A nod to my home town, Sheboygan, WI. I will admit I've probably eaten a minimum of one brat a week nearly my entire life. My favorite Miesfeld's brat is Jalapeño Cheese!
Take a look: https://www.wisn.com/article/sheboygan-meat-market-25-types-of-bratwurst-miesfeld/44410628
Lately our weather has been feeling like those muggy, hot Wisconsin summers I'm so familiar with. Never-the-less I proceeded with my morning 'forced march' in the semi-fog today. The midst made me pay attention to my immediate surroundings as I hustled down the roads.
Sooty wasn't impressed with this small painted turtle that seemed out of place on a hill above one of the creeks that run through our community. Spiders were busy overnight and their work shone like jewels as the sun began to peak through the midst. I need to do a better job of being aware & appreciating the smaller things in life!
UNITED WE STAND- 44" X 29"
Designed and made by Mary Stori
With gratitude to all those who've made America a great country!Oh how I love creating art quilts!! I realize we are still in the midst of summer, but we also know how fast this season disappears......this is piece is ready now for your consideration...
AUTUMN - 13" x 13"
Usually I'm driven to complete a project, but I'm actually trying to slow down and simply enjoy playing with fabric while I can! Savoring the experience.......
There will be more, but for now...here's the start of adding some leaves growing along a wooden structure.
Feeling in limbo, not wanting to start a big project knowing it will be on hold during my upcoming shoulder recovery period....having something started and sitting there and not being able to work on it would drive me over the edge!
So....I decided to organize my fabric closet. I abandoned that task rather quickly when I came across a bag of fabric I designed years ago for Kona Bay. It consisted of brick, shingles, & wood prints. Next thing I know, I was working on a small piece that will be framed....feels so good to be creating!!
Finishing this piece before my upcoming shoulder surgery was unexpected. However, after days of making book covers, I was ready to dig into this project.
The size was purposeful.....making it just right to hang over a sofa, above a dining room buffet, an entrance or stairwell wall.
All too often the length of my larger wall art pieces are simply too long to work in these spaces. Interested for your home?? Contact me.
LINES & SQUARES - 50” x 42.5”
Commercial cotton prints, machine pieced and quilted.
After a few days rest for the now again very aching shoulder, I'll add more straight line quilting between the original stitching.
Or should I say....making cloth book covers before my shoulder surgery halts sewing for awhile! It seemed wise to bulk up my inventory while I had the chance.
Most of the French Provence fabrics (smaller books) were purchased by my cruise buddy/once student now good friend Jan VanderHill. She gifted these treasures
to me recently and I've had fun working with them. Also a nod to Doreen Speckmann, who created a line of similar prints for Cloth works many years ago.
Here's the outstanding show and tell:
