Work in progress

This week I worked on another piece- Ghost in the Tempest" This has been working on my mind for the last couple of weeks. There is additional embellishment work to be done to make it look more crystalline and snowy. It will be added to my website. It takes time for the inspiration to work up into an actual piece.
This week I enrolled in two classes with Quilt University- Perfect Pineapples and Journal Quilts. The second one works the creative juices in small works. They both started today and have 4 classes - one each week. In addition there was another class offered in March that uses fabric with interesting prints to create "Structural Fibers" -- again this uses more creativity with existing printed fabrics into interesting artistic formats. Check out their classes - they have various different classes offered. In April there is a further quilting class where a lovely wall hanging in soft green batiks will be appliqued into leaf shapes of different sizes.
So all this should get the motor running and active again.
What a joy to see a work space in my room after I cleared out some of the clutter last week.
No matter what time of year- spring cleaning is always necessary.

Jeanne
Pleasant Valley NY

Ghost in the Tempest

 

New web site

Today is the day! My new website is open and this a new beginning. I want to thank Gloria Hansen for all her help since we were able to work together so well. She connected the web site to this blog. In addition I have opened a photo album with Webshots- http://community.webshots.com/user/joberr124 to display my recent works both in quilting and in knitting which has recently captivated my attention. Knitting socks can be an addiction. There are two more projects for quilting (stormy skies with a ghostly tree) and a bird. which still is in progress. Inspiration runs differently now that I am retired.
This past weekend was spent organizing and cleaning up my sewing room. What a pleasure to find the floor. It makes more conducive to work in here. I moved out maybe 7 buckets of fabric and moved them downstairs to a rack of shelves (that's on roller wheels). This way my room now has only the active work at hand.

My hope is that this web site brings new customers and business for my retired life-- to begin again.
My new website is called www.jeanneoberrieth.com
Go and visit.
Jeanne

Latest quilt work

So this little piece has been on the table waiting for the finishing touches. It still needs a back and finishing edge. I have two options - one is to make an envelope with the backing face to face with the front. Then turn it inside out. Once the backing is on- then I was thinking about adding a zig zag thin stripe in a very light blue or metallic one inch inside the edge- as if it were a window. The second way is to add the backing - traditional way and then apply a simple binding using the blue background to three sides and purple to the bottom. This binding has to be very thin. Then the same zig zag stripe in light blue could be applied. This quilt measures 20" x 29" and is made by applique in dyed cotton and batik.
Yesterday it snowed heavily and I spent the day inside knitting. This morning the sun is very bright on the white snow. I have this sunny day to quilt and finish projects I had started. There are two more in the works.

The Parade