Spring in Vermont
Marco's (age 8) first camera and first day of pictures! He's got an eye.
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Sunrise at the Trapp Family Lodge Vermont
Sunrise April 20, 2008 through an apple tree at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. Cello and I had a spontaneous overnight stay for our 14th anniversary. My folks were watching the kids for spring break and we had a brief window of opportunity. I highly recommend the Trapp Family Lodge. Good food, friendly quality service, comfortable lodging.
Mt. Mansfield Night 1
First in the Vermont Landscape series. I will be aiming for a sunset scene next.
Mountain Landscape for Jericho Elementary School Mud Season Auction
This is a quilt I made in a class with Karen Eckmeier on "Accidental Landscapes". I can't drive down the road anywhere now without seeing landscape elements. I highly recommend Karen as a teacher and her landscape and "Happy Village" techniques. Her books are also very easy to follow. As you can see in the Sunbonnet Sue Season quilt, the landscape bug is injecting itself into much of my work. I donated this quilt to our Jericho Elementary School Mud Season Auction. It sold for $95! The overall auction raised over $11,000 for our playground renovation fund.
Mt Mansfield, VT Landscape at Night - In Progress
I searched and searched for fabric that looked like the mountain at sunset in the pictures in the previous posting. Now I know why people dye their own fabrics! I than got distracted with a view of Mt. Mansfield at night. The covered bridge is in Mills River Park in Jericho-Underhill. I still need to add top-stitching, beading, borders, and quilting, but the general outline is coming along nicely.
Inspiration for a Vermont Landscape Quilt Series
View of Mount Mansfield from my backyard in Jericho, VT. I can't begin to describe how beautiful this view is at sunset. I haven't been able to truly capture the light properly to do justice to it. I've also been desperately looking for fabric that gives some semblance of these shades. I've begun to think about things like dying my own fabrics. Help!! Another quilting slippery slope... I have started my first quilt in what will probably become a series.
Details of Sunbonnet Sue Embellishments
Here is a closer look at the beading done on my Sunbonnet Sue. I wish my photography skills were as important to me as my sewing.