1. I got around to posting about our Fiberworks 2019 show this week. There were tons of great pieces, these pics are closeups of a quilt by my friend Charlotte Hickman; there is so much depth and detail in her work, it's just amazing. Click on over to see the rest of the pieces I shared.
2. I did a bunch of plant maintenance this week. It was time to bring in all the houseplants that had been outside for the summer, but that required a lot of reorganizing and finding spaces for things. I think most of them had a good summer outside, but one of the new plants I got from my plant guy this summer has just completely died. I'll have to see if I can figure out why because I really liked it. I really enjoy checking on my plants and taking care of them all. I love the variety, and seeing who's flourishing and who might need a bit of a different environment or some help. I'm pretty full inside now and I have a couple things rooting that will need homes, but there's always space somewhere.
3. I got out my fall decorations at work this week; my favorite is this embroidered wreath I made a few years ago. It was a fun project and I'm always happy to see it!
4. My cacti are still growing! I haven't shared them in a while, but they're doing great. Still pretty small, but definitely alive and continuing to mature morphologically.
5. I enjoyed getting to do a little bit of knitting this week. Project on this project is slow, but I feel like I'm slowly getting the hang of it!
6. The pups are good. They miss me- it's been a lot of long days at work with after work obligations, but they're always up for a snuggle or walk.
7. Fall is finally well and truly here. We're starting to get a bit of color on campus, and I'm enjoying seeing it out my windows while I can (they're moving us to the basement sometime next spring).
8. I liked getting to work on some quilts this week. This is the back of what's going to be one of my abstract sculptural pieces. I did a bunch of painting on the little petals with my Shiva Painstiks over the weekend. It's fun experimenting!
I hope you all had a good week! For more positivity, click on over to LeeAnna's!
Pretty, healthy plants. I wish I had your wide window sills. Your sculptural quilts are so cool.
ReplyDeleteHi Shannon! Lots of great likes this week. It looks like all of your plants really enjoyed themselves outside. They are all so healthy and happy looking, and I'm glad the cacti are still growing. ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteYour plants look awesome. Mine not so much. I thought a Norfolk Pine would be easy. Um nope it is a little worse for wear. Like your piece you are working on.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all the fiber art. That's some seriously cool stuff. I like your knitting!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a great plant person, Shannon! I admire that! Love your fall embroidery, too. I'm sorry they're moving you to the basement - you'll miss that view!
ReplyDeleteGosh, those fibre works are something interesting aren't they! I love your autumn wreath...and the close up so I could see the stitches you chose. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could display my indoor plants properly but sadly both the dogs dig at the dirt of them...why I don't know. Maybe something to do with using composted soil I make; I don't know but it wrecks havoc on the plants so I have to keep them in a bedroom. Yours look so pretty.
Been traveling with work and just catching up today! That quilt is AMAZING! Well done you! So pleased your cactus are still going strong! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteso creative... the quilts are so nice. They're moving you, who loves green plants and who's soul is enhanced by nature views, to the basement??? Blue has a soft face. I'm afraid to move outside plants inside because of the bugs in them...
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