Here are some more of my "cuddle quilts," where I was playing with string quilts.

The blue and red one used dryer sheets as a foundation and adding machine tape for the thin lines.  The jungle one on the bottom went to my cousin Shannon Jenkins in Michigan--she's as big an animal lover as I am.  All of these quilts were made with scraps in a vain attempt to cut down on some of my accumulation.  It never seems to get any smaller and I'm convinced that fabric scraps and coat hangers fornicate in the dark when you aren't looking.

And I have a new great-grandson!  Max is the son of my grandson Alex and his wife Yan.  Needless to say, I had to make him a baby quilt, and in honor of his ancestry, I used a whole bunch of my Asian fabrics.  Using half-square triangles, I had a lot of different choices for a layout, and I thought this was the most interesting.

Whilst traveling in Ireland (good British term, no?) a couple of years ago, we visited Blarney Castle and strolling the grounds I was delighted to see some examples of yarn bombing on the trees.  I guess I never realized that it was international, but why not?

My faithful companion Derek traveled with me from California to Florida.  Here he is in some of his ever-changing outfits.

When it has been eight (!) years since your last post, you have a little bit of catching up to do.  Since my last post, I have moved across the country from Northern California to the Space Coast of Florida to move in with my gigolo, Bob Godwin.  We travel a great deal so my quilting has slowed down considerably, but I have found that doing applique blocks allows me to create while on the move.  I joined a small quilting group in my community, which keeps me in touch with fellow fabric artists.  We make small "cuddle quilts" for children who are sponsored by a local charity.  Here are a few I have done recently, using the same basic design:  one in black/silver/white, one in brights/white, and one in blue/silver/white.