Quilting Arts August/September issue

 

http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/quiltingarts/archive/2014/07/07/quilting-arts-magazine-august-sept-2014.aspx
Quilting Arts August/September issue with article
I have an article in this issue on my leaf manipulation process.  Please follow the link to the Quilting Arts site!

Back from the Grand Traverse Hike through the Alps

I am back from my long hike. It was a terrific trip with wonderful sights, great food and lots of hiking. Some of the hiking was scary, some beautiful, all of it challenging.  I have lots of photos to sort through, some may lead to new work! Here is the photo of the Alpen Glow that I caught at sunrise one morning while staying in the mountain hut at 11,000 feet. I wasn't sleeping well and had already been up to see the moon rise, the stars so clear at this altitude and then the sunrise.  It was a wonderful moment. Note hte almost full moon high in the blue sky!

Bernina We All Sew Blog article

Please take a look at the article I recently wrote for Bernina on creating the shaped tree ring pieces.

http://weallsew.com/2014/07/23/how-to-make-realistic-looking-3-d-tree-rings-and-other-shapes/

Bernina blog article

Fog and cold

 Our hike at 7000 feet today was our "warm up " hike. warm up is what we needed to do when we were done as it was very rainy, foggy and cool.  But also very beuatiful with the azaleas and other flowers blooming high on the mountainside.  Trying to hike on rough rock and take pictures was not my best thing so I have very few to choose from. 

Off to the mountaintop

 I arrived in Chamonix in the French Alps on Sunday and made the decision to go up to the top of the mountains as soon as possible as the weather was predcitied to get bad by that evening. And that has been true. It has rained, been foggy , cloudy and cool since Sunday night. It was quite the experience to be on top of the Alps looking at rock, snow and ice in all directions. The cable car goes up in 2 segments, the second segmnet is so steep - almost vertical by the end.  More pictures below.

Off to hike the Grand Traverse

 On Saturday I leave to hike through the Alps  - Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and Italy. The route is called the Grand Traverse and goes through these 5 countries as you make your way from west to east.  I may not be blogging from there but will be taking lots of new photos to play iwht with when I get back. 

Grass and sky

 A low to the ground photo of grass with raindrops against the dark clouded sky.  If we are going to have storms everyday at least some interesting imagery is coming along iwht it!

Cloud cover

 The clouds moving fast across the sky - a little color enhancement and a colorful image emerges.

Stormy Sky II

 

Another stormy sky on early morning walk.