Back From China

Wow what a trip. Nine cities and 21 days in China. Quite the experience. 7000 years of history and inovation....hard to imagine. I'm going to take you through the trip a little at a time...wouldn't want to freak out those who know me ;0). We spent the first day traveling to China from Chicago. It took about 15 hours. I got some cool shots going across the Bearing Strait. There was a 12 hour time diference from Ohio to Hong Kong. Must say I was quite impressed with the international flight. Movies were in play the whole trip and food and drink was pleantiful...The first few days were spent in Hong Kong independent district. I had already gotten money through AAA so I got to play banker for the first day. The days were foggy and humid. The clouds often floating at the tops of the tall skyscrappers. This first picture, the glass one is on the back of some of the money in Hong Kong..It is by architect I.M. Pei. He is the one who designed the pyramid at the Louvre' and the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame pyramid in Cleveland. The is one of the financial buildings in downtown Hong Kong. The other is the city tourist logo with the city skyline and dragon at the end. Passed it in the airport on the way in.

Inner Artist Project

So our guild Inner Artist Project was to take our exchange fabric from Christmas and create a wall hanging with it. I took the three; asian, green and purple and added the black. All said and done not too bad. Gave it to the guild to sell in their boutique at the guild show in May.

3Creative studios block of the month #6

this should go well with the BOM from last month. Next gotta get to work finishing the Inner artist project for guild Tuesday....wouldn't want to get done too far in advance ;0)

3 Creative Studios Technique of the Month-Feb

So I finally got a change to play with my fabric paints. I found 3 FQ of this pastel pink, yellow and green that I'm not sure how it got into the stash...Proceeded to wet it down and paint it up. The darker blue is Zim blue/ Jacquard Periwinkle/ metalic bronze; the lighter blue is Zim light blue/ pearl violet and metalic bronze; green is Zim Green/ Jacquard yellow/ met russet.

I turned the lighter blue into the tool carry all

3 Studios Challenge is done.

Well here we are, just put the finishing touches on this. May need to finish some more...we'll see. The theme of the challenge was "puzzle" I figured the convergence quilt was a good puzzle. Things blending and mingling. Reminicent of family and people converging and blending in puzzle like formation. The cranes flying overhead seperate yet in still in the picture. The flowers add a soft touch to the picture..kinda like how nature softens the edges of our structured lives by reminding us of the beauty that's out there. Enjoy.

I'm so excited

I am so excited. I just won the 3 Creative Studios Block of the month prize package. It's the bomb!! It includes a package of Misty Fuse, Art + QUilt by Lyric Kinard, package of hand dyed by Vicki Walsh, art print and hand knit clutch by Terri Stegmiller, fray check and a spool of wonderfil thread.....I'm just tickled....it's better than getting a bunch of birthday squishies in the mail. Now I'm so jazzed I'll have to get the next block done at retreat this weekend...woooohooo. Everyone should come join the fun. See appropriate links on this page. On another note we have off school today because of another 7 inches of snow. I warned people that February would kick our collective butt and it is surly doing a good job of it. Will post snow dying photos after I do lesson plans for school....(thank God for the extra snow day so I can formally put those plans to paper );0)

Maria Elkins Class

Yesterday had class with Maria Elkins,

really cool.

Learned this cool new technique and I think with some more time and tweekage this could really be cool. Great for Chirstmas maybe. Right now I've got snow all ready to go in totes for snow dying..more on that in the next few days.