ATC Cards Exchanged

Finally I get to show you some sewing I have done. I told you earlier this year that my Tuesday Night quilt group was going to exchange the Artist Trading Cards at our Christmas Party. Well last night was the night and I received some great ones! It was so fun to see what everyone did as your card was to portray you as a person and your style of quilting. The first picture is on the ones I did. As I work a lot in wool I did mine with a cotton background and wool appliqués. The second picture is of the ones I have received so far. Since we are quilters and mothers and wives and employees a few did not get there’s done. No problem as we will get together for a retreat next month and they can finish them up there. Looking at the picture clockwise the first one is a paper pieced Hummingbird that my friend Roseanna did. She is a master paper piecer and appliquer. She has been working on an appliquéd Hummingbird quilt so this card fits her perfectly. The next card is “The 2 of Paws”. My friend Marguerite is an animal lover and has the sweetest sheltie named Sparkle. An example of Marguerites love of animals is this; she was out walking and came across an injured owl. It had obviously been hit by a car. She walked home and brought back a towel and a box. She got him into the box and then drove him to a wildlife rehabilitation center. The owl spent quite a few months there and was recently released into the wild again. Marguerite was invited to be a part of this. She has a heart of gold! The next card is Mary’s and is a picture of her dog S.D.
I can’t quite explain how it is done but Mary is always willing to try new things so this fits her to a T. Next in line is Mel’s palm tree. Mel lives part time in Florida and is our queen of piping. Each little card has the tiniest piping all around it. Fabulous! And last but not least is Mary M.’s butterfly and flower. Mary is the master of the Grandmother’s flower garden, now we each get a little hexagon flower for ourselves. I love each and everyone and can’t wait to see the rest. This was a great way to share a part of ourselves with each other and with minimal work involved.

Tonight is Mariah’s cheerleading Christmas party in between basketball games. She and I have been busy and made 19 more notebooks with covers as gifts for the girls. It was fun and she is excited to pass them out. Our original plan was to tie dye fabric in her school colors but I am definitely not a master of tie dye and we now have 19 gold fat quarters with globs of green on them. I am sure we will figure something out to do with them.
I will try to get a picture of my trees and get it posted! I am trying to relax and enjoy this week leading up to Christmas!