unraveledagain: Here I AM!

I just realized that this blog is more than 10 years old now! Can you BELIEVE that????Wow! What started out as a knitting blog morphed into something more over the years as life has run its course and things have changed as they do in life.

And time flies once again. Seems like yesterday I was blogging about summer and here we are once again. It has been a crazy whirlwind year so far.

We added a new family member, Juliet. After we lost Hayley I couldn't imagine having another cockatoo, but here we are. She needed a new family and we needed her. hahahhaaha How can you resist a bird in a sweater? And she is as lively as this picture suggests. She's a Muluccan cockatoo. One of the larger and louder of the cockatoo family. I am so glad she wasn't our first bird as she is quite a bit to handle. The neighbors definitely hear her…..and me when she occasionally bites me. That beak is strong. But she is what she is and we love her.

Meanwhile I have been working hard on trying to grow a quilting business. It has been so wonderful meeting so many new people and being able to teach classes and quilt for others.

This year I have started teaching beginning custom long arm classes at our local quilt store, Quilt Country. I am using Connie Keller's studio and I am indebted to her for starting me on this crazy beautiful journey. I learn more myself with every class.

Also I have been quilting for others as much as I can. Let's have a look at a few…….

A Glacier Star by Martha. The colors on this one are just phenomenal. The pictures do not do them justice by far.

A modern original pattern by Connie Keller called Gene-Yes! It took a second place at the Dallas Quilt Show. Yay, Connie!!!!! This was super fun to quilt because there were no rules. I consulted an artist friend about some design concepts and away we went…..

A gorgeous appliqué by Wilma S.

A Paradise in Blooms by Cathy B. Beautiful!!!!

A Bali Wedding Star by Debbie. Such wonderful colors. She had exactly the design she wanted in mind and I love the way it turned out.

And several of my own including this Bento Box pattern. This was done in Moda's Persimmon line. It is a wedding quilt for a family member. I decided to do an allover spiral feather design to just let go! it was sooo much fun and very freeing after so much detailed custom work before it.

A wonderful little bag for all of my appliqué tools. This is the Hold Everything! bag by Annie. I took a class on it with Dianne Speller at Quilt Country. She is a great teacher and does many classes like this on other bags as well.

An Amy Butler pattern bag. This is my go to purse right now. I did this to practice feathers and to be able to have some of my quilting handy at all times. It is so funny how quilters don't even notice it. Should have done different colors I suppose. ha!