eating ice cream video

One more video, this time of my granddaughter eating chocolate ice cream at Main Place in Santa Ana.

Video with soccer ball

This is a precious video of my grandchild playing with a soccer ball with her great aunt Marti. The owl hat is something I made as a Christmas gift, and it's been a hit.

hexagon ball class

I will be teaching how to make a ball out of hexagons and pentagons on Saturday, February 11 from 1:30 to 4:30, at Flying Geese Fabrics in Tustin. Technically it's called the Flannel Baby Ball class, but I can teach whatever style interests people - crazy, contemporary, etc. If interested, call Flying Geese to sign up at 714-544-9349.

Art Quilts Defined, and At the Zoo

"The art quilt is a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or
that references this form of stitched layered structure."

This is the new definition announced by SAQA. Nice, huh? I guess my quilts still qualify. I promise to post new work soon. I just need to figure out the border.

For those into grandchildren, here's another video of our grandchild, taken recently at the OC Zoo. They're only young once!

A Conversation

Cute video of Samantha talking to Grandpa.

Samantha at 19 months

Samantha visited us all the way from NY recently. She and her doll are wearing the hats I knitted for them.



She's also wearing an outfit I made for her months ago. I'm surprised it fits! Reminds me of my own grandma, who always gave me clothes that were way too big.

Some of the toys on hand. She is very fond of horses - she has a big Neigh-Neigh and a little Neigh-Neigh. And a rocking horse, at home.



We hosted a family gathering, and she's here playing with a new toy from Cousin Alex.







Alex is a second cousin once removed. I think.

What else?

She loves books.

Looking at a photo of Xavier, who is a week older than she is.

quilt in progress, etc.

I've been working on a new quilt. I really am not supposed to talk about it, other than a bit of tease. Here is some detritus from cut-up Spoonflower fabric and black fabric scraps. No, the quilt is not all black and white, and not much white, either.

Here's the quilt rolled up, back side out. For a while I was going to use some gray fabrics on the front, but I changed my mind. So they went on the back.

We got a package from Japan not long ago! The stamps are so colorful. Our friend Yoshiko sent us some popular Japanese sweets. They didn't last long, especially with house guests!

Have I shown this sweet little top yet? It reverses to teal corduroy.

Next time I promise to show some photos of the visit from granddaughter etc. There are a lot, so perhaps I'm overwhelmed.