Friday, November 25, 2022

More quilts at Long Beach 09-17-22

11-25-22  Now that I am on I see that this did not post way back then.  Sorry.  Del 


This small exhibit of quilts with birds was very nice.   It doesn't say, but I think this was a juried exhibit and may appear at the Houston Festival in October.  

I put this one first as it is my favorite from this exhibit.  






My policy is to not show quilts unless I can give attribution, but somehow I don't have the labels for the following quilts. If you know who made any of them please let me know. 


    





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Still having computer problem! 11-23-22

You see, I have been trying!!  11-25-22

I have not been able to connect to the Internet in order to blog.  On Tuesday I was able to connect in the morning, but by night time I was blocked again. Half an hour ago I couldn't get on and now I can.  This is driving me crazy!   I will post this little note and then try again later to post for today.  Del

Still struggling with AT&T! 11-25-22

Don't know how long they will let me stay online.  So, this is just an quick explanation of why I teased you with one post and then silence.  I'm trying, but may have to switch to another server if they can't keep me online.  It is so frustrating and doesn't help my Depression one bit.  But KoKo and I are well and had a lovely quiet Thanksgiving with leftover chicken for dinner yesterday.  For us it was a perfect Thanksgiving and we give thanks for all that we have.  Del



Sunday, November 20, 2022

Back to Blogging 11-20-22

It has been over two months since my last post.  But I am going to try to post every day as I always have in the past.  Where have I been and what has kept me from writing?  Lots of different things; major computer problems, health problems, depression, lack of energy, and so forth!  On Oct 12th I received three epidurals for the sciatica.  The previous shots were Dec 2nd, they wore off toward the end of July and the pain kept getting worse.  I'm not very good at decision making these days, so it took me some time to take action and schedule more doctor's appointments, which seem almost impossible to confirm,   So far the shots have helped a lot, but I still have the "electric tingle" regularly.  Have schedule another round of physical therapy.  After months of dealing with UTIs the urologist scheduled a MRI and found a kidney stone which required "blasting".  I did that, but the stone is still there.  It doesn't hurt, so she is holding off to see if it will dissolve. Had to have a tooth pulled and am scheduled for an implant next month.  And right now I have a cold - the sneezing, coughing, aching, dripping kind.  So far I have managed to avoid Covid.    I suspect this is more than you wanted to know, but I needed to explain what has caused my silence.  I have added new quilts to the Collection and this is Sunday so I will post one of the new additions.  

"The Noisy Neighbor"  Sonia Grasvik - Seattle, WA  2022  12"X12"
Commercial cotton fabric, cotton and rayon thread.  Pieced, Appliqued, Machine Quilted

Beside the blackbird/crow the doodling machine quilting is fanastic.  She has quilted each square separately, or perhaps she quilted a large piece and cut it into squares.  Various colors and weights of thread create a intricate texture.  
This was part of the SAQA 2022 online auction in October.  




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