Mind if I call you "Honey Bun?"

As all good things, the show at the Sernidipi Tea House has come to an end, BUT... I was invited back for next year (yay!) AND... the drawings are now going up for adoption at Favourite unique gifts and accessories, at the Quay in North Vancouver!

This will come in handy when your playing quilting trivia: A honey bun is not only something sticky to eat, it's also pre-cut fabric in narrow strips!

I saw this honey bun and just had to have it. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it now that I've drawn it! Oh well, buying it to draw it was good enough justification. Hey I know, do any crafty people out there have suggestions what I could do with it?

How NOT to write a blog post!

The Culprit! titled "Quietly she waited for her name to be called on the Polka Dot Door"

Last week I wrote this whole blog post about four of the drawings I'm showing at the Serendipi Tea House and asked my husband to check it over for me, as he often does. The blog post talked about my favourite titled drawing of the show called, "Quietly she waited for her name to be called on the Polka Dot Door." Witty and cute right? Then I proceeded to talk about a conversation my friend Sue and I had about enduring watching the Polka Dot Door. We'd both watch because the host at the end of the show would hold up a magic mirror and would say the names of the kids watching. They never called our names, two fairly common names of the seventies, Sue and Lysa (I figured if they said Lisa, that would mean me too). Oddly enough I couldn't find a link on YouTube to that part in the show but I did find the theme song, so good enough! Time to have Chris, my editor, have a peek at the post. He takes a quick look and calls me back:

"... um, you know the Polka Dot Door?"

"Ya?"

"They never had a magic mirror."

"Wha? Ya they did."

"No Romper Room did. I just looked it up on YouTube. You've got the wrong show."

in a teeny tiny voice "Embarrassing!!!"

Especially since I've had my show, with the titles for my drawings, up for four weeks now.

Which bring us back to present day. Determined to save this blog post I promptly sat down, this rainy Monday morning, to edit... oh wait, I didn't save the original post! Super!

... and that's how NOT to write a blog post!

Titled "Little stack of fabric-blue and green"

A detail of the drawing above.

Titled " Little stack of fabric-purple and orange"

Gingham fabric added to the sides.

"An Ode to Kitty Yoshida"

Show held over! Woohoo!

Criss Cross Applesauce-Green and Blue

Good news! I'll have a chance to stop in and have waffles this weekend with my family at the Serendipi Tea house! I've been in for tea but, other than my husband, my family hasn't had a chance to see the show yet. I talked to Shelley, the owner, last week and she suggested we leave the pieces up until after Mother's Day! What a dandy idea! I like it!

Criss Cross Applesauce-Green and Blue-Detail

Criss Cross Applesauce-Pink and Yellow

Criss Cross Applesauce-Pink and Yellow-Detail

Nothin flashy... just fabric (more from the Serendipi Tea House)

As I'm sure you can tell, I love fabric. I love to look at it and touch it (dare I say fondle it, which makes buying online a challenge for me).  I'm not sure when this addiction set in... maybe as a kid when I watched my mom sew, high school possibly (I had a great Textiles teacher!), or perhaps from working in fabric stores after high school (the endless tidying of bolts you think would be enough to cure me) but I still love it!

"Triple Decker" Coloured Pencil on Wood

An ode to the Runaways "Cherry Bomb" (Coloured Pencil on Wood)

Remember my Cherry Blossom Quilt, well I just had to draw it too!

The Quilt and the Drawing titled "A slice of Cherry Pie"are featured in Serendipi Tea's window.

...and that's a wrap! More to come in a few days!

Deja Vu?

This feels like deja vu... this time last year I was showing a series of drawings at the Abbotsford Art Walk, at the Serendipi Tea House. Guess what? It's a year later and I am showing a new series of drawings at the Abbotsford Art Walk, at the Serendipi Tea House!

I thought I'd start off  this series with the drawing that was featured at the opening.
 

Ta Da! It's called "The Secret Stash". I always leave the house with a list of what I need, fabric wise, and always tend find something I just have to have! Which means sometimes I have to sneak a few pieces into the house that weren't on my list (shhh... don't tell my husband, although I think he has his suspicions)!

If you get a chance, pop into Serendipi Tea. It's such a lovely place to spend time with friends and you'll get to see my whole show! If you do pop round be sure to check next door, my good friend Cynthia is showing at Quilt Essentials.

No worries if you can't make it but be sure to stay tuned as I'll be posting pictures of the whole show over the next couple of days!

Oops! I almost missed it!

I guess time does fly when you're having fun!

Whoops! I almost missed my blog birthday! It's been one whole year since I started blogging and what a year it's been. To celebrate, I want to give you one of my pin cushion cupcakes! Simply leave a comment about which post  you liked best and why. Easy Peasy, right? I'll randomly draw a winner and send them one of these bad boys!

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me...

The BIG (little) reveal!

 

When I first envisioned this quilt, it was king sized and perfect for my bed. Then I received, in the mail, a catalogue of the Sewing and Craft Show (April 1 and 2nd at the Abbotsford Tradex). In the back of the catalogue was  the West Coast Quilt and Fibre Art Challenge. To have an entry done on time the quilt shrunk quite considerably and turned into a totally decadent, impractical baby quilt, just like those cute little baby tutus!

Hand sewn wool leaves and hand beaded centres.

Each blossom has Velcro sewn to the back. This is so the blossoms can be rearranged on the  leaves or removed, for the quilt to be washed.

This quilt was inspired, in part, by a March wedding we attended a few years back. Inspired by the blooming cherry blossoms and not because the couple are expecting anytime soon... well, not that we know of, hmmm? It was also partly inspired by an old habit of mine. Every spring when I would see the first cherry blossoms, I'd rush home from whatever I was doing and write to my grandfather, in Alberta, that I had seen them!

Red Polka dots for the binding (and you know how I love polka dots!). This was the first time I had used a bias tape maker (whoever invented that is a genius!) and the first time I ever used rounded corners.

 A close up texture of the tree trunk.

Maybe I'll see you at the Sewing and Craft show? If not, be on the look out for the first cherry blossoms. I've seen a few and not just the ones on my quilt!

C'mon Spring! We're ready for ya!

Oh and thanks for stopping by!