Friday Fictioneers: Why Marnie got fired

September 30, 2015September 30, 201557 Comments

My entry for Friday Fictioneers, October 3, 2015.

Thank you Rochelle for your time and efforts each week to keep our creativity sparked! And a special thanks to Marie Gail Stratford for the featured photo offering.

PHOTO PROMPT – © Marie Gail Stratford

Why Marnie Got Fired

Marnie’s workplace was a yawn. Whoever decided that gray and tan were the optimal colors for this environment had obviously never been chained to a desk for eight hours a day. This lack of color scheme and hard lines had finally put her over the edge.

It started innocently enough with the mouse on her desk. A quilter in her spare time she envisioned turquoise chevrons across its top. That night she spirited it away and worked her magic on it.

Next morning she envisioned fitted slipcovers for the dreadful chairs. Kaffe Fassett would be an eye opener for sure!

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Words: 100

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For the uninitiated:

Kaffe Fassett is a world renowned artist, and fabric designer.

Colorful?

Yes.

Flamboyant?

OH, you bet!

And we love him for it.

**Meet Kaffe Fassett in his own words…**

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For more really great takes on the photo prompt just follow the little blue frog!

Pictures, news, and more

March 21, 2014March 21, 201444 Comments

First the pictures!

I have been working on a project and forgot to ask if it was OK to share it here, but I will tell you this much…

I have been given the rare honor to repair some vintage quilts for a dear friend. I am applying bindings to both, and replacing some lost stitching and a couple of disintegrated patches on the other!

This one is a basket design, but I haven’t located its name yet!

This one needs binding only and will be finished quickly.

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A simple Dresden design called Sunflower is below.

However, this one, in addition to binding needs more extensive work

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Such trust in my nouveau abilities has inspired me to work on a project I had long wanted to do, but did not have faith in my abilities to accomplish! Needless to say, the fabric has been flying fast and furious here in my studio.

See!

: Making my Log Cabin blocks inbetween working on the vintage quilts…

: meant that the fabric FLEW!

: I was not kidding about that fabric flying… look in the bottom of the glass. ‘-)

And here it is, my log cabin blocks to be made into a table mat. This will need quilting and binding and will be for sale on my Etsy site.

And now the news…

The Little Dog is out of his trusses and Lederhosen! His bite is healed and now the fur needs to grow back in.

We are ALL very happy about that!

And me? Well, I had my MRI on my knee on Wednesday. Today the Doctor mentioned a torn meniscus, a cyst, and surgery. I think I will be putting this off for a few weeks so I can make preparations here. I will be packing, sorting and prepping for another yard sale, the grand opening of my Etsy shop (yes, really this time) and… reducing my livestock. Which, by the way, does not include my GEESE!

These were all practical considerations in our preparation to *move, I am just deciding to take care of them NOW instead of later. It will make my life and healing more copacetic and also mean that I won’t have to pile one more thing onto Bob’s already busy daily routine.

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*Move? Did I actually mention moving? Well, yes I did… but it will still be a while. You think the summer’s end is a good goal to shoot for? Yes?

Well, so do we, but we’ll see about that!

I Feel Good!

October 18, 2013November 12, 201368 Comments

I knew that I would, but not when…

Those of you who’ve known me for a while know that I have been fighting the good fight to regain my life again. I have been suffering from agoraphobia and depression for a few years.

Buying the Mountain Farmlet (hidden benefits there) and pure determination have been my only tools to overcome the disability.

One of the saddest manifestations of this disorder was my lack of drive to do anything I once loved to do.

Well, I’m definitely on the downhill side of this mountain and the fabric is flying again!

I finished the extra long robe I cut out last February.

I’ll stay warm this winter even if not *fashionable. 😉

And now I’m quilting again!

I’ll share the result when I am done, and I promise not to take 8 months to do it! 😀

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Have a blessed weekend.

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*NOTE: Why is it that when the fabric stores have a big sale on fleece they only have kiddie prints? Where’s all the fleece in Adult prints? Do they even make such a thing? Equally important, why is it that here in Huntsville you can never find a really warm robe that is long enough to cover your legs down to the ankles?

Making a fleece robe for an adult is expensive, even when the fabric is on sale, but we do what we must to keep our pegs warm! Even when it means running about wearing Teddy Bears and looking like a big kid. 😀