Travel #2

 Maybe a little confusion as I navigate? The city is so big. So many people. Unfamiliar surroundings. 

I wonder how a city gal would feel in my home environment.  Owls, raccoons and coyotes are my night time sounds. Not alot of traffic on my road. 

Travel #1

 My trip officially began yesterday with a flight to LA. I do enjoy keeping a travel journal and started this one a few weeks ago by creating "blanks" to work on each day. The landscape flying into LAX looked so brown and drab. This piece sums up what I saw from the sky. 

Startings

 I need a "quick" stitching project to work on while on my upcoming trip. A friend suggested a nativity scene.  Perfect! As I don't want the extra weight of carrying along the shards, a basic outline of the shapes will work

A background of lace is pinned in place. Hope to have it basted and remove the pins

I am working on top of some wool that I found in a bag of fabric a friend sent my way. It's very sturdy yet easy to stitch thru.

Quilt show

 This piece caught my eye. It was probably the fabric!

Mississippi Valley Quilter's

 I was at the quilt show yesterday to demo using a gel plate with fabric. I also had some time to look at the quilts. My goal was to find some simple ideas to use in the coming year to make small quilts for the residents at my husband's care home.  I have a huge stash of fabric begging to be used! There were plenty of ideas:

"When I was a Child"

I worked sewing more glass onto the collage this morning. As I twisted threads about to hold the pieces, I was reminded of playing Cat's Cradle as a child. I was never very good, but did manage to create the ladder after much practice. 

 

City on a Hilltop

 Finishing "City on a Hilltop".  I was inspired to stitch the edge using beads after going to an art opening this past weekend. 

The striped fabric background was inspired by a cup cozy from a hotel stay!

The canvas is relatively easy to stitch thru. This will wrap up my 12 Good Shepherd collage pieces for an upcoming gallery exhibit, unless I can find some extra time to keep creating!