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We Have a Winner

Sheila Mahanke Barnes was chosen by the random number generator. Send me your snail mail and I will send this on to you!!

It is a beautiful day in Portland, brisk and sunny with grand views of Mt. Hood. Reva and I took the bus downtown to meet up with some of our STASH group for lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant and then some art viewing. We went to the Contemporary Craft Museum where my guild has a small show in their showcase. The theme is fire and earth. I have my Scorched Earth piece there.

We had a small gift exchange. I made these bags for each one with their name stamped.

I also repurposed an old quilt that I made in 2007 and created 5 small pieces. This was made from hand-dyed silk, organza and cheese cloth. It was heavily hand stitched with perle cotton.

Here are the newpieces:


I added some beads to some of them and satin stitched the edges. I love making these little pieces.

Mr C and Scooter went out and cut down a tree while I was gone. He said it did not take as long because I was not with him. (Me: Oh, look at that one over there. Wait, I see one down there that looks perfect! Etc.)

So, guess what I will be doing this week-end!!

6 Responses to “We Have a Winner”

  1. reva says:

    Aren’t we STASHers lucky? I love my mini-quilt, not to mention the bag and the scissor-holder!

  2. And how does the tree look? Pretty nice, I bet. That was funny.

  3. Jeannie says:

    Congratulations Sheila! Your bags and quiltlets are wonderful. I thought of you when I was outside taking photos of the birches in the fog. I am the same as you when it comes to picking out a tree. C came home with a fake one 5 years ago. I think he was tired of hiking the Blues with me. I have put the lights on and taken them off so many times this year. I purchased a bad batch of lights, I think. Have a fun filled weekend. I hope M&M are going to help with the tree trimming.

  4. Sheila says:

    Yowza! I’m stoked to have won this. Address on the way – thanks!

  5. Kristin L says:

    It’s looking very festive around your blog already! I like your tree bags and repurposed quilt. I’m slowly cleaning house so that I can get out all our holiday decor too.

  6. Pippa says:

    Gerrie, I love those little pieces. They cause me to look so much more carefully at the detail when admiring something in that amll-size format.