Did you miss me?

Holy schnikies it's been a really really long time since I posted!!
I'm sure I was sorely missed right?

Well I won't bore you with stories of what has happened in the 4 months since I've last posted. I'll just say I've been busy and 2011 ended very successfully!  2012 is going slow. I think I burned myself out last year.  BUT the good new is I'm on track to have a great 2012. I'm really hope I can get more shows in, and therefore, more sales!

So my newest obsession is fabric.  In fact, I have spent WAY too much time and money on Ebay.  I think I like the color and the texture.  I mean, you can pick up paint but it's messy.  But a red batik you can hold in your hands! 
I got a few quilting books for Christmas. I love quilts. I love what they represent (warmth, traditional, reusing materials, my grandma), how they feel, how they look.  I think I'm strangely attracted to the mathmatical compontent too....cuz I HATE math.

Anyway,  one of the books is about making "untraditional" quilts.  They're mde by gluing the fabric to a base fabric and basically make a fabric "painting". The first one I made is about 10" x 10".

Here's my first attempt (note, the hands in the top left belong to my son. He's my biggest fan and I love him for it!) :

The quilting part sucked ass. I'm really really bad at free motion quilting so I just did stripes. For some reason the stitches came out wonky on the back ....and I'm not in love with some of the fabrics.  But I LOVE the process. It's so much fun to make! 
So now I wondering if I should incorporate these as items to sell....or just for fun. 

Would love some feedback here...