I always feel like sewing in the fall. September is here and my fiber energies are zinging...

what bird design shall I create next???

Just spent this day working in my Etsy shop...I have been designing this new series for awhile but finished getting it into the shop today and am now working on marketing...FB check, Instagram check, blogger check, Pinterest is next. Check out the shop if your interested! https://www.etsy.com/shop/SaleafDesigns?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

A New Project

I have a new project...SaLeaf Designs Etsy Shop featuring original songbird applique downloadable patterns.

I had some wonderful help from MLPandDesign have spent some hours since her productive visit learning computer jargon involved with Etsy, FB, Instagram, Illustrator and Photoshop. It's been good for my brain and great for my confidence. Attention has been slow but constant and the support of my friends has been gratifying.

Check it out at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SaleafDesigns

Fall Beauties

These are photos from my yard from several years ago. I don't know why I didn't actually finish this post. Now I am here to make another post after way too long and find this in the drafts. I love Fall and the lovely color of plants taking their last gulp of nutrients before a long rest through the winter.

Dot's - A Love Story

Quite a long time ago, maybe 30 some years, a young man and women found themselves getting acquainted through a mutual friend during a study session for a 200 level ecology college class that neither of them should have been in since he was a graduate student and she was a senior. After several group adventures they found themselves, just the 2 of them, at a movie. He offered to buy a treat and she chose Dots. She discovered later that he didn’t like dots even though he ate a few at the time. She couldn’t finish the candy and possibly accidentally or maybe not, left the box in his car. Luckily or fortunately or possibly fate, she was able to ride in that car enough times to finish that candy and then restock it several more times. As a side note this all occurred the fall semester in Fairbanks, AK and she discovered she liked Dots frozen the best. Also during that first study session she noticed the young man had a few grays in his black hair so she assumed because of that and because he was a grad student that he was probably at least 30. Later she heard that because it was a sophomore class he assumed she was 19. It turns out they were both 23 and she is 6 months older. And it turned out that they are still going to movies together all these years later and occasionally he buys her Dots and she puts what she can’t finish in the freezer.

Not so long ago I was challenged to make a "artz" quilt using the theme suggestion of "dots". This reminded me of our Dots candy story and then I came up with this wallhanging using dot batiks with raw-edge collage and watercolor pencil illustrated "Dots".

Challenge Quilts for West Sound Quilter's 2015 Show

I like Challenges...this year for the Panel Challenge I submitted two, read under the picture the statement included with each.

#1 If the Shoe Fits

I like challenges! And I like to incorporate more elements, so in addition to the panel idea, it isn't traditional (labels) and implied as well as literal texture (decorator, corduroy, shirting). A final element is the panel parts are pockets with appropriate quotes and treasures tucked inside...check it out!

Challenge Quilts for West Sound Quilter's 2015 Show

I like Challenges...this year I submitted two, read below the picture the statement included with each.

#2 Stonehenge Raven Retreat

I like challenges! After completing the first one I was planning for a sew weekend with a friend in Alaska and realized we should do the panel challenge. We came up with an idea using the Stonehenge Medallion panel I found previously and ravens created by another friend. Then we each made our own interpretation of our joint design. Later, while doing some research, I discovered that ravens and Stonehenge often occur together, nice additional element for our challenge.