Weird Snow

We had another blizzard last night.  It covered all the windows on all 4 sides of the house.  The wind quit about 9am this morning and the sun was brilliant.

I have a couple of metal wind-chime decorations on my deck.  They had about 3 inches of snow crusted on them this morning.

I have grape vines on top of the deck.  These are the ends of the snow encrusted vines.  Reminds me of a corn dog.  Notice the snow covered mountains in the background?

 

Apple tree branches.

Notice the little snow blobs hanging above the window?

There were 3 layers of them.  These are not snow covered icicles, as the roof had melted and was completely bare when this storm hit last night.

I shoveled out this sidewalk on only one cup of coffee--and no chocolate!  My husband was running the snow blower on the other side of the house.  I had to get to the studio to get my camera and didn't have time to wait for him.  heh, heh.  I just can't walk over all the snowdrifts in my boots, because it's just not right.  I have to clean out the whole walk or not go there.  It's a neat and tidy thingy with me....

Vine covered wood shed.

However, I will let him use the snow blower to plow out the path to the wood shed!



Quilt of Valor

Top made by Susan of Nevada.

I love pieced backs. 

Susan always makes awesome matching presentation cases.

Thanks, Susan, for your service~!

This was sent to Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC.

Spring Sampler

I had a great time quilting this sampler.  My client told me to quilt it as I liked~!  Some of the smaller blocks are repeated; but they are all quited differently.  Be forewarned-- I couldn't decide which pictures to post, so I ended up with lots of photos.

The 2 x 6 inch block dividers in the border all have the same quilting, as do the rose colored blocks in the border.

Just as I took this off the frame this evening, the sun was setting and the light was perfect for capturing the quilting texture.  I didn't have time to clean up the quilt, so you might see a few stray threads here and there.

Here are a few front and back photos of individual blocks.

A close up . . .

Some of the blocks were printed designs.  I outlined them to look like appliqué. 

Different quilting can really change the looks of a block.

Focus on the interior of the piecing.

Focus on the quilt pattern. 

Focus on the exterior of the piecing.