Christmas Past

Can’t believe that is over already.  I’ve taken down many of the decorations and they are ready to be packed up and stored again.  I’ll leave the nutcrackers out for a few more days.  I love them all, especially the new ones this year, including Scrooge on Christmas Day.

Now that Christmas has passed, I can post a photo here of quilt I gave Marie as a gift.  Since I knew I wouldn’t get all the quilting done, I went ahead and gave her the quilt top and I will finish it now.  It is based on a photo that she took in Hofuf on her trip to Saudi in 2009.  She told me it is a house that King Abdul Aziz stayed in.


For those of you interested in technique, the whole top is fused applique, which is a technique outside my normal box of tools.  Some detail has been added with Derwent Inktense pencils. More detail will go in with the quilting.

The other piece I finished this week will be published when the exhibit opens at Copper Shade Tree in Round Top on February 4.