Summer Days

I made this 15" x 29" quilt in 2006.  The inspiration was a quilt by Judith Reilly, I loved her idea of the blue panels for the sky and ocean.  Colorful red, white and blue beach umbrellas give it a Star Spangled Banner feel and I always display it during the Fourth of July celebrations.

Garden Yellows

Fourth Block

Courthouse Steps is the fourth design in the Block of the Month challenge. Special thanks to Priscilla for donating the yellow dotted fabric!  This has been so much fun, it's a surprise each month to see what our next blocks will be.

Thursday Journey #12

My husband has finally finished over 3 weeks of jury duty and we have started our Thursday Journey excursions again.  Yesterday we attended the San Diego County Fair. 

We always enjoy the art, photography, flowers, animals and our once a year big bag of kettle corn.

Mango Salsa

I made this quilt a few years ago and the colors remind me of mango salsa.

MANGO SALSA
2 limes
2 large mangos, skinned and diced
1 green onion sliced thin
1/4 c diced red bell pepper
1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 t salt

Zest the limes and place in bowl. Peel and section limes, chop. Add all ingredients to lime zest. Serve on grilled fish or chicken.

Flower Pot

Painting a flower pot is such a simple way to dress up a plain terra cotta container.  I painted the flower first in gesso then added acrylics for a little extra color in the garden.

Art Journal Cover

Since my trusty old sewing machine is out being repaired, I have been working on other projects that don't require sewing.  Yesterday, using a piece of sticky-backed canvas, I finally created a cover for my art journal.  I painted it with acrylics, added texture with bubble wrap and cardboard, collaged with tissue paper then finished it by using Smooch Spritz to give it a gold glimmer.

This bee was on a paper napkin, a great collage source.  If you look closely you can see the gold spritz.