Baby Confetti

This is the top for the baby quilt I have prepared for the 40 Service Quilt Project. The
quilt will be donated to the Children's Home in Bethesda Maryland. The outer border is slightly larger so that it can be wrapped around to the back and thereby become the binding. The batting should be cut maybe a half inch smaller than the top. I have fabric for the backing and alkong with the top, it should go out this week. The pattern came from a book called "Tried and True -New Quilts from Favorite Blocks" the actual pattern is called "Nine Patch Nuance" by Lynn Ahlers. 

New year starting

Well this year started with a visit to the oncologist in NYC and he agreed that I had 2 little spots of melanoma on my right foot. (same place as before) These last 2 weeks have been tense and frightening. The PET scan and cat scans were done this past Monday and on Thursday my doctor called to tell me they came out negative. Great news for the start of 2007!!! That means those 2 little spots will either be cut out (same day surgery) or there will be a therapy using a serum prepared from the antibodies in my own blood- immunotherapy. It is much easier and there are no side effects because they use your own blood. It has a good success ratio.

So now I can look forward to starting a new job and waiting for my son and his wife to have their first baby- I'll be a grandmother!!! This year should be a great year.

The pictures I added were taken on the second day I went to the city and it was a glorious sunny crisp day. I was using my new camera Nikon D40 digital SLR and it worked perfectly. As you may have noticed from the past- my photography is a part of me and has been for many years. This camera finally brings me up to the present digital camera standard and of course after shopping around this was the best buy for money. It is not hard to use since it has several automatic features. My prior camera was also a Nikon SLR but it used film.

At present I am sewing a baby quilt for a donation for a Childrens Home in Maryland. My art quilt work is in between things looking for a new inspiration. Maybe these NYC photos would help. There was a 12x12x12 portfolio challenge which I sent in 1-12-2007. There is always something.

NYC streets- near Lexington and 53rd street

"Relections" 

NYC streets- off Lexington-- Reflections

 

NYC streets- near Grand Central Station

 

NYC streets- Chrysler building

This was recently done in January 2007 with my new camera Nikon D40- digital SLR. This gives me ideas for another piece. I have a few pictures taken that day- more to follow 

Detail photo - Fall Tree January 2007 12x12x12 challenge

 

Vanderbilt photo for 12x12x12 challenge

Since the theme of my challenge is Photo vs Textile Art , I believe these next two pictures are of some value. I was at the Vanderbilt Mansion in the late fall with a photography group. This comes from my Nikon camera FM2 which uses regular film. In this age of digital cameras, it's odd that I still use a regular SLR camera but it has been with me for more that 20 yrs on many vacations and field trips. My photography is as much my art work as the textile work is which is where the idea for this challenge comes from. As textile artists we should utilize the camera for those special moments and creative ideas. 

Detail photo of Fall Tree- 12x12x12 Challenge January 2007

 

12 x 12 x 12 Challenge January 2007

Fall Tree is my first submission to the 12 x 12 x 12 challenge. It was based on some photographs taken at the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park NY. In addition another smaller version of this piece was done as postcards last year. Let me know what you think.