Wineberries - Summer's Bounty

Has anyone ever heard of wineberries before?

They are an invasive plant, but oh, how delicious.

Clearly a member of the raspberry family.

We underappreciated them for years,

but now revel in their taste and color.

Woman of Valor Fabric Postcard

This is my latest fabric postcard. The group's theme was Woman of Valor. It depicts my great-grandmother and my three daughters. It honors a very special woman of the past and celebrates three young women of the future with their great-great grandmother.

The quote that I chose to use was, "She watches over the ways of her household and never eats the bread of idleness."

I used batik fabric for the background and cut lace motifs from an old piece of lace which I glued on with a fabric glue. The photographic images were printed on purchased fabric sheets and run through my inkjet printer. The heat set heart decoration was ironed on the postcard. This postcard was truly a fusion of old and new materials and techniques.

Jonah and Ariel's Chupah

This is the Chupah that I created for my son Jonah's recent wedding to Ariel Schwartz. It was created like a quilt and incorporated family photographs from both Jonah's and Ariel's families. I sampled several fabric products that are designed for ink jet printers and was most pleased with EQ Printables. [no affliation]

Ariel gave me the design ideas: 1. a Tree of Life which I created using the fusible applique technique, 2. the theme of L'Dor V'Dor (from generation to generation), and 3. the incorporation of family pictures.

A child's marriage is a moving experience for any parent, but the experience of standing under the chupah with your children and looking up at pictures of ancestors is powerful. I am so pleased that I was able to create this chupah for Jonah and Ariel and I know that they will treasure it for years to come.