A CRAZY HAPPY WIP

 

 

 

I am really loving the process of creating this quilt

I started in a Karen Stone class in Sisters, OR.

She called the pattern,

Wild Women Don't Get the Blues.

Must be why I have been feeling so crazy happy lately!

 

 

GEES BEND IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!

WOW!

I had the most wonderful opportunity to spend two days with Loretta Bennett 

from Gees Bend!

Judy and I took her to LaConnor on Friday

and on Saturday we gathered 

at Aunt Mary's Quilt Shop 

for time spent...

comfortably 

together

totally at ease

without worry

getting in the zone

creatively sewing

and being inspired

by ancestral influence

and the fabulous Loretta!!!

It was a powerful start 

with video and 

song from Gees Bend.

Plus LOTS of pinching to make sure I wan't dreaming!

The day was FULL!

Enjoy some highlights!

Loretta shared some pieces she had been working on...

 and how to rip jeans apart...

and signed a bunch of books.

She also gathered one strip from each of us 

and started sewing!

Ahhh...to watch the creative process was 

delightfully magical!

Here are some of our blocks with what Loretta stitched.

Our plan is to have one big wonderful quilt!

Nothing 

but 

a smile

and gratitude!

BUSY BUSY!

In between my oldest's graduation from high school 

(hooray!), 

end of school year concerts 

and craziness, 

and visitng in-laws, 

I managed to squeeze in 

some much needed me time!

I was leader of fun

at a very creative pin cushion party

at Aunt Mary's!

Everyone got one of these cute fabric baskets

I made from this tutorial

 http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2008/05/tutorial-fabric-basket.html

( I love the fortune cookie fortune, "Expect great things today")

Here's our end of class pin cushion parade!

Virginia's too cute flower...

and creatively improvised wrap around wrist cat...

Kim's delightfully whimisical little monster...

Carmel and Alex's clever creations...

and Katie's Vodou doll and monster 

with Carmel's Vodou doll and fried egg! 

If you notice, 

the pins in the cushions 

have shrinky dink bits on them!

Here's my crumby toaster oven

with angry eyes!

hee-hee

After class, I noticed these wonderful wildflowers....

great color combos!

Today, 

I took a doodle

 fusing class

with Laura Wasilowski 

at Quiltworks Northwest.

(She's the Dean of Corrections at the Chicago School of Fusing!)

We were given two pieces of Laura's hand dyes

and this fabric choice of lights and darks

and true colors (light givers Mary Lou style)

was a recipe for sucess!

Here's fun and super calm Laura explaining her 

fusing design process

and a little bit about her stitching.

Here's a link to her blog

http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/

These are her leftover bit creations.

Here's a quilt made by a worker who took Laura's class before...

YUM!

                      Here's a bunch of Laura's quilts that are for sale...

and here's some of the class's creations...

and here's mine...

a dandelion for possibility

 and the words

"trusting"

on the stem.

I am working on trusting...

everything is as it is meant to be

the universe has our backs

look for the angels

:)