greening footprints

Mar 25
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Alice's footprints across the backyard, having melted and showing the green grass peeking up. Or perking up.

I managed a yoga class today, but needed a nap after. My new friend Lynne came by and we went to the Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild show. It was awesome. Completely. Fabulous. Plus Lynne showed Cathy and me her foray into dollmaking, a gloriously embroidered flat doll. She'd used lots of floss, some strands were two colors together, and gone densely across the surface in flowers and leaves and swirls. I was impressed.

Lynne trained as an artist, and she had a different perspective on the quilts than I did with my craft and sewing background. It was interesting what we both liked, and what we found lacking. We agreed that many pieces needed only more thread - more quilting - to pop them from interesting to fabulous. The quilting really makes the quilt.

I was trying to photograph the melting snow, and found tulips nosing up on the south side of the house. Go guys!!