Cold Feet Quilter

We had a terrific wind storm this weekend. Thursday night there >90MPH winds. I got up at

3 a.m. because the frame for the swing was walking around on the deck above our bedroom, &

making a lot of noise. At about 4, the power went out, & by 5:30 it was starting to get cold in the house. We have a gas furnace, but the thermostat runs on electricity, so the heat was off too. I bundled up & went out into the storm to bring in some wood for a fire. Just filling the wheelbarrow full of wood warmed me right up. Pulling it to the back door & carrying in upstairs warmed me even more. I got a good fire going & sat & studied ( I have to renew my Pediatric Advanced Life Support tomorrow), by oil lamp until the power came back up around 9.

Hope stopped by for a fitting of her Irish Dance dress. It fits well, but I need to tweak the batting in the back. It needs to be a little wider. It's getting there!
After all the studying, I worked most of the day in the studio on stuff for my ABC's of Embellishment class that will be coming up on Friday. This is Angelina fibers over a rubber stamp. Doesn't look like much does it, but will be lovely when added to an art piece later.

I also spent some time playing with embossing powder & foils. Above are bits of embossing powder & the 2 on the upper right are clear Embossing powder mixed with bits of foil. They look almost jewel like in person.

Above is Alene's It's OK to Wash It glue (my favorite) stamped on to my fabric that had been bleach discharged, & sprinkled with copper embossing powder.

This is Liqui-Fuse stamped on & foiled.

This one is Liqui-fuse & a flake foil that is used for paper making.

Here I needle felted some of the Angelina Flash fibers into wool on silk.

I also got into carving a bunch of rubber stamps to use. I made most of them 2 sided.

I used walnut ink on paper so I could see how they turned out.

I'm pretty pleased with the results. It'll be nice to have my own designs on my fabrics.

Here I used one of them on black & foiled it. I sprinkled it with some glittery stuff & a few bits of Angelina, then cover it with black Tulle, & Stitched it all down. It's about an 8 inch square piece.

I got a bunch of small samples done for the class. It's only got a few students signed up so far, & frankly I like it that way for now. It takes some of the pressure off, since this is a new class, & it always gets better with time. I don't want my students to feel cheated. I want them to have FUN!

PS please say a prayer for my friend Ilene today. She getting a new valve put into her heart!