Where o where does the time go...

Hello blog world...

What have I been up to... Spent a wonder five days in Vermont and had a chance to spend some time in one of the most amazing studios.. It even has its own name...."Embellishment" studio.  It is a multi-story, multi-level cornucopia of creating pleasure.  Thanks for the time wonderfully spent Frances.

Here are some pics.

Yes I'm loving the cows....,

Have to make a stop in the LQS.  

Yes I was working on some things...

Fell in love with the HQ Sweet Sixteen... {sigh}

Playing in scraps.  They were Leslie's... {cheesy grin}

An upon my return I completed this one.. Almost gotta bind it.

More hours...retry publish from march 2013

Happy Monday...

Ahh after watching Cindy Needham in her design it, quilt it online class I have picked up a few techniques. I am not finished as yet, however, I began practicing some of the things that she suggested... Hoo has and such.. Lol.

So, yesterday I finally had a chance to get on my machine for a spell and try out my quilters halo and my new Juki foot and had a splendid time just doodling on fabric... I have to add all this practice on paper to my quest to 10,000...

From Blogging to Instagram

There will always be place for the blog. Here is where you can express, explain, and expound on your thoughts and topics. However, there is also the immediacy of Instagram. Quick post and comments or likes. Instant gratification and publishing.

I am committed to maintain my blog. In the past few weeks I had not been on my machine and creating. Yet last week... I got back into the swing of things.

I have been practicing my doodles and accumulating my machine quilting hours. So that's always a positive. So what have I been up too... Take a look.. Including my trip to the Brooklyn museum. Which was awesome.

I also made it to Katonah Museum of Art. However, photos were not allowed.

Text Me

Okay.. This is my first reader challenge. I was inspired after hanging with my Quilty peeps in Austin and saw the challenge in quilting Arts. Finished it Lickity split and sent it off. It was loads of fun.

I need to do more of these. Little thought, a small project and done.

This is the description:
The name is actually "Text Me". When I saw the challenge I immediately thought about our addiction to cell phones and random information and thought about the phrase Feed Me.

So in my creation I stepped back into the past where it began with the typewriter and the telegraph. I found a late 1800s newspaper article that talked about people who met and became acquainted because they took the information that was transmitted via telegraph.

Then with the old school select type I did the play on feed me and Voila. I printed on fabric, embellished the piece with paper, stickers, paint and thread painting. It is machine quilted and the binding is painted fabric.

Road to 10,000 hours

Good day bloggers,

Time for a quick check in. As we enter the third month of 2013, I have not logged the number if hours that I thought I would have. Again, my parameters where that I was actually free motion quilting or doodling on paper.

I have been stitching but not quilting. So, yes I need to get on my "complete a quilt" game.

So I have logged a total of 41hours and 27 minutes as of February 26, 2013.

Here are some pics of my doodles.

Everything's Bigger in Texas

QuiltCon Photo recap - retry upload from February 2013