Quilt Raffle

I made a quilt and I finished it!  Hard to believe I know.  This is the quilt I made and my daughter Meg machine quilted it for me.  We are raffling it off this year at the Relay for Life in Albany, Oregon.  It's our main fundraiser this year.  This years relay is June 17 and 18 and takes place at the West Albany High School track.  We camp out all night and walk the track and try to raise money to fight cancer. Anyway, if anyone would like a ticket give me a shout.  Tickets are $1.00 each and we only have 1000 tickets to sell. The quilt is 60 x 60 in size. All money raised goes to the Cancer Society. It would be a nice lap quilt to take a nap with.  And if you like pink then this is the quilt for you. We will have the drawing for the winner the morning of June 18 and then we will all go home and take a long nap ourselves.

A Painting for my church

This is a painting I've been working on forever.  At least it feels like forever.  I was asked by some ladies at my church to paint something for the parish hall, because it was kind of drab and didn't have much going on in it.  This is the outcome.  I'm telling you I worried about this so much I'm surprised I don't have an ulcer.  But, I'm happy to report that everyone at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Albany, Oregon seems to just love it.  It is suppose to depict the seven days of creation.  My rendition anyway.
St. Alban's is a small but mighty bunch.  When I had cancer these people carried me in every way they could.  I'm blessed to have them in my life.  If I ever had any doubts, I don't anymore, angels walk among us everyday and I get to see some every Sunday!
Oh, by the way.  That lady laughing at the bottom of my photo is my Mom.  She laughs a lot.

Who's been picking my flowers?

Here is a little illustration I just finished.  Thought I would share.  Happy Wednesday everyone!

New Fabric Idea

It's been so long since my last post, I almost forgot how to do a post.  But, it's coming back to me.  I've been a busy girl going through a ton of medical tests.  But, now the tests are all over and I'm please to tell everyone that my last body scan came back completely normal.  No cancer for this girl.  I feel blessed and very fortunate.  For those of you who don't know what the heck I'm talking about, I have been battling Thyroid Cancer since 2008.  I've had a couple surgeries and all kinds of fun stuff.  I'm doing just fine now.

Thought I would show some astronaut type artwork I've been working on.  Let me know what you think.  Hope everyone had a nice Easter.  Ours was a small affair.  Husband, kids and my parents.  It was pretty nice, except my son was in a mood.  I've had a talk with him and I think he will do better next time.  Good heavens he's a adult, he should know how to behave.  Okay, enough with airing my grievances in public.  Take care everyone.

I Like Shoes

I really do enjoy shoes.  Not as much as books but still, I like a good shoe.  I just wish the ones I wanted were not so darn expensive.  I'm not talking about those shoes with the 12 inch heels. Can't afford them and if I ever got into a pair of those 12 inch babies I would probably fall and hurt myself badly.  So, I won't go there.  But, I know, because I've seen them myself that their are wonderful comfy shoes out there that are calling to me.  Anyone else like shoes?  I guess that may be a silly question. Have a good one everyone.

The Book Store

Like most of you, I love a book store.  I really do.  I can spend hours looking at books and I also spend a good deal of money on books.  I can't help it.  At least that's what I tell my husband.  Anyway this is a little illustration I did (very fast) of a local bookstore. Hope everyone is well and happy. Take care.

Just Fooling Around

Well, I've been sketching and fooling around with Photoshop.  These are some of the drawings I came up with.  Keep in mind that these were drawn very fast, mostly because I can't wait to finish something and also because I kind of like that spontaneous  feeling in a drawing.  Hope everyone has a nice weekend.  It's raining like cats and dogs here so I'll be indoors all weekend.  Oh, can you tell I live with a little corgi dog?  Lois thinks she is an excellent model. I tend to agree.