Baltimore Memories

 This quilt top was finished 6 years ago but it took me until now to decide how to quilt it and actually sew.

When I lived near Baltimore, in Columbia, Maryland, I wanted to do a Baltimore album quilt but never found a pattern that I liked. After I moved to Oregon, I decided that I wanted to make it with birds and flowers that reminded me of my time in Columbia. i found a few patterns in books and others I designed myself.

Narure's bounty

Blackberries in season. So I made blackberry brandy.

Pears almost rip, too.

 

Quail

 Foggy morning and the resident quail came for a visit.

July

This is a flimsy (quilt top) that I just finished. It was a June challenge from Pamelaquilts.com that gave us one block a day to make. Pamela is a member of the local quilt guild, an Island Batik Ambassador, and creates patterns.

Crocosmia lucifer, a beautiful flower in our                                                                               yard.

Ring of Time

I finally did it! This is the book that I have been writing for....years. It is a fantasy about a young girl who is the apprentice to a wizard. When the wizard disappears, she is left to finish her training alone and also do a quest. This is about that quest. She meets several people (and others) along the way.

If you want to read the book it is available on Amazon Kindle (there are several books with this title, so type in my name if you cannot find it). It is available in paperback, also from Amazon.

Double wedding ring star quilt

                                    Just finished this quilt. Took me about 6 months to do it

                                                 Quilting took a few weeks. Here is a detail.

deck garden

Things are blooming on my deck

And Merlin is enjoying some sunshine -
Morning nap                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Afternoon nap