A Month has past

Well lots has happened- travels mostly and a bad cold. From the travels there are photos that inspire. There are a couple I want to share with you. We went to Virginia to visit my son and his wife and several shots came back either from the Nikon 35mm or from the digital camera (it surprises every time how good pictures come out). The first one I call Vineyard Trellis and was taken at the Hillsborough Vineyard where my son and his wife were married in 9/2004. It talks to me to reproduce it in fabric yet creatively I am still pondering the color of the timbers in the trellis or the shadows in the gravel. The second shot was taken of an old barn door- that could be re-produced in different shades to exemplify the old decay wood. This needs fabric that is dyed to show the old stains. There is a whole series of barn and silo shots as well. Then there is the pile of locust wood which in my head I see in black with dotted thin lines and orange for the centers with tourquoise shades as the contrast. There are several shots of the wood pile that could be appliqued in my own drawing and then enlarged on to larger back ground sheets of paper. The wood pile is interesting to me since it has different lighting and bark textures that could be expressed in fabric.

In the between all of that I started a twin bed quilt for my nephew Tommy who started college. Not done -- in progress. Then in this last week I was completely flattened by laryngitis and a full chest cold. It has taken till now to feel human again. Of course to add salt to the wound the air conditioning went out and it has been difficult to even enter my sewing room in this heat. The repair man is due tomorrow. I have post cards to make, a Journal quilt for August is due and now there are a couple of quilt art pieces (described above) that are pushing at the brain.

There is one shot of the rear end of my son's new puppy Jelli- which I would like to re-create as a pair to the other Blue Baby's Bottom. I havent come up with a good name but it will be similar -- maybe in another color family. Let me know if you have any ideas.

I hope you enjoy my photography. Some new pieces should be out this week.
Happy Summer!
Jeanne