Art Gallery Show

Having a dead monitor throws a wrench into things! I finally found out what was wrong
yesterday when I took the computer into the repair shop. Now I have a shiny new monitor that makes everything look stretched out sideways, don't know if I like that very much. Oh well, I just hope it's the last of the nasty financial "surprises" that have been trying to suck the life out of me. Onward and upward! I refuse to be
a victim of these gremlins.

In 2001, my friend, Donna and I had a display in a local art gallery, the quilts were there for a month. It was a lot of fun, I'd like to be able to do that again someday.

Cats

I made this little Christmas quilt for my friend, Donna for a gift one year.
I didn't have enough green buttons for eyes for all the cats. Too bad because the green buttons look better than the black ones. I've been kicking myself ever since!

I don't remember if it ever had a name

This quilt is finished now, but at the time this pic was taken, it was being hand quilted. That's me on the left and Elsie Joy Lytle on the right. We were out camping, i take my quilting everywhere, lol!
Some of the block in the quilt were made by Susan Getchell, we were in a block exchange one time.

Snowmen

This is a terrible picture because it was printed from the computer on regular paper.
I don't have any other pictures of it. The real colours in the quilt were quite bright and bold.
I made this little wall quilt for a friend who was moving from South Africa to Fort MacMurray or is it McMurray? My mind went blank. Anyway, it was going to be such a huge change for her, living in a cooler climate, I thought I'd make some snowmen for her to welcome her to Canada.

potholder

I needed something else to add to a birthday gift I was going to give to a friend yesterday. I dug around in my orphaned blocks and found this cupcake block. I sewed a border around it and made it into a potholder.
Sometimes I start a quilt and get tired of making blocks, or I want to try out a certain pattern, but don't wan't to continue making an entire project out of it. I just chuck these things into my block box and eventually they get turned into something else, like a table runner, potholder or incorporated into a quilt.
Nothing goes to waste.

Music

My sister, Linda Huntrods also entered the fabric store challenge with the theme "What Inspires".
Her inspiration was a 1939 painting by Henri Matisse, titled "Music". I included a picture of Linda's quilt and a picture of the painting.
Linda's quilt was published in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine in the January/February issue, 2004. A woman saw the quilt in the magazine and liked it so much that she made a version of it called "The Cellist". She sent a letter to Linda, thanking her for the inspiration and her quilt was published in QNM. Quite the chain of events!

Femme A La Fesille

I entered a quilt challenge at a local fabric store. The theme was "What Inspires".
Two leaf print fabrics had to be purchased and used in the quilt. What inpires me is the work of Picasso, so I made a version in fabric of his painting "Femme A La Fesille". I didn't copy it exactly, but used the painting for a guideline. I've included a picture of the painting and my quilt for comparison.
When I had my fabric store, I had this quilt on the wall. A customer came in and said "That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!" LOL! Either you love abstract art or you hate it, each person is entitled to their own opinion :)