Quilt Show Appearance and Note Cards Available

On May 18^th and 19^th, I will have a booth at the Anderson, IN, Redbud Quilters’ Guild quilt show.  I hope to talk with many about the benefits of focus and relaxation that Zentangle® can offer the quilter.  I will, of course, have product to sell.  I have also made some note cards that will be sold in packs of five.  I will have a variety pack and packs of cards of the same design.  I hope you like the designs.  If you would like to order some, let me know.

The bottom picture is on the back of my cards.

I Dared to do the Dare from The Bright Owl

The Bright Owl is issuing a Zendala Dare each week.  I hope to participate as much as I can.  She gives us the string for the Zendala, and we are free to create!  In creating Zentangles or Zendalas, you aren't necessarily concerned about the outcome.  It's the process that counts.  This is my first Zendala with a string.  The tangles used are: Gneiss, Paradox, Tuftid, Mooka, and Ahh.

What an enjoyable challenge.

Quilters Turn Into Tanglers

After the April 5th meeting of the Redbud Quilters' Guild in Anderson, IN, I had the privilege to give a class to four very talented ladies.  We had a grand time.  The one thing I really appreciated about them was that they embraced the fact that in Zentangle there are no mistakes, just more possiblilites.  I think they did a fantastic job and had a great time.  Hope you like their tiles.

I'm still trying to learn how to take an effective picture.  I'll get better.  I was just so impressed at how good they all did.  Thank you ladies for a great afternoon!

Zendala Fun

Sandy Hunter, CZT, sent some of us Zendalas to tangle for her.  She will be posting them soon.  She sent me a blank tile.  I had to come up with the string on my own.  That was not as easy as I had hoped.  I think it turned out pretty good for a first try.  I took Suzanne McNeil's advice and didn't "pre-plan" it.  It just happened.  Amazing.

Wall Hanging for the Living Room

I finally finished the wall hanging for the living room.  The pattern is Shade Cascade and can be found on the Blank Quilting website.  At one time it was a free pattern and may still be.  I was excited how it turned out.  The blues tone down the really blue wall, the greens bring out the greens in the rugs in the room, and the browns match the brown leather furniture.  The wall hanging really makes the whole room seem more "homey".  The background wall slightly washed out in the picture.  Actually it's more the color of the medium blue in the wall hanging.

Bahamas K-Love Cruise

We are back from our week on the Norwegian Sky cruise ship.  It was this year's K-Love cruise.  Wow! ~~the stars, both in the sky and on stage.  We had a concert on stage in the theater and one by the pool every night.  What an experience!  We spent some extra time in Miami with our son who lives down there.  He took us to South Beach a couple of days.  Interesting.  That's all I've got to say about that.  We had a great time with our friends.  Our small group (five couples in all) went on this cruise.  As you might imagine, each dinner was a hoot!  I have to say, this small group is a lot of fun and definately ornery!  I did manage to get a couple of tiles drawn while sitting by the pool.  I hope you like them.

And this one for all of you who are my Valentines!

Hope your Valentine's Day is full of love!

Note Cards

I'm really into making note cards for me to use.  This first one is for a baby shower.  I worked long and hard on it.  Just hoping it doesn't end up in the trash.  If it does, it does.

The next card I will be using to thank all who were so kind to us when my husband's sister past away.

Valentine's Day is coming up.  I can't wait to see what comes out of my pen for that.