Trying again

I’ve tried repeatedly to get a shot of this card that is true to life. This one, shot in daylight this morning, is closer to the true colors, but it doesn’t show the gleam of the fil d’or of the matrix stitching.

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For Gina

(As always, you can click on the images to enlarge them. And click again for even larger.)
This little 4 X 6 inch card was made for my long-time pen pal, Gina. She first wrote to me in 1998, after learning that I, too, was housebound and disabled. Gina became ill while she was a college [...]

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They’re in Paris!

After Flickr told me that the upload had failed yesterday, I find today that the picture was posted, without any commentary by me.
My grandson Caleb, his wife Lauryth, and her sister Sara are in Paris. Caleb is in a study abroad program, improving his language skills, while Lauryth and Sara are staying in an apartment [...]

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Noah saying goodbye

My son Pete brought grandson Noah for a visit on Sunday. Here’s Noah about to leave. We had a great time, which means I am in recovery.

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Particle physics

No stitching going on here for the past week. Unlike many of my fellow needleartists, I am unable to stitch every day. I tried it for a year and found that I missed doing other things. Since I can be active only five hours a day, which includes hygiene and meal preparation, I don’t have [...]

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Indian embroidery and wearable art

For over a dozen years, I have been buying clothes from Marketplace India a woman-owned catalog business selling clothes made and hand-embroidered by village women in India. You can see me in one of their outfits, dressed for my birthday celebration.

The company trains poor village women in the skills required to make the clothes. Thus, [...]

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Finished at last

Here’s the finished block, after 115 hours of stitching since April, not including the design process.

Try as I may, I could not get a picture that shows the gleam and play of light on the silks, golds, and pearls as the piece actually appears. Further down, you can click on the Flickr pictures for better [...]

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With a little help from my friends

For the corners of my block, Carole Samples has graciously given me permission to use some of her fan designs. I’ve chosen the ones shown in the corners of her block design on page 219 of Treasury of Crazyquilt Stitches. Here’s how I’ve used her designs. First, I copied the page and cut out [...]

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