Sunday, November 8, 2009

ETSY ADDITIONS

Seven new postage stamp art quilts are now available on Etsy.

SHIE PRINT

I sooooo love my Susan Shie Taurus print! I leaned up an old glass window pane in the studio and used magnets to hold the image beneath the glass.

THE FINALE

Very happy with the finished pieces and I hope the eventual recipients will feel the same.

Framed in blue.

Framed in green.

Framed in pink.

Framed in purple.

PECK TAKES IN ARTWALK & OCTOBERFEST

My sweet little birdie keeping watch over the goods at October's ArtWalk. We were in Fabrics Galore and the streets were packed with people, live music, pumpkin decorating, and the ring-a-ling of bells adorning horses giving hay rides.

We carved pumpkins to illuminate the square in front of the downtown courthouse.

A grinning ghoul.

A happy trio.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

MOCK PIE STUDIO'S NEW WEBSITE

Mock Pie Studio FINALLY has a website at mockpiestudio.com! Happy day! Please take a moment to view it and let me know what you think!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

GRANDMOTHER'S FLOWER GARDEN

In the summer of 2007 we stayed with Ryan's parents while we were waiting to move into our house.


All my studio supplies were packed in storage and I figured I could handle a summer without sewing, but that only lasted about a week and a half!


I headed off to the fabric store and decided to make a hand pieced grandmother's flower garden. I chose colors for the quilt that I was planning to paint in the house: green dining room, yellow tv room, orange library, and white molding.


I finished all the piecing that summer and this year, I hand quilted it. It will shortly adorn the wall in the tv room.


They say that a great quilter can quilt something like 12 stitches to the inch. Pish Posh! My stitches are big 'n chunky and I love them! What do you think?

APPLE-MANIA

It's that time of year again...I'm in an apple pie frenzy! Pie! Pie! Pie!


Midgie looking at me asking, "Whatcha' doin' now, Ma?"


I'm busy making pie...until I die! Kidding. But making 36 pies is A LOT of work. It's the thought of having delicious pie available whenever I want it during the next year that keeps me trucking. I've already made 24, so only 12 more to go!

NEARING THE FINISH LINE

Farmer Gram's little quilts are all hand quilted...


bound with yarn and thread...


signed...


...and will shortly be mounted to canvas for hanging.


In the spirit of reusing clothing, I cut this material from dresses that I have either outgrown or no longer wear and added it to my fabric stash.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

OLDIE BUT GOODIE

Happy Birthday, Dad! You're an oldie, but goodie!


THE HILLS OF HOME

Beautiful.


Peaceful.


Home.

Come home soon, Jimmy. I love you!