AT THE SEWING MACHINE

I believe I finished the quilt top today.  I'll let it sit a day and then decide.  

"For in Him we live and move and have our being." 

words of Paul from Acts 17:28 inspiring this new quilt

HER SECOND BOOK ON WAY TO PUBLISHING

Here's our grand-daughter's second book, Kittykee and a Sun on way to being published by Blurb. She created the collages and story in an accordion book last summer. 

(Photo from Blurb's BookSmart editing program)

OFF TO BURB

Nelson and I completed putting our grand-daughter's book together using Blurb's BookSmart program. Collages and page titles are her creations.  Kittykee and a Sun is going to press.

Is Anything More Important Than Relationships?

Yesterday I was out of the studio.  Nelson and I drove over to New Bedford, Massachusetts to see our friend Pastor Paul Emmanuel Ntap Ekoue, visiting from Yaounde, Cameroon. Pastor Paul is married to Wabi Pearl, a wonderfully gifted artist.  We spent a Sunday with them in Cameroon at their Presbyterian church - where Nelson preached, in their home - meeting Wabi and seeing her jewelry-making and out to a delicious relaxing dinner. A perfectly refreshing day!  Our time together yesterday was a great blessing, catching up on family and friends back in Cameroon.  I wore the necklace and earrings Wabi created.
Nelson and I are abundantly blessed with friends and friendships around the world - like with Pastor Paul and Wabi.  Really, what is more important than relationships?  Nothing!!! When all is said and done, relationships-people, grounded in faith in Jesus, are all we take to heaven. 
In the photo below Marcia and I are with Wabi in her home, wearing her jewelry.  Click here to see a post I wrote about our experience meeting Wabi Pearl, the artist, in Cameroon.

WORKING ON THE IRONING BOARD

"For in Him we live and move and have our being." 

words of Paul from Acts 17:28

Continuing to push fabric around, trailing some metallic cording across the surface and trying out some buttons. Working on the ironing board, heat setting shapes with fusible web. 

CREATING TODAY

"For in Him we live and move and have our being."

Verse inspiring a new quilt series.  Today in the studio.

SEWING IN THE DARK

"For in Him we live and move and have our being."

So little time to work today.  When I made it up to my studio, the good lightng was long gone.  It was raining again. My work room was dark.  After putting the track lighting on, I made the decision to move ahead and start sewing the scrap pieces to the sky background. So here we go... Looking forward to working on it tomorrow. 
Photo: uneven lighting but this is how the piece looked when I left to make dinner. 

I CALL IT SPIRIT LED

"For in Him we live and move and have our being." words of Paul from Acts 17:28

What fun working on something so free  - no set direction - just loose ideas - fabric scraps floating on sky fabric.  Some might call this approach intuitive, I call it Spirit led.

Last week I began with a different sky background. Next day it changed to what you see above. This afternoon I took the fabric off the wall and worked flat. Easier to see how buttons, sequins and metallic threads might look floating along with the fabric scraps.` Yes, moving with the Spirit.

A QUILT SERIES IS BIRTHED

"For in Him we live and move and have our being." 

Sometimes a Bible verse pops into my head - I'm not mentally going through verses I might apply to a situation - no it's not like that - it just comes.  I was thinking about my little grandson, when this verse came to me. "For in Him we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:28.  He took a bad fall recently, resulting in a concussion. I was so thankful to God that he was not seriously hurt.  

As the words of that verse played over and over in my head, inspiration for a new quilt series came rather un-expectantly a week later.  Again I was not mentally going through some ideas to picture the verse.  A very loose picture simply came into my mind's eye - shapes floating on a sky background.  

Inspiriation took root and out came hand-painted sky fabric and boxes of scraps.  I began trying out an idea on the work-wall - sky fabrics up first and fabric scraps floating on top. 
I'm excited about the possibilities.  A quilt series had just been birthed.