Takin' A Break

"Losing Track" has become an obsession, so I am taking a break from it for the weekend. Well, it's a physical break, as mentally and emotionally I'm still under its spell. Here is how I left it yesterday:


I have made a few more minor adjustments since I snapped this last pic, but I'm tellin' you, this art quilt business does not come easily to me right now! All that said, I find that photographing the piece makes it easier to step back and critique it. Already I can see another spot where the placement needs changing!

I took about a half hour out of my day on Thursday to stick a couple of pieces of charmeuse in the dye pot. It was such a good feeling, after being away from the dye studio for a few weeks. This is a part of one of the large pieces I dyed:

It almost looks like sky, doesn't it?

I really love this piece:

Here is another one:

I don't know how those little wavey lines on the right happened. They weren't there when I left the piece to dry, and I didn't return to it for over 24 hours, so the little elves must have been tampering with my goods!

Here's another part of the same piece:

I just love this one.....very exciting piece!

It's a lovely day here in Atlanta. We walked Barker early when the temps were still in the mid 60s.......I almost wanted a light jacket! We ran into our friend John and his two Standard Poodles Luna and Hillary, over on Myrtle, and then Bobbie met up with us for coffee at Caribou after which we went to the Saturday Soup Sale at MetroFresh. MMMMMMM! We also did some much-needed shopping at Trader Joes, went to a birthday brunch for our friend Ashley, and soon we'll be off to see Up the Yangtze at Midtown Arts.

Have a great day!

PEACE

The Last Supper

We spent yesterday hanging out in Midtown, doing the Saturday things we love most: going to the Green Market in Piedmont Park, picking up a great cold soup lunch at MetroFresh, going to Knitch in the Highlands, taking in a movie at Midtown Arts, and then having dinner with our favorite kids, K and D.

They had gone to the Farmers' Market in East Atlanta and picked up this most incredible goat cheese:

K toasted up some French bread and some Ciabatta, and we spread the yummy goat cheese on those..........delicious with a glass of wine! MMMM

We decided to get some BBQ at Daddy Dz, and I spotted these great lines on our drive there:


Our cute kids:

My last dinner of Southern food for a while:
fried zucchini, fried okra, cornbread, cole slaw, and chopped pork. I hardly made a dent in the food on my plate, but what I had was GREAT!!!

and I'm off!

PEACE