Five Photographs - Through The Snow

Almost a Pudding

 and Work In Progress

More How Cats Keep Warm

 Because cats on blogs are obligatory

 And cats on quilts likewise, particularly when one is trying to add a binding

And then she has the nerve to try to steal the camera..

Misty Water Tower

From my back doorstep

Snow Balls

Charity shop find..  The perfect Winter substitute for my hanging baskets..

Piles, Heaps, and Sorting Things

 No, not Seasonal delights.. These live in my bedroom all year.  I bought one to add, but I've misplaced it.. Later, perhaps

 And this is (some of, only a part of) what I've been doing.. It's a Curse of the Worst Kind to be a Completist.  I've been sorting cutting (till my wrists hurt) packing, destashing, and cursing a bit.. Too Much Fabric

And here's my Post Christmas Roadkill picture - Solitary Sprout..
Happy New Year

Delays are in progress; Roadkill continues

 Almost a complete set of garments this week.. It's bitterly cold, why are people leaving their clothes lying around? Above, Knickers, below, Scarf

 Scarf detail (it says "keep away from fire")

 And a Single Sock.. One shoe I can just about understand, but how does anyone lose one sock? And such a nice one, too

I also found a frozen-solid pair of pink thermal gloves, but they were on top of a bin, not on the road, and I brought them home and washed them.. Very cosy
And the delays? Well this is the third time I have tried to post this, Blogger is misbehaving again...
Keep warm...

Roadkill Spiral and Alienz

 Roadkill Spiral

 New Series - Alienz 1

and Alienz 2

Angel's Wings

This was my Art Quilt entry for Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK this year.  It is called Angel's Wings, and it is made from two layers of cheap polyester voile, enclosing bits of the same, curtain lace, Lutradur, and the like.  Yes. it's a quilt, having three layes joined by stitch.  And it's see-through; almost completely unfinished (dangly threads, raw edges, sleeve is the top bit sewn together with a raw edge at the top);
and I free-motion quilted it with feathery shapes with the tension cranked up as high as I could get it to make the whole thing crinkly.. Then I hung it up and hacked the edges off with scissors, much to the amazement of a watching friend..
I was rather hoping it would get poor notes, and I was really expecting criticism of the roughness..
And I was rather unhappy that my transparent, translucent, see-through "double-sided" quilt was hung against a black drape in a darkish corner, but hey..
And the judges loved it..
And both said, wistfully, "shame it wasn't hung in the open"
Ah, well, win some..
I'll have to try harder next time..

More roadkill

 Nine of Hearts

 Blue and Yellow

Pumpkin Top