I am back after two wonderful weeks in Seattle for Christmas with family. I love driving across the empty, snowy landscape. It is always beautiful and reminds me of a quilt thrown across the hills like a freshly made bed. I am home and eager to quilt, but must first clear and clean the house, write thank you notes and compose my annual letter. January promises to be a very busy month.
My Christmas gifts included a set of 36 Derwent's Inktense pencils, which I have been dreaming of for months. See
Sherry Rogers-Harrison's website, which features some of her quilts on her Home page. She does gorgeous quilting and then "paints" the designs with these pencils. I am intrigued and can't wait to get started.
My other quilting-related acquisition is a design that my 15 year old granddaughter drew to decorate her father's iPad. It is a stunning phoenix surrounded by zentangle-type patterns that will translate well into patchwork and quilting. This very talented, young artist gave me permission to use it, and I have already translated it into quilt language. I am eager to start, but have a lot of work to finish my current WIP. Sometimes it is hard to be patient, but I find that creative ideas and sewing solutions present themselves better if I give them time to percolate through my brain.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. I wish you lots of quilting fun.
Sounds like interesting projects ahead. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteOh! Can't wait yo see your granddaughters pattern come to life. Sounds so cool and what a cool grandmother you will be to bring it to life:-) I just bought my first inktense pencils and after admiring them for a month just started playing with them the other day. I love them!
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