Dr. Who In My Own Family

Busy weekend once again.  Hope yours was a nice.  I would rather be busy than to lay around.  Even though I did that Saturday afternoon when I just had to sleep.

I felt like I had a fever, but couldn't get the thermometer to work.  Stupid things are so complicated these days.  A few years ago, we used to have a strip that you put on your forehead and it showed a number  Now  you have to turn them on, get them to light up......aughhh.

We even went to the pharmacy to see if we could get a simple device.  And came home with a regular thermometer with no mercury.  Now I can't see where the line is!  Nothing is perfect!

I have half a mind to use the Temp Gun I gave Frank last year to measure the temp of the air coming through the ductwork! Remember I went around shooting the temp of dogs, fabric, stove, window, chairs.  Remember that?

My CFAL meeting was today.  Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana.  We turned in our pieces for the show that will hang at the Arts Council of Livingston Paris for two months.  I forgot to take photos of my piece before I took it in.  Dumb.  But I will get a good photo of it in a nice place all hung up at the show.  That's even better!

 I brought my Wreck This Journal book and turned it to the Invite People To Draw Here page.  And a few did.  I was happy.  And I can also bring it to several other places to get their artistic hand.

This week I can continue to work on my Improv Stripes Quilt Along Quilt. I think they are already putting the finishing touches on their quilts so I am REALLY behind.  The week in North Carolina did me in here.

And I can continue to work on the Fishes Quilt.   I need to put it all together and add a final outside row.  I will have more fish borders so I may have to add them in or even do a couple of pillows for the front room sofa.

And I need to put the swimming pool together and get it on the Avante frame.  I already know how I want to quilt the pool and the cement around it.  Yep, pebbles, of course!


I have decided that I need to finish quilts not just make tops for the proverbial pile.

I also have to finish up Sawyer's quilt.  I am thinking I have half the blocks done.  Maybe just over half, I can't remember.  All I know is that I had 17 fat quarters!  And they each make two.

We had dinner with the young man himself.  Well, we had Mediterranean and he had milk.

And he mostly slept.

This is him right before we left.  He was really excited about going!

And doesn't he look a little like the Daleks from Dr. Who? (when he was the best one, Tom Baker.)

the Year of the Fish

I am not sure what Chinese animal calls this year its own, but I think this is my Year of the Fish.  That water theme is really strong, isn't it?

Two or three years ago, you know the flood took out a whole year of my creative life, I found this duvet cover at Purple Cow for $3.99.  I will try to find the original photos but they may be in the part of the server I haven't been able to recover so far.




The piece was made of a gorgeous open weave linen with this fabulous strip of fish running up two rows of three sides.  I took it apart with the idea I would use it in a quilt.  I knew it would evolve into a perfect combination of blocks and colors.  Let it percolate, so to speak.  I have used piece of the linen in dye bases a few times.  And I have a lot of it still, it was a large cover. 

A few weeks ago I found the perfect quilt!  One that would lend itself to an improv idea.  Today I had a chance to play with a few rounds.

So far, this is what it looks like.  I am still rtrying out colors and combinations.  There is also a round of yellow and blue patches, maybe sea green in there too.

Oh, and it is the Year of the Fire Rooster, if you were curious.