Rhona's Bird Quilts....

Rhona's quilt of birds...This is the backing fabric she used on both quilts...Here is the second one..One, but not sure which will be hung in their new cabin....Rhona I love them both....The Ol'Blogger 

PS....This fabric came all the way from Italy. My daughter Amber and her hubby Mike brought this back for me from their vacation to Italy earlier this year. I love it -- Rhona

Kathy's Jewelry

What a beautiful piece of jewelry, made by Kathy.Using peyote stitch and then folding she created this neat look. We love the staggered look...Her closure for this one was seed beads made into a loop and she use one of the rolls to feed through the loop...

I wish this wasn't blurred...but it is still simply gorgeous....First Kathy used peyote stitch for the bracelet. Then she made fall leaves using delicas and size 15 beads..and stitched into the bracelet...One of the neat things about this bracelet she used snaps for the closure..

Kathy stitches up these rings...the added details on top adds an extra zing for these rings..

Setptember Meeting

We met for our September meeting at Cindy P. house...I think I surprised her in this picture...She was adding finishing touches for our lunch...Lasagna, bread and salad...with a chocolate pie...hmmmmm was delicious...Also we had the pleasure of meeting her husband Mike and he shared lunch with us...

I did take a few pictures of her studio...in this picture we see the side of her working desk...Later you will see the doll of her husband as a child from the picture hanging from the shelf for her to look at as she works...

Cindy creates original plymer clay art dolls..she is proficiant at sculpting the human body...From witches, Indians to family members they all look like they can talk or feel emotions,with faces that are realistic and expressive..

These were on a shelf above her working area.. I didn't take them down...each one was created by Cindy...

This is Cindy's working table.... On the table is the doll of Mike she is sculpting of when he was a small boy... I also have a close up...Amazing!!!!

We all had the pleasure of watching her create this lady..as she would work the clay when she was able to join us for a meeting or on Chocolate Night...What a delight to see her as one whole unit,dressed with shoes and all the little details.

Show-n-Tell was amazing also...as you will see in future postings...The girls have been busy...The Ol'Blogger

 

Is it Black and White or White and Black..

Cindy has done a wonderful job making this quilt interesting and a stand out with her designs and accent. A quilt’s visual impact is created by the contrasts between the light and dark fabrics chosen for the design. The more intense the contrast is, the more striking the quilt will be. The strongest possible contrast was created by Cindy by combining white and black, which represent opposite ends of the value spectrum. As a project on her UFO list for August was this amazing black on white or white on black top...

I love the circles Cindy added which seem to "celebrate the wonder of black and white." Each circle is etched like frost on a windowpane allowing me to catch a glimpse of winter...What do you see? Please share...The Ol'Blogger

Birthday Gift....

The colors from my camera didn't show up as true for real life...But Cindy made this bracelet and earrings for her son Jason's girlfriend Deborah, for her birthday...Just using odd and end beads and no real reason or rhyme she begin beading making it up as she went along....If I remember correctly there are some copper beads, some charms....It was beautiful...I am sure Deborah will enjoy wearing these...

Geri's Watch

I finally got my middle daughter a watch beaded. I got the watch face from "Fire Mountain". Used beads that were shaped like a flower. Connecting with tubular and seed beads in silver and black...She is please with it...I used a number 4 fishing line with a Sterling Silver box clasp. The Ol'Blogger

Felted Hat

We were discussing felting...So Jody shared the hat Cindy had knitted and felted awhile back...Before felting the knitted item is huge...Sherry is modeling the hat for us...

Winter Pillow...

The pillow Cindy has been hand embroidering on at our "Fun Meter Fill Up Meetings...She used some pieces that were left over from her Santa quilt...and also some blocks that MJ gave out...Truly this is a picture you will need to click on to get the full effect... There are flowers that stand out, with leaves she added...Beads and other details make this a special pillow...The air tonight does remind us winter is soon to follow...Cindy will be prepared....The Ol'Blogger

Knitting and Felting....

We have been experimenting with knitting and felting purses..Sherri bought this one when on a shopping trip...She shared with us so we could get some ideas..Jody had made these two some time back...for her grand daughter and one for herself...Again some more ideas on things we can do...The Ol'Blogger