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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Freedom Quilt progress plus

Well hello there!
Glad you dropped by!
I was looking at the photo of the quilt I lost in the divorce and found myself comparing it to the one I'm working on to replace it.
Back in the days when I made the double wedding ring, I was stuck using commercial fabrics greatly limited by the color selection available at the time. I went to lots of different stores to find those fabrics and had piece after piece after piece cut at the counter. These days I buy it by the bolt and cut it myself and dye whatever color I want. I must say, this is a VAST improvement. All those prissy little calicos, I did think they were pretty at the time. Tastes change, but my favorite colors have remained the same.  Look how consistent those colors are, the only addition is that delicious mojito mint/lime green!  Yum Yum!
Of course the Freedom Quilt has a little wild thang in it. 
A friend of mine tells me that donkeys and zebras are closely related, that in some places they are called (translated) "Stripey Donkeys."
I guess it's not too hard to see why.  
The only difference is that donkeys can be domesticated, zebras can not.  

They have been
And will always be 
Wild.
He he!
Plus, they don't take themselves too seriously!

I think the wild and not-too-serious zebra is a perfect addition to my Freedom Quilt!

Color remains the one true love of my life, color has never despised or neglected me.  
It's true, color has been gladly faithful all these years and I remain a student of its many wonders. 

The very undomesticated, 
-Carmen Rose

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Birthday Week

I was going through some photos and realized that I never finished posting about my birthday week. 
So I'm playing catch up today.  These are from the day I turned forty mumble!  ;-)
The guys at work couldn't find the birthday candles so they lit the match and stuck it in the cupcakes, 
silly boys!   Then they sang to me... well... two of the three sang while I kicked my boss in the shins... 
he apparently thought they were doing just fine without him.  LOL!  
They are so fun!  And those cupcakes were actually pretty good!

Then I spent the afternoon with the guys from the wood turning club and they started 
showing me how to turn wood.
A big big lathe... and really long handled tools.  
They feel so good in your hand, perfectly balanced!
The big saw thingi, good for cutting the basic shape out of a big chunk of tree.  
What did I do with the chainsaw photos?  Oh well. 
These three sang "Happy Birthday" to me and sent me home with that bottle of Shiraz Dennis is holding. 
Served it later with a wonderful dinner, it was delicious!
The master checking the student's progress.
Keep at it.  Yes, it's time consuming but so cool!
And then they sang Happy Birthday to me again!  
This time with the Swiss guy on the left, who gave it a great twist!  

It was one of my all time favorite birthdays!  
My guys just made it so fun, thanks boys!!!

Now who is going to loan me their lathe so I can learn this new art media?
Trees around here are NOT SAFE!
LOL!

Using ANY excuse to celebrate,
(and make a mess with wood shavings!)
-Carmen Rose
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