Look at this little guy. Is that the cutest...He was very contented to sit on my railing eating his nuts.
Now I know who is making a mess on my front porch.

My new Ipod and a day apple picking

The last time I posted I mentioned that I won an ipod. Well I took it with me apple picking. This little puppy does a whole bunch of things. One of them is taking videos. And what better then to video tape Grandson #1 Matthew picking apples. It would be an understatement to say I'm having a lot of fun with my new toy. It took me a while to figure out how to load it to the PC but my getting to be a very tenacious person. I refuse to give up.

Apple picking is something the whole family likes to do every year at this time. Then when get home and we all help my daughter peel and cut the apples for the pies. As in 2 very delicious pies. Here's a little sample of what my ipod does.

Yorktown Street fair

Today the town that I live in had their 1st Street Fair. Many local businesses where their advertising their services. Lots of games for the children and food to eat. Many free goodies. So my husband and I decided to go and see what it was all about. While I was there I signed up for all the free raffles. Walk around, talked to a whole lot of people. Generally enjoying the day. So when we came home; there was a message on our answering machine. I WON AN IPOD. The newest one. Can you believe it takes videos? How cool is that....Am I excited...You bet your bitty.....here is a photo of my new toy.

4" Squares finished

Today I finished my 4" squares. I've decided to call them "Ode to DaVinci". I satin stitched the edges. Instead of batting I used timtex. The 2 top pictures were transferred using the water method. The bottom one I used TAP (transfer artist paper) by Lesley Riley. I added beads and pearls and some gold netting....

4" squares

I belong to a SAQA group that meets once a month. This summer the group had a challenge to make 4" square mini quilts to swap. I didn't participate because I really haven't felt inspired. I also didn't want to make 30 four inch squares....LOL....However, I will be swapping with 3 of my friends. I have finally gotten inspired and started my project. I chose to do some foto transfer methods that I learned in a Lesley Riley class. So the first thing I did was to go online and gathered four pictures of DaVinci's paintings and sketches. These were printed on inexpensive photo paper. Then cut apart.
I then transferred them on to white muslin. First I sprayed the fabric with water. Just to dampen it. Not soaked. Then I sprayed the picture, flipped it over on the the fabric and burnished it. First on the back and the on the front. Then very gently lifted the photo to see if the transfer was made. They came out pretty good. I'm pleased. I will post again tomorrow with the next steps.

New Necklace

My latest necklace.

Joseph

I couldn't resist. I had to show off my handsome Grandson......