This is Beyonce. The only way my 2 guinea pigs will eat iceberg lettuce is if I slice it up for them. They're very picky but you know that if they were still living in Peru, they would be eating tree bark and dirt and most likely used for food themselves. Corn silk will be obselete in the winter and that's not good because that's their favorite food. I had a perfect shot of long haired Silkie Zorra but I couldn't find the camera quick enough. Will post her later.

This was a free online pattern for a snow globes wall hanging for my Grand daughter who collects them. I made her a quilt several years but was preprinted snow globe squares...really cute, tho.
I don't like machine applique but have way too many handwork projects going. I messed up on the bottom corner one but hoping she won't know the difference. Who knows...she may forget all about collecting at any minute. Worse thing could happen is she could grow up to be a quilt police which is pretty doubtful but I do regret getting her other Grandmother started on quilting. Will finish it next sewing day.

This is the first ever machine applique I did about 30 years ago. I had been given a bunch of ugly fabric (pre-stash days) and challenged myself to transforming ugliness into something useful. A good practice in almost every phase of life. It has held up very well except one fabric is fraying. This picture was taken right before it went to the Family Warming Center for a new life.

Kitchen Wall

I even painted the eggs in about 1975 when I still lived in Medford. I had the best teacher!
She was an actual artist. When we first started the class, we were only allowed to use 3 tubes of oil paint and had to learn how to produce different colors. That was an unbelievable learning experience that I have used many times on other projects, mostly restoration of antiques. I even made a painted stencil quilt but have no idea whatever happened to it. When I moved to Portland, I could not find a decent class or would have continued painting. I love samplers and have a few more around somewhere.

BUG SAMPLER

I started this one with the frame size. It needs to be stretched out again. I would not even attempt to take this on today but I still love the cross stitch.

ONE MORE BEAR

This is one of my favorite piece of sheet music....was a time it was worth close to $80. Market today is very gloomy. You can fine one on now Ebay for $8. I just love it anyway!

BEAR WALL

These are from my bear wall. Did the cross stitches years ago....mostly 80s and 90s.

Pumpkin

This is the only "quilty thing" I have been working on. Have not finished the 2nd one but almost and will store them away together. Kind of an odd example of a JOL and I left the back open with the batting so they will stick to other fabric without attaching it. They can just put pressed onto the couch pillows. I have not found my Halloween quilts since the downsizing. I have my grand daughter's Xmas present cut out and need to dig out my sewing machine to finish it before then. It is a wall hanging of snow globes...should be really cute except I don't really like to do machine applique but that's what it will be. Will post when done.