Finished! Well, maybe. If I get a chance, I will make a ball & stick rod instead of a bamboo one. But, I like it and I hope GD will too. The globes look a little distorted but that's just the fabric lays. I actually made 12 but picked the best 9, which is what the pattern is for.

Here is Zorra who is a little complictated to get a good picture because it just depends which way her hair goes. She is a long haired Peruvian Silkie (guinea pig) and is about 6 yrs old. Her husband, Fuzzy went to cavy heaven at about age 7 so she's getting elderly...very cuddly and purrs when her back is rubbed.

Update...Zorra joined Fuzzy in cavy heaven at the end of summer. They're probably up there just chuckling away at each other again. Surprisingly, the younger Beyonce died about 3 weeks earlier.

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.