Still trying

Still trying to recapture the thrill of the Atlantic Ocean after all these years. We took the family down to Southern Shores again this year. We weren't close enough to the ocean to see it from our deck and it was about a quarter of a mile up the road and Jack could only make it to the bench twice. I made it to the beach itself to have the waves lap at my feet and to help Caleb jump the waves

Crazy Quilting for better or worse

November 14, 2015

I found something new to "blog" about.  I've been embroidering since I was a young girl. And in the seventies I made and embroidered shirts for my husband and his best friend. They were well done from patterns I found in magazines. I had gotten quite good at it. Then in the eighties I switched to cross stitch and then to quilting. But during this time Jack and I were always trying to get me back to embroidery. I always dreamed of making a beautiful crazy quilt from velvet and satin and silk. I've still got what a started back then and someday would love to see it finished. But I never understood crazy quilting like it is nowadays. There's so much more to it than fancy embroidery on the seams. I've been trying to get there and I've taken my first step. I'm taking free internet classes from Kathy Shaw and I'm learning design and color and planning and ribbon work and motifs and the use of lace and buttons. So very much learning to do. But this time my squares were so much better, I could feel it. I know they are just a beginning, and I will go much farther than this if I keep trying, but I wanted to blog about my progress. So here they are. I'll post again when I put them together.