Photoshop

 I'm taking an online Adobe Photoshop class with Marie Otero. After a slow start I think I'm getting the hang of this. Here are just a couple of photos that I worked on.

Acqua di San Giovanni

 Every morning I get a Newsletter from Italian Notebook.com It is short, so its quick and easy to read. Today this little story arrived and I thought I would share it.  This is why I just love this country. It speaks to my soul.

Acqua di San Giovanni

Pre-School Graduation day

This Grandma just has to show off her grandson. Here's Joseph and his cousin Michaela....

Top finished - well almost....

I have attached the borders and added dark navy blue batik in the corners. I really had no choice about the corners. I ran out of the blue and so couldn't continue the block design. So instead I hope to applique rosettes in the four corners.  This is the last time I will show the quilt on blog until I'm finished with the quilting.I also want to thank everyone who stop by and sent along advice and suggestions. It was very much appreciated.

I had some fellow quilters over last Thursday and we discussed what I should do next. I wasn't pleased with the border I had done with the black squares in  the center. Too distracting. We tried all kinds of things like turning the border around placing the blue on the inside. I definitely didn't like that. Then we tried adding a different color over the black.  Until we decided that I would alternate the colors like I did in the circle of tiles. 

I fused 1 1/2" squares over the black and then satin stitch around the edges. I think I did a pretty good job on the satin stitches, if I don't say so myself.....

Quilt -

I'm still working on this quilt.   Don't know if I over work it. I think it has be too much stuff around my couple.    I just might  take everything off except the first ring. Place it on a dark background and be done with it. Here are 2 photos  one with the 3 of the new 4 borders and one where I pinned all the border rings to the back and placed it on a background just to see how it looks.  As usual I'm obsessing over this. 

Gallery Show 2010

This is the 2nd year for the Fiberart Northeast groups' show at the Mahopac Library. The following is just a few photos that I took. There are more photos posted on the fiberart blog.
View from the balcony at the library.