Since finishing Zéphirine Drouhin I’ve been busy with various projects:

1). Returning my house to BQ (before quilting). No wait, quilting predates this house. Well anyway, I’m still working at that.

2). Jewelry making. I’ve completed two bracelets and started a pair of earrings. I need to buy some head pins before I can finish those.

3). Making a hanging sleeve for Zéphirine Drouhin.

4). Fixing up the first face I made for Zéphirine Drouhin. This one will be #2 in the Old Garden Rose series, Reine des Violettes, a purple rose, so I gave her purple hair. I believe Reine des Violettes translates as Queen of the Violets, so I get to make a crown!

5). Pulling fabric from my stash for Reine des Violettes. These are mostly batiks, with a few commercial prints and Bali hand-dyed. The one on top will most likely be the main background. Yes, the light design is fish or fish bones, something like that, but I think they will be covered up enough that it won’t matter anyway. Now I can create a fabric shopping list. I might have to make a list for beads too, as I use the same stash for my jewelry and my quilts. My recent jewelry seems to be the same palette as this quilt will be.

6). Doing final edits on a children’s book manuscript I wrote some time back and set aside until I had a chance to do sample illustrations for it. Finally decided I don’t have the patience for that, and should decide where to send it. I have another almost-finished story. I can always illustrate that one another time.

happy quilting!