Thursday, December 31, 2015

How many sheets to change a bed?

Finally closed the door to make the bed.  3 bottom sheets and 2 top sheets.  Muddy feet.  oh my!  I forgot how hard it is to raise a puppy the size of a small horse.     just can't please a person. Moan and groan that we don't have enough daylight. Sunrise 7:47 am. Where is the sunshine? Now that the days are getting longer (have you noticed?). My Lily gets up at dawn every morning to clear the backyard of invisible monsters: then she comes flying in freezing cold w/ muddy feet and pounces on the bed expecting me to get up and clear the monsters out of the house w/ her. We were up today at 7:30. Oh Joy! Can't wait until sunrise is at 5:05 a.m. 
By 5000 BC fiber-producing plants:  flax and hemp were domesticated from Iraq and Iran.  by 3000BC spread to Syria ad the Egyptian Nile to Switzerland and Germany
                                         Muddy Feet?  Who Me?

                                                          I'm innocent
Image result for flax plant images                        Flax Plant

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

threads

The polar uses 62 thread colors and the rooster 32.  I always thought three colors and your done.  No wonder they always looked flat.  Can't wait until I'm done.  Have about two hours left on the roostr and days on the polar.  Fact:  the silk trade rode was 7,000 mile long.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Waiting for the New Year 2016

Ever since I started taking art classes last year I have been fascinated by fabric and art.  In this stage of my life I love being a fiber artist.  I almost have the rooster and polar bear done.  I've learned I have to be fresh when working on them or I tend to do sloppy work.  Now that the baby and t-shirt quilts are done I am concentrating on paper piecing.  Never done that before but the wing of the eagle is gorgeous.  Hope i have enough fabric:  its a kit.  Fact:  humans were producing cloth from both linen and cotton 8000 years ago.

to be so innocent and sleep so well.  our baby lily.  one year at thanksgiving