AND PLUS BUT AND THEN!

 Ahhh....

must collect selvadges!

Have you noticed how cute some are getting?!

While working at Calico Creations,

I heard this playful piece

 repeatedly whispering my name...

AND it has a cute selvadge!

How could I resist?

PLUS it works great as the main fabric in

my I-know-I-can-follow-a-pattern endeavor.

(even if the pictures 

in the directions 

are totally confusing to my brain)

I have a bunch of pieces cut

so I can keep chugging along.

I am not usually a pattern person per se.

Something about repetitious cutting

usually drives me nuts.

BUT every once in a while 

a playfull pattern beckons.

Like "lattice" 

from the book Colorific

which i taught this past Saturday.

Everyone got a cute tote made out of Mary Lou fabric...

AND THEN...

the creative gals were at it again!

Linking up!

I have so much fun seeing all the creativity

you will too!

http://www.freshlypieced.com/

UDDERLY MOOVELOUS WITH MARY LOU WEIDMAN!

An udderly moovelous time

was had by all

in a class I arranged

at Aunt Mary's Quilt Shop

with a most wonderful group of happy ladies

with creative COWching (coaching)

 from Mary Lou Weidman!

Here's a peek at the herd in progress...

Count of MOOnti Cristo

(Do you ever feel self conscious when asked to be in the photo? 

Doesn't this lady's hand look thin, youthful, and gorgeous? hee-hee)

(and moo for tea)

Moonet

Still deciding but maybe Mooxcicali

Moonster Mash

Part of the vegan moovement

Moosical

I think she said the title was 

Mi Vaca Loco

(look at that creativity!)

The creative process in this class was palpable!

Mary Lou is an expert of getting you to cross over to the creative side!

This lady had no idea, quietly worked all weekend,

made this great cow, and decided to call it

Amoonymous!

When Mary Lou is in the house

I am usually too vexed to think straight

let alone quilt anything.

This time I was able to start

two ideas....

A purple cow from the kid's poem

I Never Saw A Purple Cow

that my mom liked to say to me...

and a herd of chocolate cows 

since my youngest used to think 

chocolate milk

came from chocolate cows!

Here's a cow that I finished before class.

I love to focus 

not

on controlling the weather (life)

but

enjoying 

and seeing the beauty in 

what 

is.

I wonder if anyone caught me dancing this weekend?!