Author: Judy Coates Perez

  • Nina’s new photography blog

    I finally convinced my daugher to create a blog of her photography. She is so good. You can see her work here.

  • Fauna is accepted in IQA World of Beauty

    Fauna is accepted in IQA World of Beauty

      We are all thrilled that our group quilt Fauna passed the jurying process. Here is the label I just finished for it. I am sending it to Texas so it can be stitched on the quilt before it gets sent to Houston at the end of the month.

  • May birthday party in August

    Yesterday Melody Johnson hosted a birthday party for all the girlfriends with May birthdays: Laura, Emily, Anne, Frieda and Tommy. For the party to be in August shows you how busy all these talented gals are.Here’s the group shot. Back row: Emily Parson, Jane Sassaman, Me, Frieda Anderson, Laura Wasilowski and Anne Lullie. Front row…

  • India Bound

    The college age daughter of some friends is in Delhi India. She has a blog about her life there, it is wonderful. You really get a sense of what it is like. Check it out India Bound

  • A Chicken for Laura

    Back in May Laura Wasilowski and Frieda Anderson had birthdays and I made them each a tin quiltlet. Laura loves and collects chickens and Frieda loves her dog George, now famous for helping Frieda break her ankle a day before her trip to Australia earlier this year while chasing a squirrel.Saturday we will be celebrating…

  • dyed fabric

    This is the extent of the latest dyeing. These are all 2 yard pieces. I love this color palette and have a few other ideas besides agave that I might want to do with it. Also I resolved the problem with the background on the other agave piece. I have to dye more fabric to…

  • One hot dog

    One hot dog

    It has been really hot, 99° and humid. You know it’s hot when you see a chihuahua pant. I took this yesterday when the kids and I went on a road trip down to a relatives farm and Abby got to run leashless in the field. She was one happy, hot dog.

  • Fabric dyeing

    Fabric dyeing

    I have been dyeing more green fabric to work on two other agave quilts. I still have not resolved the background of the excisting agave quilt, so maybe if I just move forward with the other two I will figure it out. I have been dyeing fabric with this pouring method lately, it seems to…

  • Sweater Progress

    The cables progress and look like they might actually become a sweater. This one is made from cotton. It is very soft and feels great, it will be perfect for the fall. I am going to have to try making another cable sweater out of wool for the cold Chicago winter. The Frieda green sweater…

  • Salmon Creek, California

    Salmon Creek, California

    Believe it or not, this is where we used to live when I was a teenager. It’s 75 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 1. Three miles north of Bodega Bay (of Alfred Hitchcocks “The Birds” fame). I was thrilled to find this picture on the internet yesterday, the 500 square foot cinder block…

  • Look Em, I’m making cables!

    I was so impressed with Emily Parson‘s fabulous black cable sweater a few months ago. I was determined to learn to make cables too. I started this with the leftovers from my last sweater (that I still have not done the finishing on) just to see if I could do it. What do you know,…

  • There’s a Place Called Mars…

    There’s a Place Called Mars…

    There’s a Place Called Mars…will be going to World Quilt Show New England in Manchester, New Hampshire. I am glad this quilt will hang there because the song that this quilt is based on was taught to Girl Scouts all over New England in the early 1960’s. My sister learned the song when we were…

  • Lotus blossom tank

    I finished this top from the summer issue of Interweave knits. I added a velvet ribbon under the bust on mine because once again I made it a little big. (Not hugely big like the last sweater) I knit a whole other top at the same time as this one from another interweave pattern from…

  • Abby Poo bags designed by Nina

    Abby Poo bags designed by Nina

    My daughter Nina presented me with her new product design, a personalized doggie doo bag dispenser for Abby, (shown holding the prototype at right). I am amazed at how professional her mock up is, and her illustration of Abby is so cute. One more thing for her portfolio, at the rate she is going, she…

  • yearly window cleaning

    today I was surprised by seeing a man on a little wooden seat dangling outside my window using a suction cup to hang on to the window. We were supposed to take out all our screens on the lower half of the window but we have 25 window screens that are over 3 feet tall…

  • Fauna update

    I think our entry is going to be okay. I called Crystal at IQA to ask more about the sharp object rule, which came about because a quilt was enterd last year with barbed wire on it. The biggest problem arises when the quilts are stacked for judging. Will the quilt withstand 20 quilts stacked…

  • Agave

    Agave

    Hand dyed cotton, machine appliqued, machine quilted. 2006 56″ x 47″

  • Houston Rule Changes

    Well International Quilt Festival changed the entry rules this year and now the group quilt we have been working on may no longer be eligible. It says quilts with sharp embellishments that need extra care, will not be accepted. Our newest group quilt, Fauna, with panels by Frances Alford, Julie Upshaw, Vickie Hallmark, Kathy York…