Freehand quilted with my favorite flowers from Dawn's Pajama Quilter DVD. Clicking on the photos will enlarge them.
My tasks for the next few nights will be to finish the binding on the HeartStrings quilt and then hand stitch the binding on the quilt for Adam's girlfriend -- I got it made and machine stitched on this afternoon.
My last two digital editing lessons. The first is a collage probably easier done in Picasa although you certainly have more options using Photoshop.
In this lesson, she used three different photographs of her daughter, I chose to cut one photo in 3rds and to enlarge the center.
The pantograph is Wandering Daisies 
and while some people wouldn't dream of doing a pantograph on a quilt with applique, I think as long as the motifs are small and the thread is blendy it can look good. All the photos should enlarge if you click on them.
Remember me telling you a few months ago the wine store in the neighborhood had closed ...guess what? It opened back up under new management a few weeks ago. Oh happy day!
I'm puttering along with my binding too - I can't believe how slow I'm working these days.... in fact, I can't quite figure out where the days are going.
In this lesson, a texture was applied to the photo using overlay blending mode and text was added.
The challenge is finding the right photo for the technique -- or rather, finding the right technique to enhance the photos. Luckily, I'm able to access all the instructions for the techniques even after the class is over so I can refer back to them as needed.
And I finally have a finish! I've had a stack of quilts waiting for bindings....kind of unusual for me because I usually keep up better with my binding. This little top was pieced by Cheryl and now it's all ready to wash and donate.
I also wanted to thank everyone who commented on my post the other day. I've written many of you back but in some cases didn't have email addresses to respond to others. 
My photo editing lesson today uses a technique to simulate a photo taken through the viewfinder of an old camera....here's my original photo taken one evening on the Mississippi River.
And here's the desaturated photo with the texture applied.
Keith and I were out this afternoon on our bikes along the river, we rode over to the bike shop to buy saddle bags for my bike, then to a farmers market and back across the river to sit in the park and sip some iced coffee -- just a gorgeous day that makes me thankful for the beautiful city I live in.
I tried two different techniques -- the first one is more subtle but the texture shows better in the 2nd version.
Again, for anyone wondering -- I'm taking the class at JessicaSprague.com. It's one of several I've taken there and have learned a lot about using Photoshop Elements.
I use Photoshop Elements 7 for my digital editing but also like some of the editing tools in Picasa 3 (it's free) if I'm in a hurry to make a few changes to a photo.
On my design wall this Monday:
Not much progress before I left on the last trip but you can see the Stars and Pinwheels slowly taking form. I continue to make half square triangles and assemble the blocks - hopefully I'll get a couple more blocks made this week. I'd also like to get the Hearts top loaded and quilted but first I have a lot of mail and email to get through.
The wedding is tomorrow. Enjoying the time with Chris and the rest of the family.
When I got back to Mom's I was telling her about the kit and she told me she still had some rocks we'd painted on one of her visits.....we can't remember who painted which ones but she had these 4 tucked away in her drawer.
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