of the Internet.  I especially like this year’s Thanksgiving Doodle.   Use the “finder” to look for almost any topic or date:

http://www.google.com/doodles/finder

http://www.google.com/doodles/thanksgiving-2013

Ecologically correct?  Or just a gimmick?  http://new.poopoopaper.com/

And yet another source:  http://www.londolozi.com/cubsden/how-to-make-elephant-dung-paper/

The results of the Alzheimers Project sale at Houston – w/videos and pictures:

http://aaqiupdate.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/we-made-it-1-million-for-alzheimers-research/

 

"This is a Quilt!" 12-01-13

SAQA is selling the matted examples from "This is a Quilt!" trunk show - see the website at:
http://www.saqa.com/storenew.php?scat=45
There are some little jewels, as long as you don't mind that they are matted and under the mat the edges are not necessarily finished. I don't like to add framed items to the Collection because they need special storage and are not portable enough for me to take along when I do programs for guilds and other organizations. However, these matted pieces are 12" square and will fit into the Mylar sleeves I use to store the quilts in the acid free boxes that are just the right size. I chose four favorites and will show them on my blog, but SAQA is removing the sold quilts from the page, so to see what kind of pieces there are you need to check in ASAP.
I don't know why the very white labels attached to the backs of the matting have turned blue.  I've taken the pictures twice at different times of the day.  Suggestions?

 

"Serendipity"  2011  Denise Oyama Miller - Fremont, CA.  8" square in a 12" mat. 

When I first looked at this quilt I thought it was a commercial batik, just quilted.  But Denise when through quite a process and came up with something I think is beautiful. 
 

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My record keeping system doesn't like quilts that don't have titles, so I always make my own titles for untitled pieces.  This is now "Cow Country".  Original, eh?
 

"Cow Country"  2011  Keats Scott - Silverthorne, CO  8" square in a 12" mat.
 

DETAIL   I love Keats idea that all the dots are cows grazing across the landscape.
 

DETAIL  The mountains are cut from the upholstery fabric - I wonder if it had large flowers.  Sometimes fabric with big floppy roses makes perfect mountains or their reflection in still water.