Instant Art Quilt

I take lots of online art and quilting classes and the most recent one was with Ellen Lindner. She's a fantastic instructor and definitely did a great job with feedback and helpful information. While her methods really do produce very instant results, for me it took about two months because I have other activities that I'm involved in besides quilting and art.

So here is my quilt and currently it remains untitled. I am not good at coming up with titles, but I would like to come up with one soon so I can get the label made and sewn on. So I am taking suggestions and the person with the winning title will receive an art postcard or small piece of fiber art. Please leave comments and you can suggestion more than one title! I'll choose the one I think fits the piece and send you a customized little piece of art from the leftover fabric from this piece.

Sketchbook Challenge - Opposites

The Sketchbook Theme for the month of February was Opposites. I say "was" because today is the last day of the month and as usual I'm waiting until the very last minute to post. I'm really giving thought to my procrastination habits. I actually did the sketch way back on February 16th, but I think because of my lack of security in my sketches I wait until the deadline to post. It's not a good thing, and really creates a road block for myself. Oh well, I eventually get past it and keep moving forward eventually.

Here is my Opposite Themed sketch - Life and Death. I think that's the ulitimate opposite and one that everyone must face. I love the scripture that I've highlighted on the sketch and really take it as one of my life verses. God very clearly lays it out there for us. He gives us a multiple choice question and then in such wonderful God fashion He goes ahead and gives us the answer! CHOOSE LIFE! God's desire is that we would all have life and specifically eternal life!

I've lost several spiritual elders to physical death in recent years, but the wonderful good news is that because they all believed in Jesus Christ and that He is the Son of God, they chose life and I have the wonderful hope that we will all be reunited someday very soon!

It's not too late to participate in the Sketchbook Challenge. Go to the button on the right side of my blog and click it to find out about the details. You say you're not an artist. Um... check out the entries and you'll see that drawing is not a requirement.

So "get busy living or get busy dying." Shawshank Redemption Movie

Caught with His Hand in the Cookie Jar (Tin)

So when it gets unusually quiet while I'm typing a very important work related email and my granddaughter is occupied with her one cartoon of the day I got suspicious! uh, worried! And as I thought, my grandson had helped himself to the cookies that I had specifically told him "no, you can not have them until after lunch!"

For the record. After I told him no again and explained he was not to eat cookies before lunch again. He did drop the cookie he had in his hand back into the tin. At least he didn't finish eating it.

Then I told him that he'd have to sit in time out and he went to the nearest corner. Evidently he's an experienced time out sitter. But we relocated to the appointed step at my house and he voluntarily faced the wall.


One minute for each year of age according to Super Nanny I think is what she said and he sat there very still for 2 whole minutes. So his lesson was learned for the moment. At least he didn't head back into the kitchen for more cookies. And my lip is bleeding from biting it so hard to keep from smiling and laughing. I could barely make it through the episode in tack without cracking up! It was just so adorable, his expression at being caught, his dropping that cookie back into the tin, and then marching himself off to time out. We've recoverd and as I post this he's upstairs dumping the soft foam letters off the side of the stairs. Bye for now, we're off to another adventure!