Cold Feet Quilter

I made this sign about 2 years ago, for our back driveway address. Warren finally put in the post & mounted it on a backboard, & put it out this last week. I felt the black numbers were too dark though, so I went out there this morning with my copper paint & messed around on it a bit. I started with the #1 on the right, painting it solid, bu I think I might actually like it better like the 5 is, just dry brushed, so I'll let it dry, & sand it down, & play with it more later.
I noticed this old stump while I was out there. I love dead old stumps. They have interesting shapes & textures.

I thought this part was interesting.

I liked the fine moss at the base too.

I discovered several fiddle head ferns around it too. I think I may go out tomorrow & pick a bunch for our supper. We're having company over, 2 of the RT girls from Warren's department. It might be fun to have fiddleheads with our Alaskan meal. We're having Red salmon on the grill, & Double Muskey Jalapeno' rolls..

When I got done playing around outside, I went down to my studio & got some work done that I've been putting off for about 3 years now. I have a large quilt mounted, ready to get quilted on Lily, but I'm waiting for a shipment of thread for it, so I decided to finally make the curtains for under the sink in the kitchen. I had intended to use a completely different fabric, but when I started auditioning the fabrics, this was what won. It's an upholstery fabric, with some weight & sheen to it. The color went better with the dishwasher & refrigerator than the other fabric I'd bought for this purpose.

The dark red bands are a cotton batik from Holland. I don't think I ever showed a picture of the fridge, once we got the door panels on.

There's my new red coffee pot too. I love it.

I think I figured out what my hand-work project will be this summer. I got this very fragile old beaded silk from Ebay several years ago.

It's most of an old dress I think. The hand beading is amazing on it.

I've decided to arrange it on this piece of orange-pink batik cotton, & stitch it down by tacking the beads in place (no, not every single bead, but a lot of them). Then I am going to layer a piece of tulle over it, & hand quilt it into a quilt. It's heavy enough, I may eventually mount it on to a canvas frame, I'm not sure yet. I'll see when I get there.

It looks like I had a visitor on my deck some time today. I was in the studio, so didn't hear it.

I would say it was a baby bear though, as Mama bears have feet quite a bit bigger than mine.

Last night I had a moose staring at me through the studio window, while I was putting the quilt on the frame. That's Life in the wild kingdom!

I found a cryptoquote I've kept for a long time. Some day it'll be made into a quilt.

"A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Ain't that the truth!