Parts ready for a new quilt and daily project update

My " Sixty five days to 65" quilt is now quilted and the facings done, still have to do the label and hanging sleeve. The finished size is 48" wide by 36" long.



I started the "65" quilt with 35 coordinated fat quarters that I had dyed quite awhile ago. I've used the leftovers to make parts for another quilt.



I'll assemble the parts into 12" x 15" blocks and then get those sewn together.

Here's #12 thru #17 of the current daily project.

More birthday gifts!

Yesterday my friends Lisa Flowers Ross and Kathleen Probst drove out to visit, have lunch and see my studios. My friend Barb Huck also joined us and we had a delightful afternoon, talking, sharing, eating and talking some more. Lisa and Kathleen each made a piece of artwork for me and they both included circles.

This is Lisa's piece, she stamped the background fabric with the roman numerals for 65. I've hung this one in my office.



This is Kathleen's piece with the aqua and lime color combo I love. This one is hanging near the dining room table.



If you get Quilting Arts magazine, in the current issue you can see a fun piece that Barb made for the "Time Flies" challenge. Hers was one of the eight that were published.

It's great having such talented, creative friends.

Daily project update and a quick book review

Here's the six squares I've done since my last post.



That's about all I've gotten done this week, it was a week of several unplanned time suckers popping up. Like new tires at Costco and Costco is 50 miles away and it involved two trips. Nothing bad, just not how I had hoped to spend my week.

After I finally got home from my second tire trip there was a surprise package in the mail. I received a copy of Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World a new release from Lark Crafts, written by Martha Sielman.



This book is a feast for the eyes. There are not only theme galleries of pictures, there are many in depth artist profiles. I went straight to the Tree themed gallery since that's my latest obsession and was not disappointed. Wonderful quilts of trees and not a one that looks like anything I would do. I've not had time to actually read any of the artist profiles and am hoping to get some reading time in tonight. I have gone thru and looked at the wonderful pictures and came across some artist's that I'm not familiar with, so I'm looking forward to spending some quality time reading.