Sun printing

For years I have loved to sun print, The first year I used a paint but since then I have used an MX dye recipe and I love to do it.

I started out this year like the 2nd or 3rd sunny day that was just a titch above cool. Some of those prints can be seen in the piece 'Joy' I have blogged about ( joy 1 and 2 are patiently waiting for the cold months to be embelished).

After that I passed into a flare and have only recently come to the surface for air. I am back on the morphine with very mixed emotions. To work or not to work, that is the question. And actually it is more a to live or not to live kinda thing.

Now I am abel to enjoy a small slice of a life with just a side order of helplessness.

Here is Ny we dont get a lot of sunny stretches but at the end of this summer we had a wonderful stretch of like 10 days. My summer gift from God (one of).

So I sunprinted, alot . My daughter joined me one day, she had a cool balloon full of dye idea. We took pictures of her at the end of our day.

I did some sun prints of flowers along with my leaves. They turned out great and I figured out a way to get some good detail. I have a 1/2 ton of them that will go up on etsy.

Baltimore

I went this week to Baltimore MD. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike large cities (really, anything bigger than say, Ithica) ?
My cousin, who is very much a sister and friend, and I went and picked up her husband from the hospital. I was prepared to stay a week but it turns out they had discharged him. He has ( or is in??) heart failure. His heart does something like 25% of what it should.

They took him off the transplant list, smiled and sent him on his way. I guess he isn't prepared to make the changes in his life that will ensure his continuation. They will not give you a heart you won't take care of, understandably.
I love him, surely I do, I pray (please join me) for his salvation.

He has 4 children that I absolutely adore, children I would and will do my best to protect. And I am very angry at him, couldn't he just give those kids 10 more years? Or do his best to try? My mind says JERK!, my heart says I am sorry he is sick.
And his wife, my cousin? The best I can do is pray, and pray I do. Sometimes love doesn't seem like enough.

Commision quilt

I was able to give the commission quilt to Barb today.

She was pleased with it and thought the recipient will be pleased as well.

It is such a blessing to see someones appreciation for your work, to see how it directly effects others is so cool!

I AM SO GLAD SHE LIKES IT!!!

It so made my day, my week! Barb is a fantastic woman of God and I am glad I know her.

Etsy sale

The children need to eat and the cars need inspecting and registering, not to mention I think our new pup Walter may actually be dating the vet tech ( after new pup visit, deworming, neutering, heart worm, and last week he needed 4 staples in a huge deep gash in his knee ). What does all this add up to you ask? It adds up to an opportunity for YOU!

A 25 % off sale at my etsy store!

Http://fortheloveofcolor.etsy.com

That is 25% off everything in my store, no exceptions, no limits. OK, well no discount on shipping but I can't strong arm the shipping guy.
Hopefully It will fund and generate a whole slew of new items in the store. Unless Walter needs braces :o)

Machine quilting table- take 2

Well, the pool noodles worked, and for 2 dollars you can't beat the price. They did a lot of drooping and were harder to control because of that. All in all not a bad solution,definitely within my price range but I do think next time I am going to try some PVC with some q-snaps. I think that will add stability without a lot of weight. I do like to control the motion of the quilt sandwich side to side and up and down. something that is easily done with a small piece.