Saturday I attended the KAQ annual conference in Topeka and thoroughly enjoyed the two presentations – Ruth Bowman on design and Sherry Best on submitting work to a gallery. I came away with new ideas and renewed vigor!

I also came away with a stuffed pig!

How cute is that! This was Lauren Fallis’s show and tell and since it was also for sale, it came home with me!! When I first saw it I thought it was made from the same fabric as this throw but, no, it is made from Lauren’s own hand dyed and printed fabric. From the tip of his hand sewn snout to his curly tail he measures about 23″.  I love it! Thanks Lauren.

Sunday afternoon I went to Topeka Civic Theater’s “Taming of the Shrew”. Now I don’t usually like Shakespeare but this was really good. They didn’t try to do accents and dialect so it was understandable and very well acted, even at times humorous.

Yesterday we had an appointment and errands in town so I continue to not be finding time to quilt. Today looked pretty open but here I am still at the computer with the morning half gone! I guess I really need pressing deadlines.

Living as I do, at the edge of the Kansas Flinthills grasslands, it seemed like a good idea to feature them in my entry to the Kansas Art Quilters next exhibit, “My World”. I have been enmeshed these last few cold and rainy days in creating this small piece and this photo shows only a portion of it.

I have a plethora of grass fabrics to choose from for my nature quilts, but eventually the favorites run out. I had to piece some together in order to use this one as it is down to the dregs!

This is all I have left and I plan to get some binding out of it right now and finish up this piece.