Sew Pieceful Bee Exchange 2014

My local traditional bee, Sew Pieceful, decided to do an exchange of table-runners in December, 2014, among its members.  We drew names and created a table-runner to the requested theme.  I made one to an Easter theme for Suzanne.
I was able to play with shading, fabric collage, inktense pencils, and free-motion stitched cartoon designs in negative space (see Figures 1-4).  The finished work was called Happiness is...Making a Table-runner for Suzanne  (see Figure 5).  This is actually my second Happiness work, the first being Happiness is...Making a Quilt for Suzanne several years ago...another Suzanne...putting together blocks made by her mother (see Figure 6 & 7).  Next years exchange will be a wall-hanging, anything goes.  I can't wait as I will be making it for my friend, Inez, who will be 99 in 2015.  Hmmm....wheels are turning...

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Happiness is...Making a Table-runner for Suzanne

Figure 5

 

 

Blocks made by Carol Hatch - Figure 6

 

 

 

    Happiness is...Making a Quilt for Suzanne - 1998

Figure 7