Do you sell your quilts?

What have we here?  It's a wild mushroom I picked up on my walk today.  I have no idea what kind it is or if it's edible, but it looks like fiber art to me.  I probably translate every neat thing I see in nature to fiber in my mind.

This mushroom has a nice round symmetry; I often use circles as a design element in my quilts.  A new quilt I am designing and drawing right now will be based on a circular design and is inspired by my love for music, nature and quilts.  Hmmmm, a quilt about quilts.  Stay tuned.

I'm just writing an update today.  Often I'm asked if I sell my quilts and the answer is always: "No, I don't." If I sold them, I would no longer have them in my possession (obviously) or have them to share with other quilters.

At the moment many of my quilts are on display elsewhere.  Several are part of a wonderful art exhibit at The Campanile Center in Minocqua, WI.  This exhibit is open through September during any of the events held there. 

Two of my quilts are now on display at Cheri's Fabric to Quilt, Mercer, WI promoting my book.  Many of my quilts have been displayed at The Fabric Patch, Ironwood, MI, sort of a rotating show there.  And 3 of my quilts are still "on tour" with The American Quilter's Society Quilt Week shows around the country as part of their author's exhibits.

I've recently kept busy making a crib quilt for my soon to arrive first grandson.  I can't show a photo yet as it's to be a surprise for my daughter Carla and her husband Jack, though they approved the design before I started.  This cute rabbit which I crocheted, was a shower gift and I'm working on a mobile consisting of little crocheted dogs!  Tiny stitches seem to take forever, but I love working with wool yarns and having needle and fiber in my hands.

"Nature's Edge" quilt top is at the long arm quilters being artistically quilted and I can't wait to see it and of course get it out to shows.

 And finally, this quilt top (not yet named) is also off being quilted.  I had planned to quilt this one myself with an overlay of tulle, and magical quilt designs to create the snowy effect shown in this photo (my inspiration):

However, after the top hung on my design wall for quite some time, one day it occurred to me that I was avoiding starting the quilting as I really had no idea how I was going to pull this look off.  It's out of my expertise, and within a couple of days I sent it off to the long arm quilter.  

Now, listening to rain outside, it's time to get back to my fibers.