Canada Mourns..

"SO YOUNG AND SO BRAVE"

 

Ours thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Nathan Cirillo, who was shot and killed in the line of duty, on October 22, 2014.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to Everyone

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!  This is part of a silk piece of fabric art that was a wedding gift to our niece.

I thought the fall scene, with the geese was appropriate, even though we are not having geese for Thanksgiving dinner.  Ham and Turkey this year, with lots of family and friends around the dinner table.

Shere Kahn

I have always loved the big cats and wolves.  I made my wolf picture a couple of years ago, and now here is my tiger.

This piece is dedicated to the memory of Shere Kahn, a large male Bengal tiger who recently passed away at the Big Cat Rescue just outside of Tampa Florida.  I'll be updating my 2014 gallery with more information about him in the next few days.

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.