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Bluff Mountain trillium

2012-02-24T15:48:00.000-05:00

Spring flowers for Alzheimer's 2012

2012-02-24T15:46:00.000-05:00

February 2012 Alzheimer Quilts: The Birds and the Beads and Surpassed by Technology, Loved By All

2012-01-24T12:56:00.002-05:00

NQA Little Quilt Auction 2012: Faded Memory

2012-01-16T15:41:00.000-05:00

January 2012 Alzheimer Quilt: Birches in the Winter

2012-01-04T09:28:00.000-05:00

January 2012 Alzheimer Quilts, Butterfly Journey and Repite

2012-01-04T09:11:00.001-05:00

May the blessings of Christmas be yours.

2011-12-09T15:16:00.000-05:00

December Alzheimer quilt: Gotcha big guy !

2011-11-30T13:51:00.000-05:00

Another Fall 2011 Alzheimer quilt: HOPE

2011-09-29T16:04:00.000-04:00

Fall Alzheimer Quilts: Bittersweet, A Page From Her Scrapbook

2011-09-10T13:29:00.000-04:00

Another 2011 September Alzheimer Quilt: Farm Stand

2011-08-21T15:25:00.000-04:00

Hello from the cabin in North Carolina

2011-08-07T10:03:00.000-04:00

As we approached the cabin I noticed the Bee Balm is in full bloom and the Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies are everywhere.

This will be my September Alzheimer quilt.

August 2011 Alzheimer Quilts: August Flowers and The Potting Shed

2011-07-21T11:08:00.000-04:00

July 2011 Alzheimer Quilt: Home Place

2011-06-27T10:07:00.000-04:00

June 2011 Alzheimer quilts: Painted Daisies, The Door, The Thief of Time,Alzheimer's

2011-05-28T11:25:00.000-04:00

May 2011 Alzheimer Quilts: Waiting, Morning in the Garden, The Lone Sentinel

2011-04-23T14:11:00.000-04:00

April 2011 Alzheimer Quilt: Mrs.Gailey's Garden

2011-03-31T15:05:00.000-04:00

March Alzheimer Quilts: Beyond, Spring and Trio

2011-02-22T13:58:00.000-05:00

February 2011 Alzheimer quilt: Fallow Garden

2011-02-10T15:32:00.000-05:00

January 2011 Alzheimer quilt: Silence

2011-01-08T08:23:00.000-05:00

Alzheimer Quilts for December: The Meadow and Serenity

2010-12-02T19:46:00.001-05:00

Alzheimer Quilt #55: The Path Less Traveled

2010-10-19T14:51:00.001-04:00

Jim's bowls

2010-10-01T15:35:00.002-04:00

A hungry visitor on the Milkweed plant

2010-09-25T13:25:00.000-04:00

September Alzheimer Quilts : Learning to Dance in the Rain and You are My Sunshine

2010-09-18T10:41:00.000-04:00

September Alzheimer Quilt : Blessed are the flowers and the weeds

2010-09-02T15:26:00.000-04:00

Quilt University classes: Potato Dextrin and shibori

2010-08-22T14:21:00.000-04:00

Into the Darkness another Alzheimer Quilt.

2010-08-20T16:31:00.000-04:00

This quilt is dedicated to Frank Baumgartner, father of my gardening friend Lynn Henry

The Fly Agaric Mushroom-----Alzheimer Quilt #50

2010-07-23T12:29:00.000-04:00

another July Alzheimer Quilt: LUNCH

2010-07-11T18:01:00.000-04:00

July Alzheimer Quilts, Through the Mist and Rain, Queen Anne's Lace in the Rain, Dragon Flies and Poppies

2010-07-06T14:53:00.000-04:00

June Alzheimer's Quilt: WISHING FOR A CURE

2010-06-10T11:31:00.000-04:00

My 42 year old daughter, Kate, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. Since then we parents have accompanied her every two weeks for her chemotherapy treatment. We met another young lady, aged 37, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks before Kate. During the next chemo sessions we got to know her quite well. The girls shared another fact, each had a grandparent with Alzheimer's. Kate's grandmother, Maxine Shaver, and Brandy's grandfather, James Caddell. Cures are desperately needed for both Breast Cancer and Alzheimers.

Is this my yard? another Alzheimer Quilt

2010-05-18T15:55:00.001-04:00

My neighbor's 59 year old brother-in-law was recently diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's and is now in an Alzheimer facility. He enjoyed working in his yard but now does not remember anything about the garden.. This is dedicated to him.

Gramma, Don't you know me? May 2010 Alzheimer Priority Quilt

2010-05-03T09:40:00.002-04:00

Our son was in his early 20's when his Grandmother Shaver was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and placed in a church home for Alzheimer patients. We had prepared him for what the visit with grandmother would be like and he was so certain she would know him. It was a devastating visit for him. When my neighbor gave me this photo of her graddaughter I was reminded of that visit so many years ago.

Dyed fabric

2010-04-14T14:46:00.003-04:00

Yesterday and today I did some fat quarter dyeing in large plastic SOLO cups. Yep, you read that right. I soaked fat quarters in water about 1/2 hour and then squished half in the cup, leaving half hanging out. I mixed dye powder with salt and soda ash and 1/2 cup of hot water, stirred it a lot....Red just doesn't want to dissolve, next time I will filter it thru panty hose. I poured 1/4c of the dye in the cup, scrunched in the rest of the fabric with a popsicle stick and then added the rest of the dye. It cured for an hour, rinsed until the water was clear then threw them all in the washing machine and the dryer.

Embellishments with Attitude

2010-04-01T13:15:00.000-04:00

Embellishments with Attitude

Flower boxes

2010-03-29T16:04:00.000-04:00

Spring Flower postcards which are pink for Breast Cancer awareness

2010-03-09T16:48:00.003-05:00

Quilt University classes, ThicknThin and Fabric Painting

2010-03-03T14:05:00.002-05:00

Class 4 had us painting with the thickened dye experimenting with sponges and brushes

.In the Playing with Paint class we are using Setacolor Transparent Paints. Techniques we used were monoprinting, fabric discharging, stamping with spools, commercial stamps, sequin waste, bubble wrap, veggies and fruit. What fun! Reliving kindergarten, Brownies and Cub Scouts with my children.

February 2010 Alzheimer Quilt: An old Swing Set

2010-02-26T13:36:00.001-05:00

Do you remember swinging on a swing set or do you remember pushing your children on a swing? Or is this just another forgotten memory?

Quilt University classes, ThicknThin and Fabric Painting

2010-02-23T16:39:00.000-05:00

Class 3 of ThicknThin covered stamping with fruits and vegetables, using

commercial stencils, freezer paper and just about anything we could get our hands on. The fruits and veggies are going to take a lot of practice but the paper towel turned out rather interesting.

Playing with Paint with Lyric is painting with seta paints. This week we experimented with plastic wrap, shiva sticks, sunprinting for those of us lucky enough to have sunshine, and monoprinting. It was a fun class.

Looking forward to the next lessons.

Free Lunch Cafe

2010-02-15T18:43:00.002-05:00

Free Lunch Cafe has a series of free internet classes which are just wonderful.
This class is on Image Transfers. Last week we transfered images to fabric and dryer sheets. This week we transfered the image to white tissue paper which I then scrunched , fused it to fusable interfacing and then made 2 postcards. You can actually see the texture in the photo. This technique has all sorts of possiblities.

Quilt University

2010-02-14T15:48:00.001-05:00

I am taking a class called THICKnTHIN thru Quilt University. We are using dyes with alginate as the thickener. There is always dye left over at the end of each class so our instructor wants us to use it on another piece of fabric. This time I used Elmer's Gel Glue as a resist which washes out with some effort.

It snowed in South Carolina

2010-02-14T15:37:00.000-05:00

It snowed so I tried SNOW DYEING. I placed a piece of soda-soaked fabric on the bottom of a one gallon sized baggie, filled it with snow, sprinkled red and blue on top, zipped it close and let it sit in the garage overnight. The results are quite interesting but the snow is gone and I can't do anymore.

a needlefelted Downy Woodpecker

2010-01-14T18:33:00.001-05:00

I created this cute little fellow for my neighbor's birthday. There was a nest of Downy Woodpeckers in a tree near her garage this summer. While she was on vacation the 4 young ones fledged and she missed all the activities. See what she missed.

January 2010 Alzheimer quilt LOST

2010-01-05T18:49:00.000-05:00

2009-12-28T12:52:00.001-05:00

Our cabin in North Carolina was blessed with 24 inches of snow

2009-12-25T14:49:00.000-05:00

No, we were not there but our neighbor, Mary Alice, sent photos of what we were missing.

Christmas postcard 2009

2009-12-06T13:27:00.000-05:00

Alzheimer Quilts: Holiday Basket and Garden Bugs

2009-11-16T10:29:00.000-05:00

Alzheimer's Shades of Gray

2009-11-09T08:34:00.002-05:00

This Zentangle reminds me of the signs and symptoms of Alzheimers. As flowers lose their petals, Alzheimer victims lose their memory, develop language problems, have mood swings and personality changes. Soon they are not able to perform daily living activities and then they continue to progressively decline. I have added a blue/purple bead to the cluster of black beads to represent HOPE for a cure before the flower is gone

From the Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-06T14:57:00.000-04:00

September Alzheimer Priority Quilts

2009-09-04T16:38:00.003-04:00

August Alzheimer Quilts

2009-08-05T15:42:00.008-04:00

New Postcards

2009-07-12T17:03:00.002-04:00

Alzheimer Priority Quilts for June

2009-06-16T17:22:00.002-04:00

Another Beginning

2009-05-22T14:24:00.003-04:00

The May Alzheimer Priority Quilt auction brought about a very unusual twist. Two bidders wanted the A NEW BEGINNING quilt and ended the bidding seconds apart. Ami thought both should have a quilt and asked that I make a second quilt. ANOTHER BEGINNING is dedicated to Captain Jack McConnell of the New York City Fire Department.

2009-04-22T17:19:00.001-04:00

A NEW BEGINNING

2009-04-19T19:51:00.002-04:00

This is a photo of my latest Alzheimer Priority Quilt. I have dedicated it to Ada M. Richard, RN.
Mrs. Richard graduated from Nursing in the mid 1930's and worked her whole life. When she no longer could live at home she was admitted to a facility that had a dementia/Alzheimer Unit. One afternoon she called her daughter-in-law and stated she was sitting at the nurses station where she had interviewed for a job and was going to accept the position. She was well over 80 years old at the time.....she had a new beginning.

Postcards sent to Alzheimer Priority Quilts

2009-04-07T12:03:00.002-04:00

A Spring Garden

2009-03-20T09:34:00.001-04:00

Life's a Beach raised $290 for the NQA scholarship fund

2009-03-17T17:26:00.001-04:00

Alzheimer Priority Quilt :The lady by theTrees

2009-03-01T14:33:00.002-05:00

IN A QUIET PLACE another Alzheimer Priority Quilt

2009-02-11T11:35:00.001-05:00

2009 Birthday Postcards

2009-01-29T08:53:00.001-05:00

The CyberFyber Show in Columbia, SC

2009-01-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

2008-12-28T12:16:00.002-05:00

If you arrived here thru the CYBER FYBER SHOW this is a picture of the postcard exhibited.

It is copper mesh on velvet embellished with a crocheted, beaded bracelet.

Curtis Wright's Bugs

2008-12-24T08:19:00.003-05:00

Curtis Wright is the name of the Fly Fishing store in Weaverville, North Carolina. They have a great supply of "bugs" that seem to be appropriate on my little Alzheimer Priority Quilts, hence the name of this quilt.

Christmas Card 2008

2008-12-04T18:43:00.002-05:00

Winterberries

2008-12-03T15:13:00.002-05:00

Everyday I see the Yaupon Hollies with their branches loaded with berries. This Alzheimer Priority Quilt is my interpertation.

Leaves and Twigs

2008-11-10T09:49:00.002-05:00

This Alzheimer Priority quilt is dedicated to Ami Simms and her volunteers.

Two new postcards

2008-10-12T11:32:00.000-04:00

The newest Alzheimer quilts

2008-09-16T16:24:00.001-04:00

William Wordsworth's poem "Splendor in the Grass" was the inspiration for these quilts. When our loved one has Alzheimers we watch as the person fades away leaving only an outer shell. This is much like the verse that reads "What though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."

Consider the lilies of the field

2008-08-10T17:13:00.002-04:00

Spring in Mr. Bell's Garden and Garden Globes

2008-07-20T14:44:00.004-04:00

2008-06-29T07:38:00.000-04:00

I am a
Snapdragon

What Flower
Are You?

Alzheimer Quilts for June, July and August

2008-05-28T18:32:00.001-04:00

Needlefelting class at John C Campbell School

2008-04-20T15:58:00.002-04:00

2008-04-02T13:58:00.000-04:00

Springtime in my back yard

2008-04-02T13:51:00.001-04:00

Miss Linda wallhanging

2008-03-16T15:35:00.003-04:00

Miss Linda wallhanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Thought you might enjoy seeing the Divas. I made these little quilts for my friends for their birthdays.

Heliogaphic postcards

2008-03-08T09:54:00.003-05:00

The last Sharon Boggan class

2008-03-04T16:19:00.002-05:00

Miss Frances and Miss Sara

2008-02-27T15:07:00.001-05:00

Miss Frances and Miss Sara,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Miss Carol wall hanging

2008-02-27T15:06:00.001-05:00

Miss Carol wall hanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Bead Diva1 wall hanging

2008-02-27T15:05:00.001-05:00

Bead Diva1 wall hanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Miss Dorothy wallhanging

2008-02-27T15:04:00.005-05:00

Miss Dorothy wallhanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Miss Janet wallhanging

2008-02-27T15:04:00.003-05:00

Miss Janet wallhanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Miss Linda wallhanging

2008-02-27T15:04:00.001-05:00

Miss Linda wallhanging,
originally uploaded by nidynoddy.

Thought you might enjoy seeing the Divas. I made these little quilts for my friends for their birthdays.

Joggles Class

2008-02-20T19:19:00.002-05:00

I finished project 2 of the embroidery class with Sharon Boggan.

Joggles class

2008-02-14T15:38:00.002-05:00

I finished the first half of Sharon Boggan's class at Joggles. Sharon, who is from Australia, will have a piece in the Cyber Fyber exhibit.

Mail Call

2008-02-13T11:37:00.003-05:00

Susan Reno's silk postcard arrived and I mailed her a copper and velvet postcard in exchange.

I explained Sue's Cyber Fyber project in yesterday's blog.

2008-02-12T07:47:00.001-05:00

CYBER FYBER is an exhibition of international fiber art scheduled for January 8th through 20th, 2009 at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, USA. The brainchild of Susan Lenz, this exhibit will focus on the supportive, global community of fiber artists with whom Susan regularly shares new techniques, contemporary approaches to textiles, and finished work by Internet websites and blogs. The exhibition will include three primary areas: Fiber ATCs (Artist Trading Cards); fiber postcards; and the work of several invited artists. The exhibition will also include FIBER DAY and ATC trading day. From the beginning, Susan Lenz is documenting CYBER FYBER on a blog/journal.
If you are a fiber artist who has an active website or blog, go visit Cyber Fyber and celebrate Susan’s vision by participating.

2008-02-11T16:40:00.000-05:00

These quilts are part of Ami Simms Alzheimer:Priority Quilts which are sold and the monies raised are for Alzheimer Research. www.Alzquilts.org. This year I hope to create one a month. It is a great way to try new techniques.

2008-02-10T17:07:00.004-05:00

The top is Ocean of Tears Alzheimers Quilt, hand painted linen, beads, hand embroidery.

The middle is a cyanoprint of my mother-in-law with her twin sisters, Mary and Margaret.

The other is a heliogaphic botanical print with the butterfly and flower made from Angelina film.

2008-02-10T13:54:00.000-05:00

Grandpa Jim and Bug

This was my first Alzheimer Quilt. It is free motion embroidery on hand painted fabric.

2007