Soooo, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I've been very busy on a couple projects, as well as practicing, practicing, and more practicing. I'm getting much better and more comfortable with my longarm and currently have a quilt loaded that has strips of fabric so I can try different textures on each strip. It's fun and I'm really figuring out what I like and don't like to do- straight line are on my list to conquer.
It'll be fun when I finish and can see all the different textures together. Plus it's a nice and bright quilt that'll look superb on my bed. So many colors!!!

 Another thing I completed last month that was on my to-do list was my business card! Now that my name is in print on a card, it's official! I'm in buisness...


Didn't it come out great? I just love the tiny print and design. It was well worth the hours and hours of sizing, and re-sizing and drawing between Illustrator and Photoshop till it was exactly what I wanted.

And last but not least, I'm working on a new pattern. Some good friends of mine have requested a king size quilt and I've had this idea for a quilt for quite some time and when they gave me carte blanche to make it I got really excited! They're providing the fabric, which I've heard is going to be an assortment of colors. I gave them the requirements for yardage and can't wait to see what they come up with! Here is the initial drawing for an idea of the finished product...

I had this vision in my head of leaves falling into water.

Here is a portion of the pattern tacked to my wall. My husband thinks it looks like a map of the universe or a complicated mathematical equation. So, of course, since that makes me feel like a genius, I tell him that yes, I did base the composition off of a mathematical mapping of the stars. It took forever sitting with my telescope and making notes until I came up with the perfectly balanced composition.:) 

So, until I get the fabric for the above pattern I'll be practicing on my longarm and working on more ideas to put down on paper and later fabric.