tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92119505805317788162024-03-13T21:35:41.225-07:00Matters of the SpiritWhat is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? -W.H.DaviesSuzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-81732153440023505372011-12-27T07:35:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:39:45.361-08:00Dental Cupboard and Lady in Hat<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K9PW5-K1SVg/Tvnl8z_RdmI/AAAAAAAAAm8/wVaK1V3N7A4/s1600/DSCN1830.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690832437069837922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K9PW5-K1SVg/Tvnl8z_RdmI/AAAAAAAAAm8/wVaK1V3N7A4/s320/DSCN1830.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663300;">This old dental cupboard now replaces a collapsing fiber board cupboard in my remodeled bathroom. (Never again will I spend money on that fiber junk!) This was a Christmas present for the both of us. The print hanging above always hung in my mother-in-law's home. We inherited it when she died this past June. Isn't she lovely? </span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-78275795850979287602011-12-27T07:24:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:29:03.773-08:00A Knitted Cap<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TG_5W0YPXDE/Tvnj1azA0hI/AAAAAAAAAmw/TgCtYB-RJh0/s1600/DSCN1806.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690830111025189394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TG_5W0YPXDE/Tvnj1azA0hI/AAAAAAAAAmw/TgCtYB-RJh0/s320/DSCN1806.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Years ago, a cousin's wife in Denmark gave me a woolen cap. I always wanted to try to make one myself, but couldn't find a pattern. Until lately. Now there are hundreds of variations. This was an experiment my grandson said he liked.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-71927494841108108812011-12-27T07:21:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:24:26.996-08:00Altered Tags for Diana<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_xCbpUvz9k/Tvnin6BUObI/AAAAAAAAAmY/DkFvCJs1O14/s1600/DSCN1809.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690828779376884146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_xCbpUvz9k/Tvnin6BUObI/AAAAAAAAAmY/DkFvCJs1O14/s320/DSCN1809.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"> My dear niece in Louisana admired a past altered tag project and said she would hang it on the wall</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">- so I made one just for her!<br /></span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-54086587449486508092011-12-27T07:18:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:20:51.219-08:00My Wonderful Friend<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C6z146AAtcQ/TvniEejrrLI/AAAAAAAAAmM/sU9s15tq654/s1600/Simon%2BChristmas.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690828170709413042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C6z146AAtcQ/TvniEejrrLI/AAAAAAAAAmM/sU9s15tq654/s320/Simon%2BChristmas.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Simon waiting to go for a walk.<br /></span><br /></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-8369622853422401032011-11-19T09:48:00.000-08:002011-11-19T09:54:12.681-08:00Silk Project<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n8kN6nrkLlE/TsftOBTpPCI/AAAAAAAAAmA/_zAAeLRofao/s1600/DSCN1787.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676766680448580642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n8kN6nrkLlE/TsftOBTpPCI/AAAAAAAAAmA/_zAAeLRofao/s320/DSCN1787.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exjb3B2KFPs/TsfseFtvfTI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9bhS9R5kQB8/s1600/DSCN1789.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676765856998063410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exjb3B2KFPs/TsfseFtvfTI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9bhS9R5kQB8/s320/DSCN1789.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#660000;">Silk project after adding embellishments (stamping and paint) and quilting. I used variegated blue quilting thread and silk batting. Great fun to work with</span>. </span></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-84486713926938056192011-11-19T09:43:00.000-08:002011-11-19T09:48:23.825-08:00More Dyeing Silk with Silk<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HAizft7Q4ss/TsfrcgMERRI/AAAAAAAAAlo/SpH8J_ZJ424/s1600/DSCN1792.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676764730233210130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HAizft7Q4ss/TsfrcgMERRI/AAAAAAAAAlo/SpH8J_ZJ424/s320/DSCN1792.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">My second attempt at dyeing silk with chunks of old silk ties. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">I like the more vivid colors this time - because I followed the directions more closely. I'm anxious to embellish and quilt.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-85081528297659408422011-11-19T09:38:00.000-08:002011-11-19T09:42:46.538-08:00Wonky<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QXKT_TuDGD8/Tsfp3a1RpmI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/RJSrTyXAiq8/s1600/DSCN1793.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676762993628653154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QXKT_TuDGD8/Tsfp3a1RpmI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/RJSrTyXAiq8/s320/DSCN1793.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#336666;">My attempt at using some Heather Thomas techniques taught to me second-hand, by a friend who took her class in Des Moines. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#336666;">Fun, but I still prefer "traditional" methods for now.This one has given me an opportunity to practice free motion quilting.</span>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-74991186950856975282011-10-11T09:50:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:57:14.360-07:00Dying Silk with Silk<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dClvx_SVl6E/TpR0KTVuc1I/AAAAAAAAAko/joS-bKx9fkY/s1600/DSCN1768.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662278351850468178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dClvx_SVl6E/TpR0KTVuc1I/AAAAAAAAAko/joS-bKx9fkY/s320/DSCN1768.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#6666cc;"> </span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Tried this technique I recently found. (But why is it so hard to find the magazine now so that I can give proper credit?) It was so fun and easy, I plan to have my Art + Quilt group over to try it too. "Chunks" of silk ties are positioned on a piece of white silk. I placed another silk piece on top, then rolled it up, tied it in frequent intervals and then boiled it in water with a little vinegar for 15 minutes. I'm already envisioning the quilt it will become.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Later: This technique is shown in Quilting Arts Magazine Oct/Nov 2010 - Tie Transfer Dyeing, pg 20.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#6666cc;">By Kathy Barinholtz<br /></span><br /></span><br /><div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-3579371247082776932011-10-11T09:47:00.001-07:002011-10-11T09:50:20.600-07:00One thing leads to another<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoanwGPhOM0/TpRzVQELTrI/AAAAAAAAAkc/-f9LZfSq494/s1600/DSCN1771.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662277440438488754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoanwGPhOM0/TpRzVQELTrI/AAAAAAAAAkc/-f9LZfSq494/s320/DSCN1771.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">While dying baskets with freshly made walnut dye, </span></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">I was suddenly compelled to try some fabric, too. </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">Can't wait to see what it shall become.</span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-74339482998618424582011-10-11T09:41:00.000-07:002011-10-11T09:46:17.446-07:00Lastest projects receive their final touch.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YHf56vEjkk/TpRyesuwcAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/NAUSlD4O7z4/s1600/DSCN1776.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662276503240470530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YHf56vEjkk/TpRyesuwcAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/NAUSlD4O7z4/s320/DSCN1776.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#666600;">Picked up walnuts. Made luscious dye from them in a pot. Decided to give some baskets a nice bath in the dye. I think it makes them so rich. Never mind about my brown fingernails. Hee. AND the scraped up elbow due to a rolling fall from stepping just right on one of those hiding walnuts. Ugh!</span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-28221579248269865242011-10-10T12:33:00.000-07:002011-10-10T12:36:26.406-07:00Courthouse Squares<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtur22OUxro/TpNI1lAWBNI/AAAAAAAAAkI/sCYGfu8ain0/s1600/DSCN1765.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661949241838666962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtur22OUxro/TpNI1lAWBNI/AAAAAAAAAkI/sCYGfu8ain0/s320/DSCN1765.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The colors for this scrap courthouse squares quilt were wonderful to work with, but the quarter inch seams were murder!!<br /></span><br /><div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-79908284109502387472011-10-10T12:21:00.000-07:002011-10-10T12:32:45.415-07:00Rescue Quilt<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TAD-n1-IJKo/TpNGKPUdqsI/AAAAAAAAAkA/w0nhTfB-vgQ/s1600/DSCN1764.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661946298259843778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TAD-n1-IJKo/TpNGKPUdqsI/AAAAAAAAAkA/w0nhTfB-vgQ/s320/DSCN1764.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#993300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">This Grandmother's Flower Garden variation was found at a garage sale, unfinished, neglected and abused. With some and extra TLC, soap and water, removal of large, orange rug yarn ties and disintegrating batting and backing, and quite a few hours, it is finished. Except for the small green and red print hexagons that surround each flower and the green flower centers, I found very few duplicates of fabrics (mostly feed sack prints) in the rest of the quilt top. I kept thinking that the spirit of the lady who first started the handstitched piece was urging me on. I hand quilted each hexagon with a variety of colors of embroidery floss. The back is pieced with yellow and green.<br /></span><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m8NzpzFV_Sc/TpNGJv6MpiI/AAAAAAAAAj4/NVDiML4Pd8Y/s1600/DSCN1763.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661946289828177442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m8NzpzFV_Sc/TpNGJv6MpiI/AAAAAAAAAj4/NVDiML4Pd8Y/s320/DSCN1763.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9lUbjcQwNSw/TpNGJMpoikI/AAAAAAAAAjw/C5XuHjQjm7M/s1600/DSCN1761.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661946280363461186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9lUbjcQwNSw/TpNGJMpoikI/AAAAAAAAAjw/C5XuHjQjm7M/s320/DSCN1761.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-39654542503416320392011-09-21T16:55:00.000-07:002011-09-21T17:05:17.518-07:004 Stages Completed<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FDeFVQBeu-8/Tnp5v1_niuI/AAAAAAAAAjo/GZxvYHVBu34/s1600/DSCN1701.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654966144971803362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FDeFVQBeu-8/Tnp5v1_niuI/AAAAAAAAAjo/GZxvYHVBu34/s320/DSCN1701.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;">Completed Surface Design Round Robin.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;">Stage 1 - Fabric was snow dyed; 2 - stacked journaling was added; 3 - green lizards appeared; </span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;">4 - painted circles and dots added to lizards and all over.<br /></span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-25762919422062683052011-09-21T16:40:00.000-07:002011-09-21T16:53:34.250-07:00Vacation Inspiration<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-83kQAQl53Io/Tnp28xKWfEI/AAAAAAAAAjY/qx4Y-8eeCCs/s1600/DSCN1724.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654963068478061634" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-83kQAQl53Io/Tnp28xKWfEI/AAAAAAAAAjY/qx4Y-8eeCCs/s320/DSCN1724.JPG" /></a> Scenes from the Badlands in South Dakota. The sage was so blue and some of the sedimentary lagyers were vivid pink and yellow.<br /><br />From the Crazy Horse Museum north of Custer, SD, jars and jars of tiny beads from a collection. Dazzling.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EDW_bbZrx2M/Tnp28X9AI6I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/ADhSWC3BR_0/s1600/DSCN1718.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654963061711184802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EDW_bbZrx2M/Tnp28X9AI6I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/ADhSWC3BR_0/s320/DSCN1718.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5C8IxQti-jk/Tnp27mUmKVI/AAAAAAAAAjI/EX81K_loIms/s1600/DSCN1753.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654963048388372818" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5C8IxQti-jk/Tnp27mUmKVI/AAAAAAAAAjI/EX81K_loIms/s320/DSCN1753.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x9mYpQ4RL7I/Tnp27eA4y9I/AAAAAAAAAjA/QdIBXU5P9a0/s1600/DSCN1751.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654963046158224338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x9mYpQ4RL7I/Tnp27eA4y9I/AAAAAAAAAjA/QdIBXU5P9a0/s320/DSCN1751.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-22920954510631156162011-07-04T19:08:00.000-07:002011-07-04T19:13:14.910-07:00Correctioncheck out <a href="http://fiberartandmore.blogspot.com/">http://FiberArtandMore.blogspot.com</a> for step two of Leaping Rabbits.Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-72496300997039277972011-06-27T18:04:00.001-07:002011-06-27T18:08:01.054-07:00Grandson Art<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vuODL4Sbn2Q/TgkpHxnc0SI/AAAAAAAAAi4/0YRMtWdzyv0/s1600/DSCN1649.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623070823303401762" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vuODL4Sbn2Q/TgkpHxnc0SI/AAAAAAAAAi4/0YRMtWdzyv0/s320/DSCN1649.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">It's getting harder to entertain my grandsons with art projects, but they enjoyed altering some old pop bottles into vases for their moms. </span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-56333178303715269632011-06-27T17:53:00.000-07:002011-06-27T18:03:34.023-07:00Bubble Snippet<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Qot9vLx0fQ/Tgknl38CwhI/AAAAAAAAAiw/ySXNmtt8Ct8/s1600/DSCN1618.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623069141373207058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Qot9vLx0fQ/Tgknl38CwhI/AAAAAAAAAiw/ySXNmtt8Ct8/s320/DSCN1618.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3366ff;">This is how I altered a yard of Tami's beautifully hand-dyed muslin (?) for the second step of the second installment of the surface design round robin I joined in May. A little bit short on time this summer, I had to get it mailed on quickly. The dyed fabric made me think of crystal clear water, so I added some bubbles that had been intended to be a long ago lady's yo-yo quilt (shoebox-full given to me by a good friend). I liked the time and texture contrast. Also added some scarf snippets for wave affect. It will be fun to see what the next person does to it. </span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-78777264848936277832011-06-15T09:20:00.000-07:002011-06-15T09:28:01.529-07:00Getting Gavin<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0aQciYzDlA/TfjcspdViPI/AAAAAAAAAio/v3IY3zzdY6c/s1600/DSCN1616.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618483194745948402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0aQciYzDlA/TfjcspdViPI/AAAAAAAAAio/v3IY3zzdY6c/s320/DSCN1616.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MOAvye8P6kA/TfjcsP-f8XI/AAAAAAAAAig/84zlx6CVyQM/s1600/DSCN1612.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618483187905720690" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MOAvye8P6kA/TfjcsP-f8XI/AAAAAAAAAig/84zlx6CVyQM/s320/DSCN1612.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My third grandson lives in Texas. His dad lives in Iowa. We're building a twice-a-year visit tradition where we meet</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">in the middle of Kansas. Special times. </span></span></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L8K4Cge2zno/TfjcrkC-rnI/AAAAAAAAAiY/1b_mZOVLXxI/s1600/DSCN1610.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618483176113352306" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L8K4Cge2zno/TfjcrkC-rnI/AAAAAAAAAiY/1b_mZOVLXxI/s320/DSCN1610.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-25385440942050822492011-06-15T09:12:00.001-07:002011-06-15T09:20:22.133-07:00Remembering Doris<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pj_ZlLXgFa0/TfjbR0YW1YI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/zwk8Ty_PWXw/s1600/DSCN1599.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618481634309756290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pj_ZlLXgFa0/TfjbR0YW1YI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/zwk8Ty_PWXw/s320/DSCN1599.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hT7S9_pDKG0/TfjbRa67QYI/AAAAAAAAAiI/q7JtdJlhrK8/s1600/DSCN1598.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618481627475427714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hT7S9_pDKG0/TfjbRa67QYI/AAAAAAAAAiI/q7JtdJlhrK8/s320/DSCN1598.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ktWFJKq8e5Y/TfjbQ9uH1HI/AAAAAAAAAiA/Qgo_MfXTWus/s1600/DSCN1594.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618481619637097586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ktWFJKq8e5Y/TfjbQ9uH1HI/AAAAAAAAAiA/Qgo_MfXTWus/s320/DSCN1594.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff6666;">On June 7, we buried my mother-in-law. The two days we were together were filled with love and mutual support. Pictures include two of her grandchildren and two of her great grandchildren. I'm sorry I didn't get pictures of her two sons who were by her side when she died peacefully at the age of 92.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-669884217389629122011-06-15T09:03:00.000-07:002011-06-15T09:12:03.902-07:00Scottsbluff NE Sister Trip<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9603XJy8-FI/TfjYd2tzFNI/AAAAAAAAAhg/f9xCTw6u4Dg/s1600/DSCN1580.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618478542560105682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9603XJy8-FI/TfjYd2tzFNI/AAAAAAAAAhg/f9xCTw6u4Dg/s320/DSCN1580.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qOHBc1AEmjE/TfjYde5bMqI/AAAAAAAAAhY/qiKTRQZBpG0/s1600/DSCN1545.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 138px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618478536166421154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qOHBc1AEmjE/TfjYde5bMqI/AAAAAAAAAhY/qiKTRQZBpG0/s320/DSCN1545.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;">Feeling compelled to record the blessings surrounding my recent trip with 3 sisters to visit our 5th sister who has moved this past year to assisted living because of numerous health issues. We worried that we might overwhelm or confuse her. Instead she blessed us with her love, sweetness and funny remarks. </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;">My sisters and I have traveled together annually for many years (25?) and this one feels like the best. Each time we share gifts. This time I gave them all hand knitted socks!<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-9895738159351669322011-06-15T08:50:00.001-07:002011-06-15T09:02:42.866-07:00RaBbiT ArT<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XpZDqqxzmU0/TfjXkACJjlI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/lQj0UpgZdAE/s1600/100_1298.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618477548628971090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XpZDqqxzmU0/TfjXkACJjlI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/lQj0UpgZdAE/s320/100_1298.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">With Tami, Marti and Judi, I've joined a surface design round robin. My piece, Leaping Rabbits, was created with spray water color over rabbit masks and metallic paint with rabbit stencil. I sent it to Marti. To see what she did with it, see </span><a href="http://www.fabricartandmore.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">www.fabricartandmore.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">This is the Year of the Rabbit. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#996633;">Rabbit Medicine: Little Sister Rabbit teaches us through her timidity to be gentle with ourselves and others, begs us to study her movements so that we may learn to move in concert and harmony with our environment and the Creator. She has excellent observation skills and sensitive reflexes to help her survive in a world surrounded by danger. She can disappear in an instant and always knows which direction to go. The times that rabbits are most often seen is during early dawn hours or at evening dusk. These are times when the visible becomes invisible and the invisible becomes visible, reminding us that things are not always as they appear and helping us to discern reality from fantasy.<br /></span></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-76796861419889932732011-05-10T15:42:00.000-07:002011-05-10T15:52:04.376-07:00Two Kitty Friends<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AT5wFva_0JM/Tcm_4tKjb3I/AAAAAAAAAgs/FUPVIpy9RtU/s1600/cats%2Bat%2Bwindow.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 201px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605222192156733298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AT5wFva_0JM/Tcm_4tKjb3I/AAAAAAAAAgs/FUPVIpy9RtU/s320/cats%2Bat%2Bwindow.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">Today the little gray cat went to be with her yellow brother who died 2 years ago.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">Lots of good memories.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">A few tears.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VedyfyL8J6g/Tcm_4VrZhlI/AAAAAAAAAgk/4C5SDhjGFGc/s1600/Chance%2Bn%2BWoody_NEW.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605222185852044882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VedyfyL8J6g/Tcm_4VrZhlI/AAAAAAAAAgk/4C5SDhjGFGc/s320/Chance%2Bn%2BWoody_NEW.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D9ewHcvN6Xc/Tcm_3xOKSuI/AAAAAAAAAgc/3qCUFbL4D9g/s1600/cats%2Bat%2Bapt.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605222176065735394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D9ewHcvN6Xc/Tcm_3xOKSuI/AAAAAAAAAgc/3qCUFbL4D9g/s320/cats%2Bat%2Bapt.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-nKIebdUZ0/Tcm_3uZ-lDI/AAAAAAAAAgU/io6zFFhe83U/s1600/cats%2Band%2Btaylor.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605222175309993010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-nKIebdUZ0/Tcm_3uZ-lDI/AAAAAAAAAgU/io6zFFhe83U/s320/cats%2Band%2Btaylor.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">My first grandson, Taylor and I each picked out a kitten when he was 4 - </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">because he "just needed to touch an animal" (pets not allowed at his apt.)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">Gray one is Chance. Yellow one is Woody. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">They have both lived with me. Taylor is now 19!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3366ff;">We made pretty memorial stepping stones.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-71029887562625388422011-05-10T15:35:00.000-07:002011-05-10T15:42:03.711-07:00Projects<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqT_hGAVhvU/Tcm-FJzFd3I/AAAAAAAAAgM/K8OWUHAV1Es/s1600/DSCN1496.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605220206978103154" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqT_hGAVhvU/Tcm-FJzFd3I/AAAAAAAAAgM/K8OWUHAV1Es/s320/DSCN1496.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> Two Eric Carle pillows for my friend, the kindergarten teacher </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">who loves childrens' books.<br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dp8_OMG2p2g/Tcm-EzyzDCI/AAAAAAAAAgE/BSgCUMlCKgo/s1600/DSCN1497.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605220201071316002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dp8_OMG2p2g/Tcm-EzyzDCI/AAAAAAAAAgE/BSgCUMlCKgo/s320/DSCN1497.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Another woven cloth piece. In progress.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-euIvAx1rNIk/Tcm-D474DQI/AAAAAAAAAf8/yBmPhtVvbNw/s1600/DSCN1500.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605220185271700738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-euIvAx1rNIk/Tcm-D474DQI/AAAAAAAAAf8/yBmPhtVvbNw/s320/DSCN1500.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"><span style="color:#333333;">Button bracelets and their little bags - for my sisters. <br /></span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-13736671554769466322011-04-29T08:24:00.000-07:002011-04-29T08:31:43.654-07:00Arranging Asparagus<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uiXxWZB3vc0/TbrZWTj-GII/AAAAAAAAAf0/khuB1bPG44c/s1600/DSCN1481.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601028063820126338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uiXxWZB3vc0/TbrZWTj-GII/AAAAAAAAAf0/khuB1bPG44c/s320/DSCN1481.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npsvMds2IS4/TbrZV9ExLoI/AAAAAAAAAfs/JrzF5EmMHdU/s1600/DSCN1480.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601028057783676546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npsvMds2IS4/TbrZV9ExLoI/AAAAAAAAAfs/JrzF5EmMHdU/s320/DSCN1480.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7IBMlW5l9kw/TbrZVTBk4LI/AAAAAAAAAfk/Fkb7jZTHVdA/s1600/DSCN1477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601028046495998130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7IBMlW5l9kw/TbrZVTBk4LI/AAAAAAAAAfk/Fkb7jZTHVdA/s320/DSCN1477.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">One of the very best parts of living </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">in this little rural town </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">in the southwest corner of the state of Iowa </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">is receiving gifts </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">from the bounty </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">of Neighbor Joe's garden. </span></div></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211950580531778816.post-11423423655911111802011-04-27T13:06:00.001-07:002011-04-27T13:10:56.102-07:00Flowering Quince<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YylP3L4dXWY/Tbh4P7SBSMI/AAAAAAAAAfc/eGJztSTrNyM/s1600/DSCN1460.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600358351641856194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YylP3L4dXWY/Tbh4P7SBSMI/AAAAAAAAAfc/eGJztSTrNyM/s320/DSCN1460.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mKmf1S4aLoE/Tbh3bWAdkSI/AAAAAAAAAfU/2e1WyJ7a6rc/s1600/DSCN1463.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600357448282902818" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mKmf1S4aLoE/Tbh3bWAdkSI/AAAAAAAAAfU/2e1WyJ7a6rc/s320/DSCN1463.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;">I think the flowering shrubs and trees have been extra splendid this year - our reward for survival of the bleak winter months. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;">T</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;">his is an old bush and has never looked this good.</span></div></div>Suzanne Thomsen Newsomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856291369763613352noreply@blogger.com1