Fini!

I am finished! And I tried to add some more bling and the piece said "no." The candles are silk-screened (whoa -- that was fun). Organza layers for printing and the poinsettia, raw-edge applique for the holly (in the final color), and an overlay of tulle with sparkly snowflakes. There is glitter all over my studio! But I'm done. I think it feels good.

Very cool Elizabeth. I see I am not the only one doing a little bling bling this month.I am assuming that the shiny things are the beads you were doing, although they look like crystals in the picture. Your channel quilting is perfect on this.

The verse from Hebrews is very interesting. Did you see last week the human tooth that was found in Israel? The archaeologists are dating it over 40,000 years old? It made me start thinking about the timeline of creation. What if G-d's timeline is so different from what we think it is that it throws the entire idea of man's time out the window? The verse about the mountain being created made me think about it again. If our ideas about human time are really out of sync with G-d's, then everything that we think is occurring now that concides with the end times could have an entirely different time reference than we might might be inferring. Anyway, it certainly gives me food for thought.

I can't wait to see what you have planned for December. Hope you have a wonderful family get together today. Happy New Year!

YEA!! Elizabeth, November is very pretty and I'm sure it's even more so in person. Your integration of images is so successful and an inspiration for me. Congratulations. Susan

Happy New Year!

Have a great year making art! And here's November to start off 2011!

Ah yes, I can see you twirling the fabrics around you singing Matchmaker. You now have that picture of my singing telegram audition firmly in your head.

Well I don't know if my last piece will be my best piece, but I have chosen the best verses for it! So I hope I can do it justice.

Thank you Susan and Elizabeth. I have to say that this piece really gave me fits for a long time. I am thrilled that I finally finished all 12 months and I don't have an idea in my head for January yet. I just got my challenge fabric today in the mail.

Elizabeth, I thought to myself that I am truly the queen of anything variegated when I posted the pic. You know me and shiny bling bling things. I want you to know that I went through all 4 boxes of the fancy fabrics before I found the variegated chiffon. I started thinking of the matchmaker song as I pulled each one out to audition it.

And by the way, you know the saying...save the best for last--the last is always the best! So being last isn't the worst thing that could happen.

I guess in 2 days we start all over again.Until next year then...

Very lovely. You are the queen of glitz without making it look gaudy or cheap. Can't wait to see and touch.

And now with a very red face, I will be the last to finish.