Thought I would share some images of Molly’s quilt, which I am almost half done with. This is a sweet quilt with some traditional quilting:
I will do my stitch-in-the-ditch work last, as I always do. Keep posted! I will post images when I am done. What are YOU working on?
As always, I am working on several creative projects at once. I am making progress on the art quilt shown in the post below, plus, I have been drawing quilting designs using my Tablet PC- which will be turned into digitized quilting or embroidery designs. Plus, here are some other projects in the creative phase:
1.) Tree Overlay, made out of fiber, fabric and other embellishments, for my art quilt.
2.) Freeform Beaded leaves for quilt above.
3) Mokuba Freelace scarf. (I do have a tutorial for this project)
4) Wholecloth Series of Quilts. I am working on several designs on both silk, cotton, and whatever materials I find on hand.
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I promise to write about each project as it develops. Plus, I have some design projects in the works, but I can only share about that when they become available for sale.
Baby-wise, dear little Ethan has been getting over roseola, which is a type of childhood virus featuring several days of a high fever, followed by a rash. Poor little guy, he has been feeling most crabby, but thankfully, has had no complications.
What have YOU been up to? Hugs, Carla
Hello, I am playing around with how my blog looks. It is way over due for an update. I will be experimenting with several looks over the next week or so. Feel free to comment about any that you like.
Long time blog readers may want to know why I haven’t been blogging as much as usual? One reason has to do with a dear little boy who came into my life last year. It is now official- Joe and I are the proud legal guardians for Ethan, now 14 months old. He has blond hair, blue eyes, and is adorable. Full of personality, Ethan has a fun sense of humor, too. It will be a joy to see him grow.
As always, I am still creating, albeit more slowly than in years past. In the works are some Carla digital quilting designs- to be carried exclusively by DigiTech Designs. When they become available, I promise to share a link so you can see them.
I am also working on the Fall Class schedule, too, as well as updating the StepOnPins website. When it becomes available, too, I will let you know. 
How is that for a teaser?
Happy 4th of July to all the US blog readers!
Hugs, Carla
With my 3 week long Quilt Whisperer 101 Online Class wrapping up, I have the free time to blog again! I am happy to report that the class went well, and the live meetings were fun to do. Thanks to all the students in the July QW Class for your hard work and for taking my class.
So what’s next? Next up is a Tablet Design Class, which is already written. However, I still need to shoot and edit the videos for the weekly lessons. Here are examples of what the class will teach. How to draw a wholecloth quilt using a tablet:
How to design quilt tops using a tablet. Here is the before:
Quilt top by Debby B.
Here is the designed quilt:
(Thanks to Debby B. for allowing me to share her lovely quilt top)
The class teaches many other skills, too. How to design Edge-2-Edge designs and pantos, and how to PPP with your tablet, and more!
Once I finish my videos for this class, the class will be announced and my mailing list notified by an email newsletter. If you wish to be on the class list, just post a reply here- or on my class page.
Other news: With an adorable grandbaby in the home, Joe and I lives are enriched! Ethan is now 3 months and is so cute… a Gerber baby really! He is a good natured baby, healthy, and even sleeps through the night! He is a precious gift.
My next speaking and workshop is scheduled for September in Phoenix, Arizona. I am honored they asked me to come. I will be giving a lecture on Quilt Whispering, and my workshop will be my Doodle Art Fill Class. Students will go home with their own original doodle art quilt to later quilt:
How have YOU been? Happy Summer, Carla
During my vacation, I got to spend lots of quality bonding time with the grandkids. Jack is very funny and is also very active. Kate, who was born earlier this year, is a nursing baby, so I haven’t babysat her very often before this trip.
Here is a picture of Kate, lifted borrowed from my DIL’s facebook page:
I was so excited to get to know Kate on this family trip. I got to hold her quite a bit and play noise games back and forth. She melts my heart, just like Jack did at this age. I freely admit to being mushy, but grandmothers are known to do this on occasion.
Anyway, I haven’t written much about the grandkids in a long while, so I thought it was time. Next post tomorrow: my funny car rental story. Real life happens when you least expect it.
Before I explain and show pics about my mystery crop circles, here’s an ant doodle I did while watching the Project Runway finale last night:
My favorite ant is this one:
Actually, I don’t often sit around drawing ants, I was drawing a page of picnic theme quilting designs. Once though, in the 1990′s, I designed a ant theme cover for a magazine- and in my ant world, I drew a People Farm sitting on the shelf. After it was published, a rubber stamp company owner called and asked to turn the whole page into rubber stamps. LOL Somewhere in my garage are a bunch of ant stamps, people farm, and other stamps I designed over the years including my godzilla design.
Now onto the “Crop Circle” mystery: I was out admiring the spring flowers, then noticed a bunch of places where it looked like mini crop circles. I took a walk and noticed them randomly here and there. It was hard to capture them adequately, but here goes:
Pretty odd, I admit. I dismissed the alien theory, but spent a few days trying to understand how they came about?
The answer came to me as I noticed a big old Tom Turkey, obviously on the prowl for a little turkey action. He puffed his feathers out in a handsome display sure to catch the ladies eye. Heck, even I found him to be attractive- in a turkey dinner kind of way!
I tried to get a better picture, but you will have to ignore Joe’s smoker in the foreground and my patio chair. Yes, that is a rock on the smoker… not sure why:
A wonderful display of turkey maleness! Tom’s gobbles and display were effective, because 3 ladies came to check him out:
Finally, the mystery of the crop circles are explained:
Hmmm… buy the sheer number of these circles around the place, I would say there should be lots of babies in the late spring. LOL Life on the ranch….
Enjoy your day! Hugs, Carla
I thought I would share pictures of my darling grandkids. Jack is now over 2 and Kate is about 7 weeks old:
And here is Jack. I admit I added a bit of fun to his picture:
And here are the kids together with Aimee, my pretty DDIL:
Joe and I love to babysit Jack, and he spent the night last weekend with us! We also look forward to babysitting Kate for longer stretches. She is breastfed, which is so important for both Kate and her mom, so we will just patiently wait until she is older.
Now that I have grandkids, I can honestly say that Grandkids are our reward for raising teenagers!! LOL Hugs, Carla (aka Grandma)
I wanted to share a cute baby quilt that my friend, Barb K., made for my new granddaughter, Kate:
Here is a close-up:
What a nice friend to do this for me. She also sent a couple of outfits, so thank you, Barb!! This is a lovely quilt and it looks great in the Kate’s room at our house.
Enjoy your weekend!! I hope to see the grandkids today, and I have 2 classes I am teaching at the quilt store the next 2 days- My therapy quilt:
and my quilted beaded bag:
Hugs, Carla
Kate Elizabeth Davey has arrived!! My granddaughter has finally made an appearance! Of course she is beautiful, too! Pictures will follow.
Kate made her appearance on February 16th, 2010 around 12:30 pm. She weighs 8 lbs 11 oz. and best of all…. she is healthy!!
This grandma got to hold her many time today. She is so cute and sweet!! My heart is melting!! Being a grandmother is a good thing!
Here is a picture of mom & Baby. I though Aimee (my DDIL) was glowing in this phone pic:
My cute grandson, Jack, turns 2 today!! Happy Birthday, Jack, from Grandma!! I love this little guy and he is so precious! Here is a recent picture:
And this picture was taken a few months ago:
and another…
Jack is about to get a baby sister, Kate, any day now. My DDIL, Aimee, is due early next month. Anyway, we are all getting excited about the new arrival!
Have a fun day, Jack!!
