My mosaic world

Lady in the bathtub #2 and the orcas in the french doors was a fun piece to make.

2012-02-13T16:33:00.000-08:00

a couple more pieces

2012-02-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

a few more projects

2012-01-23T09:39:00.001-08:00

I have fallen in live with orange.

2012-01-23T04:53:00.001-08:00

Mondays

2012-01-23T04:05:00.000-08:00

Well Sunday was a productive day. I organized my craft room. I've been wanting to do it for so long. Now I can go in there and do something. Going to be 8 degrees celcius today. I'm going for a long walk. So looking forward to spring. Here is my room before and after.

Our new dog. Her name is Kayda.

2012-01-21T13:28:00.000-08:00

more mosaics

2012-01-21T12:52:00.000-08:00

2012-01-21T12:42:00.000-08:00

After making a few leaded and foil method stainglass I was left with small pieces of colored glass. I didn't have the heart to throw them out. So Jackie, my very first student ,now good friend gave me the idea to use them in a mosaic. Well... we are both hooked and I had students wanting to learn to make it as well. This one was the second one I made. It sold so I made another.

students

2012-01-21T12:04:00.001-08:00

My students and their beautiful works of art.

Beautifull native orcas

2012-01-21T11:56:00.001-08:00

This was my very first leaded piece. I enjoyed making these so much.
It was for a customer that collects native art. These are full size french doors
going into their bedroom. The photograph doesn't do it justice. The sparkle
is incredible.

I'm back

2012-01-21T11:49:00.000-08:00

I have fallen in live with glass. For a year I was able to work with glass full time. What a treat.

This lady in the tub is a well loved one. It sold. So I made another one in different colors. I will post it soon.

My new love, Stain Glass

2011-06-11T05:45:00.000-07:00

I've now doing and teaching stain glass full time. I am loving it so much.

I'm back,

2010-11-03T18:07:00.001-07:00

Well....here I go with a new kind of project.. stain glass. I'm in love. This was my very first piece. I have a laptop of my very own. It's great. So happy winter is here. Hoping for lots of snow. I'm gonna try to keep this up every day. I don't think I can write two years of things that happened here. I'll bore you all to death. Until tomorrow.

2008-04-29T06:27:00.000-07:00

These are my UFO's. I've had them for ten years at least. I never thought of posting them on the computer. They look so different. Nicer I guess. Now that I see them I want to finish them.

Spring is here. My trees are in bloom and beautiful. What a nice time of year.

2008-04-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

Well O.K. I decided maybe to check with the library. I looked through all my quilting magazines and they all say the same thing. I then checked out some of the library books and to add to my disappointement they had the same thing to say about applique.

So.....I then tried out the zig-zag method on my machine and it looked pretty good. ( please tell me otherwise, I want to learn) See picture

I'm always so afraid of trying some new technique, or something totally new.

When I started to paint I was so afraid. It took a friend from Indiana to buy me my first brushes and a canvas and paints for me to try it. Needless to say I fell in love with it. Even though I don't have a lot of time, I now know not to fear it.

I feel I'm so weird, but that's o.k. cause I'm not afraid of life. I'm getting to deep. Sorry Ha, Ha, ha

Maybe I was wanting an easier way.....

2008-04-20T13:31:00.001-07:00

I've started a new project(as I hand quilt the one I just finished) And I need some advice on applique. I tried using fusible web and not turning in the edges. Now will the edges fray? and once its glued on the quilt, can I just quilt each piece once it 's all put together.?

I'm not crazy about doing the zig zag along the edges. I really could use some help. I'll send pictures of what I'm doing to help with some answers. Thank you in advance. Nat

2008-04-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

WOW.... I finished it.

This was a fun quilt to make.

2008-04-18T05:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I am so happy. I spent most of the day yesterday sewing. And I just found out I have today too. The spray room is not too busy right now. It's nice to have a break. My kids are going to school and the house will be quiet. Only the sounds of a sewing machine.

Do quilting guilds normally run in the summer or do they take a break? I e-mailed ours here and nobody returned my message. I may try to call instead. The buds on the trees are beginning to burst and next week I'll be cuttin grass on my sweet John Deere Lawn mower.

Here is some of the work I've done on this baby quilt. It's for my sisters baby. Which by the way is going to be a boy, and his name is Ben.

And this is a picture of my happy place. So that means I need to stop writting now, to make the most of this day off. Nat

Beautiful spring

2008-04-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

Well... this weekend was gorgeous. It was 18Celcius and sunny. I spent three days on my John Deere, racking leave, ( that I was supose to do in the fall but too lazy) trimming plants and trees that needed it, picking up sticks and stones, it was the best weekend ever. I love being outside, so quilting is for the rainy days now. Here is my hand to prove it.

I've started on my sister's new baby quilt. I can't show a picture of it until I give it to her. Has to be a surprise. She's having a boy(#4) his name will be Ben. Very exciting.

It's my 40th Birthday today. I guess I need to change my profile. A friend of mine gave me a black hoody swirtshirt with the logo John Deere with little flowers. It's so nice. I'll put a picture of it.

Today I'm working on some chairs. A rocking chair and a kitchen chair. I stripped them and put a new finish on them. They are so nice I want to keep them for myself.You know the saying the shoe makers kids never have shoe. Well...goes for anything else. Everybody else has nice furnisher but me. I'm not complaining. I'm very happy with what we have.

2008-03-24T06:23:00.000-07:00

Well I have finally finished. It's not perfect but I love it. This is my first paper-piecing from Linda @paper-panache. How to add to it, I'm not sure does anyone have an idea. Very open.

I love to paint birds.

2008-03-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

2008-03-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

This is Brad cooking on an old wood stove. All winter we eat in the cabin that is located on our property. The cabin is over 200 years old. It used to sit up the river and was a trading post. The Indians and Pioneers would trade. Its a lot of fun. Everything just slows right down the minute you walk in.

2008-03-17T05:44:00.000-07:00

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone. Even though its a monday. I don't have any green to wear. I look terrible in green. I quilted most of the day yesterday. I can't wait to show everyone. It's a paper piece I bought from Linda at PaperPanache.

Had a wonderful visit with the kids this weekend. My daughter turned 19 so we all went to the Moose for her first drink. ( Ya...I know I'm just a little naive.)

Oh and this is one of Brad's hobbies. Our horse and sleigh rides in the winter. In the summer we have a doctors buggy. My husband loves the past.

2008-03-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

I bought a new rotary cutter. A fiskars. Hope its a good one. Today I'm cleaning house, paying bills and getting groceries. So I can sew all day tomorrow. I hope it will workout.

Here is one of my paintings.

2008-03-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

2008-03-13T15:52:00.000-07:00

This is what I mean with paper-piecing. You can create shadows and effects by using the right colors. Just like painting. This was my first paper-piecing.

2008-03-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

March 13/08. I started quilting when my teenagers were babies. It seemed I had so much more time then. So after 10 years I decided to get back at it. I've recently discovered paper-piecing and I love it. I also have been painting with acrylics. The two are very similar.

My 14 year old just had her appendix taken out. A memorable march break for her. My son James is home from Toronto for a few days. He's going to apprentice to become an electrician. He's 20 years old. My daughter Randee is in university to become an RN. Samantha is in Highschool and works 2 part-time jobs and my youngest Alex is your tipical 11 year old boy. Loves to play war, build forts and ride around on his minibike. He's a great kid.