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I found this site based on a post on Bonnie Hunter's Facebook Open Studio. I especially love the patterns (several are free) and the tutorials.  If you have issues with paper piecing .... avert your eyes. 


There are bunnies and bunnies are always a good thing.  Enjoy.

From the Missing Diva

I am so happy to see some posts on the Basement Diva blog. I have missed just about everything since Lori's move and I really miss seeing everyone. I had hoped that I could kind of keep up through the blog. With one thing and another I am never sure if I can get to anything to actually participate. If I come to any of the meetings I will have to do some handwork because lugging my  machine and all my supplies is more that I want to deal with.
 I really like Diane's diamond quilt. Did anyone else finish one? Mine is on the wall, the background is finished but nothing else has been added since April.

We had a family wedding too last weekend, in Missouri. We had decided last spring that it would not work out for us to go for a number of reasons. As it turned out none of my daughters family was able to go because of great grandson Ben's ruptured appendix. His mom and dad and brother of course wouldn't be going and Marty (grandma) was not going to leave town when she was needed and my other grand daughter and her son were going to ride with Marty and Blaize.  Ben, BTW, is now doing well.

We finally have a few pictures and that is nice. It does let us know how much we missed. One of my quilts however did make it. Jenna asked last spring if she could borrow it for the table. I told her she could keep it. That is it on the right in the background. The wedding was at Camp Barnabas on the Lake at it looks like a beautiful setting.

One of JP's friends made a video and I hope we see it soon.

Sort of Sewing

As many of you know, my employer hosts a biennial employee art show.  I've been lucky enough to be accepted twice before and this year makes my third successful bid!

This year, there were over 500 pieces entered and 52 were selected via jury (2 are quilts).  The jury is different each time but this year it included Elizabeth A. Emery who is described as "a Cleveland-based artist working in a variety of mediums, primarily sculpture, drawing, and printmaking".  The jury also included Deidre McPherson, Curator of Public Programs for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland.

I am thrilled to have this opportunity.  The art department staff at work contribute to making the process a wonderful experience. The show will be displayed in several company gallery spaces around the country and will travel for two years visiting the larger sites.

Employees can enter three works for consideration.  I entered these three (the batik was very difficult to photograph!).  The third one was selected.  Now I need to block it, prepare it for mailing and write an artist's description.  What a great distraction from the usual 9 to 5.

Amazing with out all of us.

I am back from Chicago and so happy to see that there were pictures and text.
 Weddings are stressful but we got through it all. Vests. Oh my, one poor young man put on 30 pounds since being measured. The young man with the closest fit switched with him but was having trouble breathing so he took off the vest right after the ceremony. He did mange to go home with the vest that actually fit him. What a sweet young man. I think my brother and nephew had dropped a couple of pounds but they looked great and that was all that mattered. They received the vests at the rehearsal dinner and one announced "these buttons are dope" I have been told that means pretty good.
 That is my reason I have not done my diamond challenge. ( my story, deal with it)
 I will see some of you soon.

Diva Day

We were down a few Diva's as they partied at weddings, babysat their cuties, or played at the beach.

Several quilts were bound as Gwen, Mary Ann, and Diane sewed away.

Diane's Diamonds

MA's Snowflake

And Gwen's was packed up before I could get a picture, but it will be hanging at the Wildwood Quilt Show in November so you can see it there.

Lynne, Fran, Jan, yours truly, and of course, Syd were in attendance.

 

 

MA brought her finished top from a class with Gudrun Erla from GE Designs.

There was the requisite talking about everyone who was not there, and rumors of this tote making its way to Arizona to fill those great IKEA cabinets.

Till next time . . . .

A few missing

Hi, all,  I will be missing this month's meeting at Syd's but be sure to know, that if anyone posts pictures I will be more than happy writing a story. Lori, you could always put up old pictures and we could do a dream sequence.
 I am off to a wedding. The sensible bride will have no one in strapless dresses, My quilt for them is done and has already been passed off to them. I am hoping no buttons or fists fly.
 Have fun without me.
Kathy