tree down

Pictures from August 2008

there was not even a wind or a storm this day

I'm saving the tree to use as a bench, or sculpture...

2008 quilt collage

Oriental beauty

My 2008 AQ challenge quilt.

See more quilts at:
http://artrageousfibreart.blogspot.com/

A camelia blooming on the bush that had the funky icicles last month!

funky icicles

sideways, curved icicles!

I have never seen such a thing!

This icicle is almost 12 inches long!

SNOW!

finally!!!

I was working, but I did take a couple of photos!

Don't you love that brillant Carolina blue sky against the snow?

I love the interaction of the sunlight with the icicles.

my helper?

couldn't resist this one!

Rascal either lays on my WIP, or on top of my machine.

"Of course!," says he.

Starbirth revisited

Starbirth, Starbright 54"

Starbirth, Starbright 24"

Starbirth, Starbright has two versions, the larger one, pictured below at IQF Houston, (see November 1, 2008), and the original, which was too small to enter in "the Sky's the Limit"

(Double click to enlarge photos.)

I think they are cool side by side!

"The Sky's the Limit" will be touring for two years.

the next stops include:

International Quilt Festival, Chicago April 17-19, 2009

International Quilt Festival Long Beach, CA July 24-26, 2009

I also have two quilts in "My World in Black + White". This is a special traveling exhibit. It will be hanging at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA. 2/26-3/1, 2009

http://www.quiltfest.com/

Lovies for Susan

This is Susan's quilt.

The girls from Fiberarts council SCal yahoo group* made blocks and I assembled and quilted them.
http://www.fiberartsconnsocal.org/ *

And, of course, my ever-present helper, Rascal. He really, really liked this quilt!

IQF HOUSTON

Starbright, Starbirth...(the green one)

Hanging in Houston at the International Quilt Festival

Although I did not win a ribbon, I am a winner just because of where it is hanging!

Thanks Carolyn Sower for the pictures.

I'll post some close-ups later.

More about SOME GAVE ALL:

the Breaking Traditions Exhibit [With One Voice] is to give a voice to all those who stand up and say "I will make a difference".
I made three other quilts prior to this one. One was two small, and one too large, and none honored a particular person or group...then this one popped into my head at the last minute. It is part of a quilt I have had in my head for a couple of years.
The final quilt also has a dog-tag wrapped around the rifle. I found mini dog-tags on eBay, and wasn't sure they would arrive in time, but they did.