Spring, but, ice storm cometh!

I live in New England and, in a place that has its on weather,  we expect ice in April and May too.  Just don't want it anymore as this winter was brutal.  I live on a lake and our Heron returned and I watched him try to find open water, what he did find was some ones ice fishing hole!

I have been to 3 getaways and worked on the same Judi Niemeyer quilt at each and will bring it to my next one too!  I am making my son and his wife a queen size one and even though paper piecing is accurate it takes time.

This week  I am curating a quilt show with the Material Girls Quilt Guild at the annual Art in Bloom weekend at the Fitchburg Art Museum, where I am a docent as well and also interpreting an African Mask with my handwoven basket, using batik wax prints selvedges, of course, and dried material and a lone white orchid.  I will send pictures after I finish it and hang the show!

I have been fixated on the Sci Fi Channel, disaster movies and the Vikings.  I guess a long winter will force you to feel better by watching this!

I will be making my grand daughter  a Colonial dress for her class's special week on reliving this historic period.  She told her teacher that her "member" would make her a special dress and wants it in purple!  I guess you could say that a eggplant could have been used for a dyeing compound!  Also she wants to be a lady......... don't even want to think about the reason.... maybe she doesn't want to do house work like me...........
I made 2 quilts for Art in Bloom and have almost finished a raffle quilt for an environmental group, WEST, in my area, that is being saluted for its 25 year of local diligence.  To think that they formed, when I was a Selectwoman and I can't believe it was so long ago.  Time flies when you are really living it!

Please check out these websites as they are quilt shows that I am hanging and also showing my work.  Of course I have entered a vest that is still wandering around in my head so it can be started.  Think alligators!   fitchburgartmuseum.org,  materialgirlsquiltguild.org and quilters connection.org,  for info and dates and times.

If you are looking to  see one of my talks please check out the calendar that I am in the process of revising!  (I have to figure out to do that and then it will get posted!"

I have gotten better with my procrastination complex and have thing done at least 2 weeks before they are due.  We should congratulate ourselves when we actually do it!  In the middle of closet renovation and went to IKEA today and bought what I need in anticipation of the plummer and electrician and son, the contractor coming soon.  Just like the real spring, flowers, raking black flies will be too.

Enjoy
Jessica