The Ayes (i's) Have it

I just finished reading The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. It's a fictional account of Ernest Hemingway's first marriage as told by his wife, Hadley Richardson. It takes into account their time in Paris in the 1920's whe he wrote The Sun Also Rises and all of their real life friends such as Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This was a time after WWI. They were survivors. Celebrating every day as though it were their last. As Cole Porter wrote, "Anything Goes".

This is my "i" quilt (18" x 20"). We each took a vowel. Many ideas came to mind (like ice cream) but I like the graphic quality of the lower case 'i'. I originally thought of solid backgrounds with printed fabric i's but then I came across this great fabric in the stash that I had purchased from Kari (see earlier post) and this is what evolved.

Yesterday, the whole bunch went to Kalamazoo to celebrate my dad's 81st birthday. It was a beautiful day to travel and a fine day for a birthday party complete with corned beef and cabbage, of course!

Tangerine Tuxedo

C'mon and see, see, see, Tennessee Tuxedo... Do you remember the cartoon series Tennessee Tuxedo? From 1963-1966, Tennessee and his friend, Chumley would escape from the zoo for some misadventure. They were always rescued at the last minute by Dr. Stanley Livingston. Don Adams was the voice of Tennessee at the same time he was on Get Smart (1965-1970). I wonder if he ever got his characters mixed up? Very coincidentally, I just read in a magazine that Tennessee Tuxedo is going to be released soon on DVD! I wonder if Cubby would find it funny?

Here is my little quilt "Tangerine Tuxedo" (12"x19"). This is part 2 of a pentaptytch (5-part) art piece. We took a large piece of paper, drew lines and circles the length of the paper and then cut the whole into five pieces. Each piece was interpreted separately by a different quilter. The only commonality was the orange "ribbon" running through all five sections.

I hope to pick up Claire's Dr. Seuss Quilt from the quilter in Howell this week. Can't wait to see how it turned out. Wasn't the weather perfect today? I actually raked a little and cut back some of my grass plants. And I met my new neighbor, Rebecca. All sorts of things happen when we are cocooned inside for the winter!

Purple Shirley!

This is the little quilt I did for Daisy's Paint chip challenge (20" x 20"). I didn't make it to the December meeting so I'm not sure who has seen it. We had to include the four colors on our paint chip and could add one additional color. I chose lime green of course!

The title of the Post come from a neighbor of my mom's. My mother had a sage green living room and chose to recover a pair of side chairs in purple wide wale corduroy. A woman before her time, we all know now that purple and green are au currant. Her neighbor came over to see the newly redecorated room and could only exclaim, "Purple, Shirley!".

For Christmas Chloe got the greatest present since sliced bread. Deer, elk, and moose shed their antlers every spring and some enterprising entrepreneurs are picking them up, cleaning them, sanding them and selling them as dog chews (at a premium price). They do not splinter. However, dogs do like to playfully toss them in the air and my cousin's Rottweiler threw hers through the glass door of an antique china cabinet. Ooops!