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Sheila Mahanke Barnes was chosen by the random number generator. Send me your snail mail and I will send this on to you!!
It is a beautiful day in Portland, brisk and sunny with grand views of Mt. Hood. Reva and I took the bus downtown to meet up with some of our STASH group for lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant and then some art viewing. We went to the Contemporary Craft Museum where my guild has a small show in their showcase. The theme is fire and earth. I have my Scorched Earth piece there.
We had a small gift exchange. I made these bags for each one with their name stamped.
I also repurposed an old quilt that I made in 2007 and created 5 small pieces. This was made from hand-dyed silk, organza and cheese cloth. It was heavily hand stitched with perle cotton.
Here are the newpieces:
I added some beads to some of them and satin stitched the edges. I love making these little pieces.
Mr C and Scooter went out and cut down a tree while I was gone. He said it did not take as long because I was not with him. (Me: Oh, look at that one over there. Wait, I see one down there that looks perfect! Etc.)
So, guess what I will be doing this week-end!!
Aren’t we STASHers lucky? I love my mini-quilt, not to mention the bag and the scissor-holder!
And how does the tree look? Pretty nice, I bet. That was funny.
Congratulations Sheila! Your bags and quiltlets are wonderful. I thought of you when I was outside taking photos of the birches in the fog. I am the same as you when it comes to picking out a tree. C came home with a fake one 5 years ago. I think he was tired of hiking the Blues with me. I have put the lights on and taken them off so many times this year. I purchased a bad batch of lights, I think. Have a fun filled weekend. I hope M&M are going to help with the tree trimming.
Yowza! I’m stoked to have won this. Address on the way – thanks!
It’s looking very festive around your blog already! I like your tree bags and repurposed quilt. I’m slowly cleaning house so that I can get out all our holiday decor too.
Gerrie, I love those little pieces. They cause me to look so much more carefully at the detail when admiring something in that amll-size format.