January 29, 2011, Barb's Creative Non-breakable Frames for RV's

January 29, 2012....My Idaho sister-in-law, ever the creative one, is decorating a new Recreational Vehicle that she and my brother have recently purchased.

She wanted to make it just like home with family pictures in it.  However, she was afraid an ordinary glass frame might fall and break.  So here is the new frame on the refrigerator of their new RV -- made with a beautiful fabric. (And notice the beautiful babies.) You can get a better view by clicking on the picture to enlarge:

January 28, 2012: Assembling Julie's Quilt

January 28, 2012....My daughter is assembling the squares in a quilt that she is making for her daughter. The picture can't capture the deep richness of the colors or the complexity of putting the squares together:

January 11, 2012....Crocheted and Quilted Flower Basket

January 11, 2012....My daughter won this beautiful crocheted and quilted flower basket at an Alzheimer's fund-raising quilt auction:


This is what the artist wrote: 

Width: 10" Length: 8"

Designer: Original design

Materials/Techniques: This was a dresser scarf that I re-made into a quilt. It has a lovely and colorful three-dimensional thread crocheted appliqué, machine quilting, a batik piping and a batik backing and binding.

Artist Statement: This quilt is made from an estate sale find - someone worked very hard to make a dresser scarf and I wanted to give it a new life as a Priority Quilt. The workmanship in the thread crocheting is beautiful and deserved to be seen again!

Dedication: To my Dad, who we lost to Alzheimer's on December 14, 2010.