Is it over…?

Well I guess summer is over and I enjoyed it.  I didn’t go on a big vacation anywhere.  I stay close to home and we enjoyed some mini weekend trips.   We found  there was lots of things to do right in our own back yard.  We took the boys to the  zoo, the aquarium, lots of festivals and the Nature Center.   My goal was to stay within 150 mile radius.   We did that.   It was educational and we had lots of fun too. We didn’t make it to the water park this year.  The boys enjoyed lots of water fights  in the the back yard !  The bonus was – savings ($) and we were not drained like you can  sometimes be when you return from a long trip.   I worked on lots of projects by staying home…added bonus for me.  Now, with  school back in and the evenings turning cooler, my  mind immediately switchs to Autumn.  The quilt in the picture is the result.  This piece could be  a  nice memory/art quilt to add your own touchs with pins, mementos, photos, etc.  I  used Autumn colors  for this piece – thus came the name Autumn Jewels.  This quilt is for sale in my Etsy shop www.rainstudio.etsy.com . Over the summer most of my exploration projects were color studies using strips of fabrics.  I’ll be posting some of those pieces in the coming weeks.  Well I’m off to check on a piece I’ve got out back.  I hope it hasn’t blown away…exhale.

Studio

 My studio is a mess since I have decide to let things go for now.  I will start packing some of my things.  I’ll pack just the items I won’t need for awhile, I think.  That will tidy things up a bit.  I like the idea of moving to another house and I hated it too.  It gives you a fresh start with decorating and organizing.  But it is definitely work and I would much rather be creating my quilts and stuff.  I need to re-stock my Etsy shop.  I do have some definite plans in the works for some changes.  I will most likely proceed with them sometime this summer.  There will be quite a few nice surprises.  I’ll be updating here later on this spring.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams”                    -Eleanor Roosevelt-

Sunflower

This sunflower is the second picture I did on peltex.  I love sunflowers. They show up in lots of my work.
I usually try to keep these cards around 4″x 6″ in size.  I really enjoyed doing both these cards.  I’m still on track with my goals and I have been creating several fiber post cards a day.  I need to start my journal quilt for this month.  I don’t have any idea what I want to do for this month. Some pictures of my journal quilt projects are coming soon.  Wola!  Pictures you say.  It’s about time!