Wind and Wild Waves

Recently there have been days with the wind blowing at speeds exceeding 30 miles per hour. Consequently, we get wild waves rolling from far out in the lake to shore.

I term these days as exuberant!

Early in the morning I saw mainly greens and purples in the water. All my observations throughout the day are featured in the lake piece created that day. This is the first one I've portrayed the wave puddles on the beach. Most of them are temporary, sinking quickly into the sand.

Lake #39

#39 c0nstruction

Foggy Lake

There had been a number of foggy mornings about a week ago when this lake piece was created. Around noon the sun breaks through to burn the fog off the lake. I love the point where the sun begins to highlight the crest of the waves and colors appear where all had been gray.

Lake #38 - 13"x 11 1/2"

# 38 construction

Playing With Diane

My young artist friend who is also my niece-in-law, Diane Durand, was here last week with her family. Her project in Studio North was to finish the quilt she had previously pieced for her second daughter who's expected to arrive in January.
Diane had doodled a number of quilting patterns on a note pad. You may be able to see these quilting designs if you click on the photos below.
She had pieced the back. The quilt is a bit larger than the 45" width of the main blue fabric. By cutting a diamond from a different fabric and then strip piecing the scraps left from the front of the quilt for a 1 1/2" wide inner border, there was plenty of fabric for the corner areas. It's become a two sided quilt.
As Diane was piecing and trimming I was assembling another Lake piece. I was working at the same table she rotary cut pieces to size. Many of her scraps ended up in this piece.

Lake #37 construction

The lake was very much like this on that day. I especially liked the violet scraps (orts) and threads from Diane's project.

Lake #37 - 13"x 12"

To see more and read about Diane's work go here. She has posted about her making the quilt top for Lucy, about the wedding present quilt * from me, as well as about her creations in my studio * several summers ago while on vacation.

* clickable to see my original posts

Storms on the Lake

There have been a lot storms out over the lake this past week. High winds have kicked up white caps and big waves. That weather has been my influence for this piece.

Lake #36 - 13"x 12.5"

Once again, I forgot to take a photo before machine quilting it. I remembered mid-way through the lake section. The definition of the quilting patterns always amazes me.

Lake #39 construction

This one along with eight other pieces in this series was delivered to Good Good's gallery this afternoon. That's another thing that amazes me ... having my work in a gallery ... YIPPEE!!!

Just Playing

The piece of "Ortwork" that I put together yesterday with the girls ended up as a border.

In the Garden - 13"x13"

While I was having a reflexology treatment in the afternoon, it came to me that what I had created that morning would be best cut up and made into a border for something else ... flowers. I came home and painted a zebra printed cotton flannel. I was going for roses and cut and layered lots of petals. The print was too small to differentiate multiple petals .... soooooo chenille yarn was machine couched in spirals to make fanciful posies.

The outside edge is curved because too much would be lost by squaring the piece. I'm not sure if I'll keep it as is, or mess with it further in the future.

My four young artist friends quilted their pieces today. The girls selected beads to sew on their quilts this evening and tomorrow morning. They are pleased and excited by their accomplishments. Especially the two who have never previously touched a sewing machine.