Well my 28 boxes of fabric and stuff finally arrived!

I have a very small one bedroom bungalow so now my living room is my studio, so much for entertaining!

I have a show in 1 1/2 years from now and I want to have 20 quilts ready and I want them all to be about 6ft x 6ft so I have a lot of work to do. This is the first piece in its infancy.... who knows where it will go.

I have so many ideas rushing into my head and I only have so much time to work... I have a full time job now! I love having all weekend to work! Quite a change from Vietnam!

Well life in Austin is very nice! Im going through a bit of reverse culture shock, but I know this is where Im supposed to be! Still looking for a job.
My boxes from Vietnam are getting closer, they are due to arrive in LA on Friday, Im going through quilting withdrawls! I did find the best knitting store in town so thats whats been keeping my hands busy!
I just finished the top one, and have already started the next one, it will be a cardigan as well....!

Well Now I heard that the quilt I had in the Fiber twenty ten was given the award of a new show! I have 2 years to do up to 10 new pieces! Its a group of 4 people that were in the last show!

I have been looking around my tiny one bedroom apt trying to figure out where I will be able to put my design wall and sewing machine!

Well, here I am in Austin TX! Ive been here for a month now and I do like this town.
I will be moving into my little apartment on Monday, not a palace like my house in Hoi An but it will do. I also have a car, a red Mini Cooper!!! Its a 2006 and I love it.
Still no job but I have some ideas..... we will see.
Since all my quilting things are somewhere between there and here I have gone back to knitting! I found the best yarn shop here and they were having a huge sale! This will be a fun cardigan to wear!
I do miss my friends and the food but boy have I been eating well here! A little too well!
Ill be going to Orlando Fl on Tuesday to attend a big tile show, I hope to meet old friends and get the word out about needing a job.
More later!

I just found out that this quilt has been accepted into the show Fiber Twenty Ten! The artist reception is April 16th and I plan on being there!! Very exciting for me!

Nine days left in Vietnam!

My travels with Nancy Crow and Margaret Wolf!
We had three weeks together traveling through Laos and Northern Vietnam visiting as many textile and weaving villages as possible and having a great time doing so!
It is a wonderful way for me to say good bye to this great country!
Enjoy the photos!

I had no idea!!!!
I called a friend of mine this morning who collects my mail in the States. He said to me, " Ive got your book, it came yesterday" What book I ask.............. 500 quilts! OMG, one of my quilts made it in the book!!!!!!!!!! I never heard from them so I figured that they didnt pick anything I submited, but I was wrong! How cool is that!!!!
I guess I will have to wait till I get back to Portland to see the real thing but I am sooooooo exctied!

Well finaly a new piece! This is titled Torn Apart. It is 5' x 10"

I have decided to leave Vietnam!! I am flying out on March 18th and will end up in Austin Tx. This piece is how Im feeling about leaving this wonderful place, but it is time for me to go!

Its New years Eve here so I hope you all have a wonderful and safe new year.

Here is the new one in the new style, its 80 x 71" I like it and might do a few more, we will see.

I need to dye a few more colors for my next big piece, a this n that or something a little different?

Is there anybody that reads this from Austin Texas? If there is I would love to hear from you! Please email me, Im wondering what its like as a place to live.

Thank you!

75 yds dyed. It takes me awhile to do this, I have to boil water to add to the washing machine, but at least I have one. I love the greys and am thinking of useing them in another This N That quilt.

Here is my latest creation, its 62" x 58" I like it as a simple study, it has given me an idea for a much more complex piece that I hope to start on tomorrow!

I usualy have a week before I have a new idea but now I want to do 2 quilts right away!!! Can I manage to work on two pieces at the same time?

I named this Metropolis

Working with two colors is not easy but I think this works. Im going to leave it as a single its 42 x 42 Ill have my quilter use a black and white verigated thread and do it in a grid, at least I think thas what Ill have her do.


Im feeling the need for a change big time, so the easiest thing for me to change right now is my quilting so Im stepping away from the series and the bulls eye!!! We will see what develops!
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We had another storm here a few days ago, heavy rains and wild winds, my roof stayed on but leaked a lot. I went to the market and these are photos of the area. The river floods every November but I am always amazed by it. I need to get some rubber boots!

I love the bulls eyes because its instant gratification!!!

Ive dyed fabric for the next bulls eye, and I hope to start on it today but its rainy and gloomy and it might take a few days for the fabric to dry...,.

Ok here is the newest in the This N That series, and maybe the last.

I have had a few comments that say my work is too Nancy Crow, Im not sure I see it in this group but then again I might be a little to close.

I am going to do more of the bulls eyes, I love them!

Keep the comments coming please!

When does a series become a rut???

Its been an interesting few weeks, we had quite the typhoon here, part of my roof blew off and no power for 5 days, at the same time I got Dengue fever which is brought on by a mosquito bite!!!! Everything is fine now but there is another typhoon looming....

I am sewing together the next in the This n That series and will post it when done but I wanted to show you this wonderful woman, she sells coconut in the market and I just love the way she looks!

Mouse as a triangle.... her little face just pushed into the arm of the couch! Such a nut!