Dragonflies and Butterflies

This is a quilt I tried to machine quilt a few years ago. I made a real mess of it. So this year I took all the quilting out and I'm redoing it..  This week I worked on dragonflies, some  look more like gargoyles, and butterflies...   Mostly I'm pleased with how they turned out. It certainly is an improvement over what I had there before.

A Table Topper

This was completed for a fund raiser. It has 22 free motion filler designs.

This is the cat of "Pat and the Cat"..   Her name is Callie and she is a great companion. 

Right now she has fleas and I am trying to get rid of them with natural products..  She does not like garlic.  The rosemary solution didn't work..  I'm going to get some Mozi-Q which is the delphimium flower and try that.

Advantage doesn't seem to work on her...   I have heard of another product called, "Program", that I will try next.   Lots of fun

HI    
New month here..
wow  the summer is going fast.
This month my mother will reach her 98th birthday and she is still going strong.

I have some pictures for you.  These are all of the same quilt.
Last year the Fabric Cupboard had a challenge to make 15 flying geese blocks each month.  Then they gave us a pattern to put them together.  I changed it a little bit and then quilted it to death. The blocks are all Free motion quilting and I did them as a quilt as you go.    I made a heart with Bill's and my names at the top and a vase at the bottom..  The vase is suppose to resemble two faces kissing.  I like the top of this quilt, but need to rethink the back and how I can make it look better on the next quilt.

It's been awhile since I've posted and I think it's time to start again.

This was my 2012-2013 winter's work.  The pattern or design comes from Leah Day's FMQ project.  This is my interpretation.  It is the rules I try to follow in my life..  Laugh often,,,,, Be kind....  Love.... Dream.....  Be Enough in Myself.........  Be Aware....... Maintain good intentions..... and Let Go of things, ideas, and people that won't change.   I'm not sure what I mean by the last one,  except  that I try to be open to new ideas and I want to be around that all the time.

This is totally thread painted with Isacord embroidery thread.  I believe size 40...   There are hours and hours of work on this project and I hope only I can see the mistakes.

Sore toe

The other day I was washing the dishes and I dropped a heavy pot cover on my toe....  It bled like crazy and Billy patched me up.

Going Home

April 12, 2012,
Next week we are going home.   A little early, but homeward bound we are.

This has been a good winter, and I have the tan to prove it,  finally.

I have had some insights.  This is one of them...

RULES

There are two reasons for rules.
1.  It defines and controls a culture.
2. Some people have no common sense and need rules to tell them what to do in every situation.

Being creative is a force that is hard to control.   It takes over your life and feeds like an addition.  If you let others rule you, then you will lose your creativity and become despondent... So you have to rely on your common sense to guide you in all thngs and let other people talk about you however they feel comfortable.  Feeding your creativitity will lift your ego and self esteem even if it is not accepted by the masses.

That's my two cents for today/\.