Thursday, October 19, 2023

The Skeletons are coming out 10-19-23

There don't seem  to be  as many Halloween decorations in the neighborhood as there have been in the past.   More of the flying ghosts projected on garage doors, one even has spooky  sounds.   The giant skeleton is  up on  the next street, Brian.  Three doors north of us is a house with a lovely front patio with table and four  chairs. One year the skeletons were playing cards, and another year they  were roasting marshmallows.. This year they are just drinking, but  they have acquired both a dog and a cat!  And a huge sombrero.  

The little girl  is  sort of  hidden in the shrubs.
But, oh my goodness, the dog is on the table!  Horrors. 

Here is PaPa with his sombrero.  A Tijuana trip maybe. 
I contemplated moving a chair for a better  picture, but I don't know this family at  all, so it  would be really rude to rearrange their scene.  

I wonder if they intend for  this to resemble Michael Jackson. 
  Doubt  if he  would mind a dog on the table.

Not easily seen, the cat is pretty high up in the  tree. 

I showed KoKo the cat in the tree, but he wasn't interested.  Guess he didn't recognize it without an outer skin!

This is the same family a couple years ago.   Gave me a yearning for roasted marshmallows!  

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Quilt from TCQC 10-15-23

Purchased from the SAQA 2012 online auction.  Another tree quilt for that expanding part of TCQC.   I don't know much about Elisabeth, who lives in Geneva, Switzerland, but she has a very nice website showing her work and listing all the places around the world where it has been shown.


"Chiaroscuro" Elizabeth Nacenta de la Croix -  Switzerland   2012   12"X12"
Batiks and hand dyed cotton fabrics. Bamboo batting.  Rayon threads.  Fused applique.  Free-motion machine quilting. 


 
I like the way she has used batiks with tree twig like shapes to give depth to the forest - not overpowering the background, just a spot here and there.  The tree fabric is a nice choice with shadows of branches and twigs.
 
She has FMQ'd with what I think of as "tree bark" lines vertically over the entire piece.
 
Rather than binding, Elisabeth has chosen to satin stitch the edges.
 
 
Lovely backing fabric and a generous sleeve. However, she didn't leave any slack in the sleeve which is a problem I see a lot in quilts made outside the USA/Canada.  It really is necessary for shows that use the round rod and drape set up - without any slack the top of the quilt is bent over to accommodate the bar. 
 
Nice clear label gives two ways to contact the artist.  I have added the size for my use.
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