Water Quilts by Mary Lee Eischen

Since the autumn, I have had water quilts on my creative mind.  I entered a piece into a show about water.  And the preciousness of water seemed to want to continue to speak.

Now I have completed six small wall art quilts.  One was highlighted on a blog post here.  It is now the sixth quilt in this series.  There are actually seven quilts.  The seventh is designed and going to a friend.  It still needs to be stitched and hanger finished.  Maybe it will be finished this evening.  My friend said she was not in a hurry.  Hmmm, maybe I need to pretend that she is in a hurry.

 

Here are the quilts that are off to the Lanesboro Arts Center.  If you have not had the wonderful opportunity to see the Lanesboro Arts Center 

give yourself an Artist Date or go with a friend or loved one for a visual treat.  Currently on exhibit is “Land by Hand” showing through June 2, 2012.  It is a beautiful fiber show featuring 15 artists.

"Live in the Sunshine … "

"All Appears to Change …"

"Dolphin Fun"

"Land by Hand" 

Fiber Artists Explore Place
Touring Show of the Textile Center

Artists:
Lettie L. Blackburn, Walker
Vernal Bogren-Swift, Bovey
Morgan Clifford, Stillwater
Nancy Condon, Stillwater
Mary Hark, St. Paul
Jill Lynn, Lakeville
Bernadette Mahfood, Winona
Mary Mortenson, Minneapolis
Sharon Ponstance, Meadowlands
Christine Pradel-Lien, Roseville
Karen Searle, St. Paul
Kathleen Smith, Minnetonka
Bonnie Wedge, Albert Lea
Sherri West, Shorewood
Jo Wood, Duluth

Oreo and her Tooth Fairy Pillow

Oreo, our cat, has lived on two farms and two houses in Winona and gone on many adventures.  Now, she is relaxing on her favorite tooth fairy pillow.

Here's a close up of the pillow.  The lost tooth would be placed in the plaid pocket in the hope that the tooth fairy would come, replacing the tooth for a coin.  Oreo, keeps hoping for a treat in that pocket.

Oreo has adopted the tooth fairy pillow.   The Tooth Fairy Pillow was created by one of my students. The pillows were part of an economics project that the students created at Bluffview Montessori School in 2009.

Oreo has a few poses that she enjoys while hanging out with the tooth fairy pillow:

"Tired, don't mess with me."

"What did I hear?"

Oreo has her fore legs tucked under herself.  It looks like she is praying.

 

She likes things orderly and neat.  The pillow is leaning on the arm of the couch, the tooth fairy pillow beside it, my Mother’s favorite quilt on the back of the couch and Oreo sleeping in the middle of it.  More antics of Oreo coming soon.