Friday Flower - on Saturday! And a correction 01-03-15

Sorry, I was mistaken about the catalog for "The Sky's The Limit" .  The only place to buy the catalog is on location at Visions Art Museum or on their website store  www.visionsartmuseum.org or you can call them at 619-546-4872  or send an e-mail to visions@visionsartmuseum.org   It is a wonderful catalog for one of the best Visions biennial exhibits. 

Amaryllis in kitchen window  December 2014

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A visit to Visions Art Museum 01-01-15

On Tuesday in a gentle on and off rain, I drove to San Diego with my friends, Carol and Teresa.  Time is getting short to see the fabulous "The Sky's The Limit", International juried exhibit.  It is worth your time, but you have to be there before it closes at 4pm on Sunday, Jan 4th.  

Teresa Malinowski, Carol Bednar and Del Thomas.

Quilt in the background is Emily Richardson's "Swiftly" (72"W x 54"L).

There are so many outstanding quilts with great techniques and lots of handwork - quilting, embroidery, edge finishes, ... you name it!  One of the quilts I admire for the fantastic machine quilting done on a home sewing machine is Sandra Ciolino's piece below.  The catalog shows a detail, but not quite close enough to get the impact of the quilting pattern.  

If you can't visit the exhibit you should buy the catalog, available from Amazon, and enjoy the quilts and the great photographs by Eric and Susanna Nancarrow.  If you use this link a percentage of your purchase will go to Visions Art Museum: 

Sorry, I was mistaken.  The only place to buy the catalog is at Visions Art Museum or on their website store www.visionsartmuseum.org or you can call them at 619-546-4872  or send an e-mail to visions@visionsartmuseum.org

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Wordless Wednesday 12-31-14

Wishing you all a happy, productive and prosperous 2015. 

Monday Browsing 12-29-14

Amazingly ugly Christmas sweaters:   http://mom.me/holidays/15860-best-ugly-christmas-sweaters-ever/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl21%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D578540

Is there an engineer in your family? https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1538316753080831&set=vb.1513505875561919&type=2&theater

For owl lovers:  http://www.earthporm.com/28-majestic-owls-caught-camera/

More than you may want to know about olive oil:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/23/at-california-olive-ranch-technology-takes-root/

Here  is a philanthropic project worth our participation:

http://thehousequiltproject.blogspot.com/p/call-for-quilt-artists.html

House inspiration on Pinterest.  Quilts by Terry  Grant, Teri Stegmiller, Jamie Fingal, Deborah Boschert, Elizabeth Barton, Flavin Glover, Diane Perrin Hock, Melody Johnson, and yours truly:

http://www.pinterest.com/quiltinspire/house-quilts/

House Project quilt by Jamie Fingal

Still struggling with laptop.

Here are some photos of eucalyptus leaves and pods, the only images I could get to download!
I'm doing this on my iPad because I cannot get blogger to come up on my laptop.   I'll work on that tomorrow.
But I am beginning to grow weary of trying to get my computer back to what it was before Dell's hard drive gave up the ghost.  But now I can't live without a computer, I m addicted!