Joy-in-Illinois

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! Thank you for letting me know!!!! I'm planning on being there around noon today. I'll ask around for you. Thanks again!!!

The laminate flooring is installed, waiting to get the trim installed. In the meantime, my frame is dismantled; so, I am getting some quilt tops of my own worked on while I wait for things to get back to normal.

Finally back to quilting. Dishwasher sprung a leak and I had to tear out kitchen floor, dry everything out which took 6 days, and then have new flooring, dishwaher, and disposal installed. Got a new backsplash out of the deal, too; but it put a serious crimp in my quilting time

A cool quilt, pieced by Diane Myatt Wheeler and quilted by me. I was able to find a way to quilt the "boxed feathers" in one pass. I like how this one turned out.

Lovely quilt, pieced by Mary Madoni and quilted by me. Mary promptly picked this one up, so I didn't get much time with it after I took it off the frame. One of my favorites of hers. I don't know the name of the pattern, so I called it Window Panes.

Its time for Day #1 of the FB art challenge thanks to Elizabeth Karnes! Each day for 5 days we are to post three photos of our artwork as well as nominate someone to join in the project if they so wish. I nominate LynnEl Springer to participate if you wish. Below are three photos of some items I made many many years ago - none are quilt related. The head sculpture and the vase were made in art class way back in 1973/74. I don't have any of my drawings or paintings from then, but do have a...

It's Day #2 of the FB art challenge. I skipped a couple of days as I wasn't home, so I'll pick up where I left off. On Day 1, I shared some sculptures and fabric painting I did in the 70s. Today, I'm sharing some photos of a few quilts I quilted several years ago on my domestic sewing machine before I got my longarm. I like these because they were the first quilts where I didn't do just straight line stitching and where I realized I loved the process of quilting more than piecing. The two a...

Ok, it's Day #3 of the FB art challenge. My how time flies! :-) Today, I'm sharing some of my computer generated art. These are renderings I created in a program called Autodesk 3ds Max. It is used by engineers and architects to create renderings (images) of their CAD drawings. You see a lot of this type of thing on home improvement shows. It's a graphics and animation program used to not only produce photorealistic renderings such as these; but also, to create special effects and animati...

Just found out I'm going to San Francisco in April for business! Looking forward to visiting sunny California again.

Thanks Emily Love for the gift card. Dinner was great!!

It's Day 4 of the FB Art challenge. Today I'm sharing three of my quilts that hold a special place in my heart. Each of these have been displayed at Paducah. Each is my own design. I used trapunto in each design and Sunflower Stars was the first time I'd attempted that technique and it was the first quilt I entered at Paducah. I now teach the trapunto technique to others. The best lesson I've learned is to always strive to undertake something new or perfect a technique that you love.

Day #5 of the FB Art challenge. Today, I'm sharing three of my painted quilts. All of the designs on these are painted on wholecloth using fabric paints and inks. The purple dragonfly and the bird feeding have a fabric border added. the Framed Flowers is an entire (37x47) wholecloth quilt that was white and has been painted entirely using a variety of paints and inks. These are so thrilling for me to do. I've a long way to go to perfect this technique, but these have been great fun to work o...

Latest customer quilt off the frame. I want to keep this one. The pattern is Carolina Lily and it turned out lovely despite issues with fullness.

I just took this gorgeous Freedom Rings quilt off the frame! Love how this turned out. This quilt is up for raffle by The Woman's Club in Assumption, IL. Contact Barbara Freeman if you want to purchase raffle tickets or let me know and I'll pass along the info as I find out. The winning ticket will be drawn later this spring or early summer. I'm going to buy several tickets because I'd like to keep this one!! It's 88"x 88" so it would make a nice size bed quilt or look stunning on a large wa...

My baby boy just got engaged to a beautiful lady. Congratulations David Cookson and Angela Carey. I'm so happy to see how happy you both make each other! Love you two!

Latest quilt off the frame for Mary Madoni. Love her quilts.

The fog is awful tonight. It makes it really hard to see a dryer in the middle of the road. Just saying. #iamneverpullingatraileragain #ever

Lots of soup and auction items going on now until 7 at the Findlay Fire Protection District. Some really cool items here this year.

went to bed at 8:30 and up at 4:30 with a 101 fever and aches. yuck. I have NO time for being sick. This was not on my list of things to do this weekend.

Well, just when I thought I was getting better, I woke up with a 101.2 fever this morning. I got into see the doc this morning and I have strep throat (AGAIN) on top of the flu. That means, 2 out of the last 3 years of getting a flu shot I have had the flu anyway. Hopefully, the meds will kick in soon. I don't have time for this.

Latest customer quilt off the frame. Love love love this one. Love the texture and the color. Puts me in a springtime mood.

Who knew the airport here is a polling place?! Did you vote?

Reception at Autodesk Gallery. Dinner at La Mar on the waterfront. And our first Uber ride back to the hotel made for an awesome last evening in San Fransisco.

Latest customer quilt off the frame for Shirley.

I got serious about my health last October when my A1C levels reached 9.5. Yes, 9.5. For those of you who do not know, that is extremely high blood glucose levels. I had a new doctor for that visit and some of the things he said resonated with me. I started keeping track of every single thing I put in my mouth via an app called MyFitnessPal. That helped me do two things - it showed exactly how many calories I was eating (a lot) and how much sugar content was included in those calories (a lot...