IF: Obsession

My fascination and attraction to crazy quilts is becoming an obsession! I can "blame" my Great, Great Grandmother Merritt  who created dazzling crazy quilts while she ran a boarding house in the Catskills.

IF: gesture

 The gesture and working out the silhouette...

The drawing....

The finish...

IF: Stay-cation

  Sometimes the best vacations are just 10 minutes away! 

In northwestern Connecticut we have  The White Memorial Conservation Center, 

4000 acres of woods, trails, ponds and fields. 

We enjoyed Father's Day there - in our canoe! 

(We're the 3 bears in the birch bark canoe.)

IF: Remedy

This piece is from my Home Remedies collection. Here are some the coordinating images...

And a mock-up for a greeting card and matching envelope...

The mouse nurse is planning to return to the drawing board with a thermometer and maybe some bandages.

IF: Midsummer Night

Wouldn't we all like a cute yellow dragon to look over us as we settled in for the night?!

IF: Launch

The new leaf has been turned. I am back to the blog-o-sphere. Thought I should start with an IF post.

Happy Birthday Mouse

I live next door to what was my Grammy Y's house. A few years ago the house was sold for a second time since my grandmother's passing. This time a couple from Manhattan would make it their weekend home. Little did we know that this couple would become dear friends. This mouser is a birthday present for Bobbi.

Thank you Bobbi for making my grandmother's house a home again. And Thanks to Grammy Y for pulling some string from up above to give us the gift of amazing neighbors.