Blocks 48, 49, 50, 51

Blocks 45, 46, 47

About all I can say about Thanksgiving. Magic marker and varigated thread


Using batik fabric and triangles


Butterfly novelty fabric. Thread painting with metalic thread

another 'not a journal block'

A quilted pillow, "Healing Hands", I made for a friend who has a passion for healing. I sketched the hands with a fine tip purple marker on mottled light yellow fabric. I used oil pastels to enhance the 'light' around the hands. Then added the border and quilted.

Quilted wall hanging and quilted pillows

Not a journal block but what I have been working on instead of journal blocks. The pillow tops are batik's and unwaled corduroy.Sandwiched using cotton batting and backed with muslin. The wall hanging depicting pine trees are one seam prarie points with the idea of sun shining from behind, entitled "Standing Tall",

Journal block 45 in 2009

This is my home made extension sewing table, we made it from a piece of Plexiglas we have had laying around for years, the legs are made from PVC connectors, I cut circles from a rubber jar opener and glued them to each end so it would not slide.

More free motion, I'm trying to get more control with speed and movement of the material, thinking out what you want to do is probably key, I didn't and encountered several problems. Also itsy bitsy details seem harder to accomplish than medium size. All I knew when I started this was I wanted to try pumpkins, vines and leaves. Hopefully with practice I will improve, regardless I am having loads of fun.