Finished!

It's time to celebrate for me! I finished a new quilt!

I worked on it (though not continually) since August 2011 -  I talked about it earlier here, on August 9, 2011 ("Reverse Side") and March 3, 2012 ("In and Out, A Blue Underground Pattern")...

... and right now I just sit and am happy with it! 

It's funny, but this work really means something to me.

fragments and pieces

when assembled they explode

and form a new quilt

Carpet Bag

"Why," said Jane, "there's nothing in it!"
"What do you mean - nothing?" demanded Mary Poppins, drawing herself up and looking as though she had been insulted.
...
"From the carpet bag she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album. Last of all came a folding camp-bedstead with blankets and eiderdown complete, and this she set down between John's cot and Barbara's.
Jane and Michael sat hugging themselves and watching. It was all so surprising that they could find nothing to say. But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane."


(from: "Mary Poppins" by P.L.Travers, 1934)


... and this here is a "carpet bag" I made, it seems to be empty? Well, it isn't!

It's A Girl

Well, here is my Easter bunny taking a break from hiding eggs, posing for a quick photo. 

And yes: It's a girl, wearing her best dress today. And yes: She (again) had put on two different shoes, it happened in her haste today to get everything done. And yes: She is often being complimented on her extraordinary ears!

And off she goes again!

HAPPY EASTER!

Easter Bunny

Easter is coming ...

and my Easter bunny is waiting to get all dressed up!