A Friday WIP...

I needed a break from my Three Sisters project, so I took another stab at making my own fabric with Paintstiks. The more I work with them, the more I like them!

This one's a little cleaner than the last one, with a much calmer color palette. I like the crisper lines better than the jagged ones -- they're definitely easier to follow.

In retrospect, I should have been more adventurous with the quilting, but that just means I have to do more of them, right?

Hoping to cut all those pesky threads and bind it today to get it off the holiday gift list...then it's back to all that pink, green and yellow stuff!

More from FunQuilts...

A few more pictures from Sunday's meeting. Enjoy!

Lucky us!

The speakers at yesterday's CMQG meeting were Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle, the husband and wife team that make up FunQuilts. They have a great philosophy on modern quilting, and brought several quilts from their new book, "Making Quilts Modern," due out next month.

They also brought some old favorites for us to see. To be able to touch these and run our hands over the quilting was an added bonus! Kits for all of the following are available on their website.

"Call Me Crazy"

"Call Me Crazy" back/quilting detail 

"Leaves" 

"Raindrops" up close

These two do a phenomenal collaborative job with color and value and achieving the look of transparency in their pieces, and their quilting really has a great organic feel. If you're not familiar with their work, it's definitely worth checking out!

Another year older...

I had a birthday last week. So what did I do? I ran away.

I went here (with a stop here, of course) for some glorious sunrises and to watch Fall arrive in true northern Michigan fashion...

...and then went to South Haven for some long walks around town and spectacular sunsets...

...and now, at last, we are back.

At least someone is happy to be home!