New items

I've been excited about adding paintings and other products to my Etsy shop, and now I've finally found the time between filling orders to do so.  Below is the first of a series of paintings:
 

  

Sew Spring!

I was thrilled this weekend to have a few quiet hours, with bright sun and awesome spring temps.  So on Saturday all conditions were set for a parade of color at Audubon Park, with my newly completed quilt.  For those of you who don't know me sew-cially (sorry I can't help it), I sew every piece of the quilt top by hand.  Sewing by hand is a fairly tedious exercise, but this was the practice of my grandmother passed down when I was 6 that I prefer to the deafening bang of a sewing machine.  Sewing by hand also gives me an excuse to simultaneously indulge in time traps like watching Bravohmygoshisthisreallife.  Besides, it's difficult for me to imagine doing only one thing at a time like sitting at the machine.  Maybe I will reevaluate as I begin to realize that I only have so many quilts in my lifetime, but for now sewing by hand it is.  

The best part about completing this quilt?  Getting to start a new one.  Sew excited!