Flowers Sing Refrain

Grand Finale

Alice Morrey Bailey

Last night the sky was filled with lyric sound.

Arpeggioed mountain scenes backdropped the stage.

Profundo claps electrified the ground

While ballerina flowers of tender age

Swayed upper left. A chorus line of trees

Swept in from right as silver-costumed rain

Danced in and out to Gypsy fiddle breeze.

One snowy peak, spot-lighted sang refrain.

Duets of rainbows arched from wing to wing

As rapier lightning dueled upstage and down.

A choir of rivers burst their throats to sing.

West-facing windows spangled all the town.

The prima donna sun took bows of light

Before the lowered curtain of the night.

This fabulous poem was my inspiration for the quilting. It feels like a dance to me and so I tried to make the quilted flowers dance. There is a lot of movement in the quilting and the poem. The fabric is all 1930's reproduction feed-sack prints. This one is for Kelli's gorgeous girl.

Happy Birthday Jamie

Here is the fabulous cake I made for Jamie's birthday. It's a cherry chip cake with cherry frosting (even though it's black). I made it to match the sticker on her truck. She is the self proclaimed president of the i.b.t.c. and don't ask my why that's lowercase. It's made with the barbie cake skirt mold. I tell you, that's the most useful cake pan i've ever had. It even makes Death Star's with just a little trimming. Fabulous.

Ariel the Mermaid

This is the second of four. Yippee. Here is the great thing about this Ariel quilt. It's actually for one of my children. Dahlia, as is commonly known, is a huge Ariel fan, so I made this Ariel quilt. I fussy cut those ariels and made the blocks, Jeanette helped decide on the orange to tie the navy and the lighter blue fabrics together by using the color of Ariel's hair. But here is the kicker, Dahlia likes the back better than the front. Of course. It's like giving the child a toy, and they play with the box. Still though, I really think it's fun and I like it and that's all that matters.

Variations on a Theme

Here is number one of the four quilts. Kira made the top, attached it to the back and batting and turned it inside out. I quilted the top for her. I didn't want it to look like Alexanders blanket so I tried to put these caterpillars and butterflies in a garden instead of in a tree. The thing about this is I have never deliberately hidden so many things in a quilt before, but there are seven hidden, or extra elements in this quilt. Quite a number actually (look for numbers). There are also extra words and a cute label. Happy Birthday Savannah (look for your name and initials).

Baby Bibs and Barbie Cakes?

Baby Bibs and Barbie Cakes?

Why are the last weeks of school so hectic? Maybe because it's over a hundred degrees and the kids are still in school in August. This week I have four quilts to finish and instead worked on a Barbie cake and a set of a dozen bibs, themed for the year. I made those as a thank you gift for Marcus' fabulous Kindergarten teacher. It's great to sew again. So now we have two weeks off before the next school year starts. Brace yourself.......it's time to sew.