Poof! Color galore...

Surprise.....

Amazing mixed media quilts! I exited the elevator on the wrong floor and soon realized what a gift my mistake had become! The celebration of quilting permeates Harborview Medical Center!

And with an evening free of work, Roxy and I are playing with hexis.... Xoxo, Em

This fall season is one to celebrate!

Binding in Fremont on a rivirbank...

Blue skies and breathtaking colors....

Have us giddy! May your day have a moment of sunshine!

"Busy Bee"...I am all a buzz!

I am celebrating!.....After all these years of playing with Roxy.....a new quilting frame has worked and has me dancing. No more creases in the back and stretching out my borders.....Very excited!

"Intuition"

Fresh Lemons pattern.....

Star Struck.....celebrating the beauty of a joyful affect

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The beginning of a quilt for my sister-in-law celebrating her journey and her daughters... ...rich hues to accentuate the lifeline that connects them....blood is thicker than.... Feeling so grateful for textile artists that make quilting so wonderful and expressive!

Have you ever created quilts with a glue stick?.....Celebrating Freddy Moran's collage technic!

They say that Necessity is the Mother of Invention........Is that what they say, I am known to mix up my adages.....I have been quilting for 6 years and 2 months and it has been a journey.....I aspired to be the gifted quilters that my great grandmother, grandmother, mom, aunt and sister were.....within 9 months of beginning to quilt I found myself in therapy....YEP! I wanted to be 'perfect' and was not squaring up my corners, lining up my lines and found myself distraught with the creative process.....and then, I discovered glue sticks and novelty fabric....the rest is history and Freddy Moran's current style of COLLAGE could not be more welcomed by me! I celebrate her and the beauty of cutting up fabric and making quilts! Hope you enjoy my glue stick creations over the years in this gallery post.....

Resides with my dear friend in Paducah.....

Resides with a dear assistant of my past career...her Christmas quilt.....

My Seattle Series......

1 of 4 placemats for a nature lover......

A birthday card for my dear SIL who was dreaming of visiting us in Seattle....a ticket was attached.....

Placemat #2.....love the idea of staring every day with a song!.....

Celebration of the warmth of fall.......and retaining those yummy memories for the long chilly winter season....

Kaffe Fassettt fabrics are the perfect medium for Collage quilts......

A gut wrenching piece celebrating a murdered cowboy from my hometown......

Blesses Mark Lipinsky as he heals from his transplant....a celebration of a dear woman in his life.....

House boat neighbor to the home in Sleepless in Seattle.....my comical version of a Bed and Breakfast....

Commemorating our drive to Seattle....Dad and I celebrated the spring blossoms on the UW campus and imagined walking my grandfather did so many years ago while attaining his PhD.....

Tree of Life...binding completed on an outing to the beach on Vashon Island while my boys created a fort out of driftwood....bought the spirit animal fabric in Utah as a celebration for our decision to move to the NW....

A celebration for Victoria's dedication to gifting quilts to the homeless of New York and Tonya's LOVE block design.......

Cheeky fun......a good-bye gift to a fav wilderness friend....

And a final note.....may ideas continue to take flight and may the soul fly free! Love, Em

Celebrating Summer 2013....Noah's discovery and hunger for vinyl art

"Heaven"

Hooked on this woman celebrating sunshine!

Number 3 and I see more in my future...

Eagerly anticipating Green Fairy's book release...... found this photo of her quilting on a baby blanket I did earlier this year and I felt a moment of homesickness for our girlfriend time! Celebrating friendship!

Celebrating the wee hours of a fall morning...

For years I fought buying a car while in college....I remember walking the campus of University of Utah in all different seasons and loving the visuals one notices when on foot.....de ja vu yesterday as I walked to a training course......a feeling of appreciation for noticing pretties on a stroll....Fall in the NW is here and it is beautiful! Love, Em

Finding a new home.....

2 years ago Sean packed up the fifth wheel and set out for a job in Seattle.....it worked out well for him and we launched our family once more in the fifth wheel 6 months later.....Arrived with no jobs, a couple of pieces of furniture, 4 bins of Legos, a little stash of fabric, Sean's basic tools, Roxy and a whole lot of dreams.....

There were some "BOO- hoos as we left careers behind,our dream home, great friends and family.....

There have been many hours on our knees imploring God to comfort and guide us as we searched for work....jobs that went beyond showing up for a paycheck and revisited our Utah days of passion for our careers...finding our niche....

But the children, 2 and 4 legged, were always our focus.....Noah and Porsche moved in so seamlessly and what a relief to mine and Sean's hearts!.....

And amidst the trees and the green and the lovelies of Seattle....Sean and I played on days off and kept the faith.....

After relentless inner goadings, I submitted applications knowing that it was time to move on from Fairfax....windows of oppurtunity began to open....

My new home for my career......an incredible job that seemed so far out of reach 18 months ago.....and I am PSYCHED!!!!!!

This ceiling was the definitive sign! A quilt!!!! A current work in progress to become a quilt to celebrate! Years and years ago I set the goal to get my graduate degree in nursing from the Universtiy of Washington due to its reputation......and now I work where I can get free tuition....Today I go to UW to explore enrolling and looking for beauty on the campus....So many years ago my grandfather walked the campus and received his PhD....Grandma turns 100 in January and loves telling me here memories of their years in Seattle.

Fingers crossed and heart and soul ready for this new adventure! Thanks for celebrating with me!!! Em