mountain magic arts

I will probable we doing some more blogs dealing with my food and kitchen alchemy. Yesterday was the day I created a flower bouquet and take it into my accountants office. It all started about 4 years ago. It seems in the spring I will end up making a lot of things to eat. I do it in the fall also, but we have several parties in the fall and I usually don't have to worry about what to do with all the food I make. Now in spring, if I am in town,  once or twice a week during high tax season ( feb to April 15) I bring a treat into my accountants office. They are a very appreciative group so my ego gets lots of strokes. This year I have brought chocolate covered strawberries, a candy and cookie plate (for Valentines), and then this fruit creation. This was the chocolate covered berries This was this years flower bouquet. It takes a couple of hours to prepare and assemble, but they look good. These are the hardest of all the things I make to transport. Every year ...

I have decided to do a quilt for Alicia's baby Ella. It has been 20+ years since I have done a baby quilt, I think As I started with five squares of muslin This is the first design a little giraffe I then proceeded to hand embroider it then the second was a little elephant Babs did give me a little help here and there. that was about all I had gotten done before we headed on our trip to Hawaii I then worked on the horse and turtle. When in Hawaii I decided to add a sixth one so I could do the quilt in the colors of the rainbow. I picked up some fun fabrics at a shop on maui.  And added the Dolphin to the designs.  I ended up finishing the hand embroidery  while watching Nick and Aryn while their parents took a quick Disneyland trip. Next will be cutting and sewing the top of the quilt.1