Chalk Outlines: February 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Haiku 4 U

WAVES
churning gray waters
salt spray slaps my cheeks, my face
stormy sea's today

© Lydia Lowe 2/20/2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Thursday's Quote Me

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.

- Émile Zola

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Last year I started a year long project named "Home Sweet Home". This was an Internet pattern which was offered by the "Quilt Happy, Quilt Often" blog. Here's how mine looks, all finished and in a frame.

I didn't quilt it because the appliques are made of felt and they are very fragile.

I love the way it turned out. So, I'm going to enter it as a challenge project.

Silver Needles Quilt Guild, of which I am a member, is having our annual quilt challenge unveiling at the February meeting.

Our challenge this year was to prepare a project that reflected a poem or quote.

Here's the poem that goes with this project:

WHEN I THINK OF HOME (SWEET HOME)

Caitlin L. Crawford

When I think of "home" I think of cherry pies

mulberry trees

butterflies

bumble bees

When I think of "home" I think of hummingbirds

sun brewed tea

morning walks

Grandma and me

When I think of "home" I think of hidden trails

lullabies

signs of spring

pumpkin pies

When I think of "home" I think of bedtime stories

honeysuckle

roses blooming

When I think of "home" I can't help but chuckle

Because when I think of "home" I think of Heaven

of all that's kind

of dancing

When I think of "home" Grandma comes to mind

Silver Needles Quilt Guild Challenge

This is the original project that I created for the challenge. The center is an embroidery design from an Internet designer, featured on the "Birdie Stitches" blog block of the month for 2011. This was the April design.

I don't know if you can read the quote, but it says:

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come."