Ivy and New Book

Well, it's a cold and white day outside.  We have a wood fire going in the basement and, for the most part, that keeps us toasty.  I say "us", but it's mostly me.  DH, as a native of this area, can handle life a bit colder than I can.  In a few years, though, I'll be the comfortable one when we move to warmer climates.  He'll be the one fiddling with the AC just to get the right temp.  I'm wondering if there's any place that will agree with both of us.

I made my piece for the Free Motion Challenge.  The pattern requirement, Ivy leaves, is a go-to pattern for me.  I often use it.  So I just did a small bit in the border of this quiltlet.  I'll eventually paint it and add more stitching.  Keep an eye for the progress here on the blog.

In other news, my short science fiction anthology is out.

  

$10.00 plus $3.50 shipping

As I said, it's a short book with seven short science fiction stories. Some of these have won international awards.I'm absolutely thrilled with the book.

-Wendy 

Design Wall Monday

I decided to make my Orca Bay quilt into a wall hanging.  The longer it hung there, the more I fiddled with the color arrangements.  This is what I ended up with (with some very appreciated help from Joanne).  Anyway, this is what’s on my Design Wall.  Now I just have to figure out how to quilt it.  I’m actually thinking of making this a double-sided piece, just hanging it from rings along the top.  Or maybe I’ll frame it between two sheets of glass so I can turn it around occasionally.  I think it’ll go in our living room.  My poor DH.  I swore I wouldn’t fill our house with quilts hanging everywhere.  Who knew?

Go to Judy’s and check out the other Design Wall Monday entries!

-Wendy

My newest book, an anthology with Breathe writers' group

Breathe, Volume III

An anthology of short stories and poems by northern Maine and Canadian writers. The stories cross multiple genres from Mainstream to Mystery to Horror and Sci-fi/Fantasy. Several of the writers are established with numerous publication credits and a few are new voices being published for the first time. 

Published 2011
Breathe

$15 plus shipping
Signed, but signatures of group members may vary

eBook  Buy Here


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Design Wall Monday

It feels so good not to have something pressuring me.  I can just go up to The Loft, pick up anything that strikes my fancy and work on that.  This is the first thing I picked up this morning:  my Hop To It! BOM from November.  Got it all glued in place and ready to hand sew.



This next one is December’s block.  I’ll be doing that one next.  We are taking two months for it because of the holidays.  I get to choose February’s block.





I’m also cutting strips for the pioneer braids (ala Bonnie) to go between the rows of stars here.  This also means I’m cleaning up my scraps bin a bit.  Yeehaw!

Happy Holidays to You All!

 

The Falls during winter.

It’s a Jungle Out There!

Goodness! Have you been to the stores this week?  My-oh-my-oh-my!  People are crazy!  I’m thankful to be working the overnight shift during this season, even though it’s tough on us.  I made this little quiltlet to commemorate the season’s shopping madness.  Don’t mind the chalklines, they’ll be gone soon.  Think I’ll give this to my boss.  She loves animal prints. 

The two quilts that I finished in the last post have sold.  Now I’m under no pressure or deadlines and can just enjoy myself.  First thing I did was get caught up on the clues for Bonnie’s Orca Bay Mystery.  I love that light blue star with the black background!

My little quiltlet, “Traveling Santa” is up for purchase at the AAQI site.  Go visit and buy something for a loved one.  It’s for a worthy cause.

-Wendy

Two Done

First, I finished the Liberated Amish Nine Patch.  Very excited.  Absolutely beautiful! 

 

I quilted around the nine patches in the ditch because I wanted them to be the dominate image here.  Then I made free hand feathers in the fractured blocks to soften them a bit.  Again reinforcing the nine patches as dominate.  Finally, I chose a nice variegated blue thread for the serpentine border to kinda tie everything together.  Looks great in the corner blocks, doesn’t it?  Oh, btw, the border color was chosen to once again draw attention to the nine patches.

 

Then, when it was all done, I washed it.  Note, all these fabrics WERE prewashed.  Look what happened.  These were three different locations.  All the same dark teal.  No matter what I try, I can’t get the bleed out.  We don’t have access to some of the products locally that are available in more populated areas, so I have to wait until an order comes in to pursue this further.  Such a shame, though.  It had been wanted by a customer as a Christmas gift.  Sigh.

But, that’s not the only quilt.  No siree!  Take a look at this one.  It came out perfect.  Also sold to the same gentleman for a Christmas gift.  Note the glittery eyes at the bottom of the second photo.  That’s Jake.  He’s such a Ham!!!

Next up:  The crazy quilt.

AAAAANNNND …..

I have a new book out!!!  It’s an anthology of short stories made with the members of my writers’ group, Breathe.  I’m not sure how much it is yet, but I’ll be taking orders as soon as I can get it set up on the page with my other books.  There’s a limited number of books available, so reserve a copy.

 

-Wendy