...a violin concerto, art quilts and a stone

This video is of Fritz Kreisler playing his own

violin concerto in 1930 and again in 1942.

The song is Liebesleid,

or Love's Sorrow,

that being a loose translation.

This is the song that my friend

Janet Cooper loves.

What does this have to do with an art quilt you ask?

Well, when I first made my first art quilt,

it was going to be in the quilt show in Corpus Christi.

It was required that it have a name/title.

I could not come up with one,

although I ask many for help with this.

Do you have trouble naming your pieces of work?

How do you come up with names for your art work?

Janet told me about this violin concerto,

and I loved it... the title and the music.

So, the art quilt you see below is now in the

Conner show.  It has hung in several shows,

and this is one art quilt I will keep.

I still make traditional quilts,

but after making this first art quilt,

I was hooked.

I know some of you have seen it before,

in previous posts,

but I was ask to show it again.  So, here is

Love's Sorrow.

Love's Sorrow was inspired by

fireplace tiles

that I bought on one of my trips to Ireland.

I have a pen pal in Ireland, Helen,

and we have been writing since we were

about 10 years old.

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I have one more quilt in the Conner show this year.

It is my miniature quilt,

Primitive Pinwheels.

Some of you have seen this one in a previous post also.

It is hanging above Shirley's petroglyph

bleach discharged art quilt.

Primitive Pinwheels looks like it has

many tiny pieces sewed together,

but that is an illusion.

The smallest pieces I had to cut out

and sew together  were 3 1/2 inch squares...

because the magic is in using the template.

It was my first miniature quilt,

and I really enjoyed making this one.

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Another small stone...

for the

A River of Stones project.

See the logo in my sidebar for info.

Clouds float in a rose madder wash

and as the sun is setting

a hawk dives

and plays its part in the

amazing orchestra of nature

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I hope you are enjoying my small stones,

because by "paying proper attention" and

 writing them has

made me increase the ways that I....

Savor the Day!

Yvonne