today after 3 bowls of dau hu i came home and made this.... hummm im not sure how i feel about this. i like it but i do have problems with the technique, it gets very squed, is that a word? i end up cutting it in half and sewing it back together! there must be a better way!
today is a beautiful day, not to hot and no rain! i went to the market and bought interesting things for dinner, ground fish patties that i will fry and then make soup with.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

this is what i did today!! ive never done curved piecing before, there are defiantly some things i need to figure out. i do like this and will try it again.
i needed to put the other one away for now, i will bring it back out later.
today rained all day, very windy too.
my friend hong came by this morning with breakfast, ca ri, its almost like a beef stew and you eat it with a fresh crusty baguette.
tonight ill put on my rain gear and head out for some stuffed squid and some green beans!!!

here is hung, our guide wearing all the items we bought from the lo lo tribe! isnt he wonderful!

this woman was making a head scarf, i asked her if she had any that were finished and i bought one!

this is a lo lo woman, she was making a jacket, they do beautiful hand work!

this was at the market in dong van, we were up by the chinese border.

well this is how far i got today... im still uncertan about this but will keep at it untill it works or i quit and move on to something different.

here is the new piece im working on, i got really excited about but when i put more pieces together it got VERY busy.... no i feel like i have quilters block!
i think that i will keep making the blocks and then see where i end up., i also made some triangles, they look pretty nice too.
its always a treat to see where my work leads me, i may start with an idea but it mutates as i go, i love it!
ill post more photos of the process on this one!

my landlady has decided that she needs to paint over all the mold in my house today..... so there are 3 young men in my house using watered down old paint trying to cover up the mold, it doesnt work! they are not very good painters either, big drips and messes, i went into my bedroom and they had an old dirty mat on my bed to keep from spilling everywhere.
today i asked her if she would sell me the house, maybe..... it is a good house and my studio is perfect, oh well.
im feeling rather frustrated today!

my friend hung and his girlfriend are here visiting from hanoi, we spent the afternoon walking all over hoi an, im a tour guide again! this time for my tour guide!
i found out that cyd has paid for 100 bolws of dau hu for me, im very happy about that!
it was a beautiful day today, i hope that the rains and floods are over!

here is the quilt top i finished today!!!!

i seem to be having a problem viewing my own blog but i hope that you can still se it!
today i finished another quilt top, and ready to move on the next one, what ever it might be! maybe ill dye some fabric today.....

this is a half eaten bowl of dau hu! its tofu and ginger syrup, i eat two blows of this almost every day!

this is my friend hong, she is quilting one of my quilts, she is very good at it and very fast!

today is thursday the 29th, cyd left after spending 3 weeks here. i thought that i would now have a visitor free time till i go to bhutan but my friend hung from hanoi will be here for a few days ...... o well it is nice to have friends come visit.

here is the xe ma man again, i just love this stuff, isnt it pretty???? i have never seen another westerner there so the locals always smile when they see me squating on the tiny stools eating xe ma!

here are my friends phuong, on the right and hong, i go there almost every day and wait for the dau hu lady.... she didnt come today, very sad, i will post a photo of dau hu tomorrow, i hope!

this was at my friends dung and mais house cyd and i went to dinner there on his last night. i forgot to take pictures of the fantastic food!

good morning! its wednesdat here and im having my morning coffee and trying to make this sound interesting to everyone!
my friend cyd is still here, he leaves tomorrow and today we are running all over town picking up things he has had made, shirts pants robe..... it is shoppers heaven here!
the sun is out today thats a nice change, but last night i had to wear a sweater!!! it really does get cold here!
ok ill add on as i go i hope you enjoy!

here is a little flood in hoi an. we had water that was 8 feet higher two weeks ago!!!