I MUST BE INSANE!!

I spend some time with my grandsons on Sunday and dragged them into a quilt shop with promises of a quilt each.  Devon has chosen a black and white rag quilt and Ryan wants a tartan quilt.  He has chosen the PEI tartan and it will have a lovely flannel backing.

I've worked it out, and to get all of my projects done between now and November, and then Christmas, I will have to work on projects at least 4 hours every day.  And then there is my gardening.  And curling.  And working at ArtScene Spencerville.  And oh! yes - spend time with my husband.  Perhaps I should give up sleeping..

Shirkan

 

For those of you who also follow my work on Facebook, you know about Shirkan - the tiger from the Jungle Book.  I've always been a fan of Kipling, and when I saw this wonderful tiger on a fabric panel, I decided to make him. It has proven more difficult than expected, but I have now designed the piece and have done a trial layout. 

It will have a great deal of green - as it is a jungle piece, and Shirkan's face will be peaking out through some palm fronds. 

I'm really looking forward to working on him.

Scarlett Elegance

"Scarlett Elegance"

(24" x 24")

$350

I was telling a friend of mine about this piece, and went to the blog to show it to her, only to find that I had forgotten to post it.  

 I started this piece in 2011, and cut it out, before I decided on the background.  I tried several fabrics and colours, and finally had to back off to a plain black fabric with a  thin ribbon border in gold and black.

The background fabric has been brushed and rubbed so that the fabric appears to be velvet instead of cotton.  This gives it a depth that you would not get from regular cotton.