Fall Harvest

Well I ended up having a great week. I received an email last night telling me that my Breast Cancer Eye Glass Case is part of a feature this week on the Team Quiltsy blog so take a look. www.teamquiltsy.blogspot.com That made me feel just great.

Secondly I just listed the last of my fall table runners and placemats on Etsy.
creationsbynoramarie.etsy.com

Each of the items are made with warm fall colors that will only contribute more color to you fall tables. As you all know I love to use my embroidery machine, so I embroidered a cornucopia on 3 blocks on one of the runners.

The placemats are reversable and can be used other either side

Halloween Table Runners

Normally I never make items for Halloween unless they are a special order, but this year I first decided to make my daughter a Halloween Tablerunner for her birthday, she and my grandkids are big, big fans of Halloween, well I had more material than I needed and instead of putting it in my stash bin I decided to make more and to quilt/embroidery them on my machine. Here are the results.

You can find them in my Etsy Shop at www.creationsbynoramarie.etsy.com

You can also email for more information on them

Breast Cancer Awareness

As I know many of you are aware of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a disease that has hit's almost all of us one way or another, family member, friend or yourself.

Last year I decided to help raise awareness and possible make a contribution for research.
I collected a variety of embroidery designs and designs this very simple lap quilt. I dedicated the quilt to my aunt and a very dear friend who both lost there battle. I also have a web page that is dedicated to all the courageous women who are fighting or are still fighting this battle.

You can find the quilt and several of the other items for sale at my etsy shop creationsbynoramarie.etsy.com.

These designs can also be embroidered on t-shirts, sweatshirts, pillows, robes and more. My most popular items last year where my t-shirts, pillows and the eyeglass case.
Prices range from $6.00 to $30.00 and $80 for the quilt.

Every item I sell I donate a portion to the Susan G Komen Foundation in my aunts memory.

If you are interested in having any of these designs you can contact me through my etsy shop or directly through email creationsbynm@yahoo.com

Mixed Media Artist

I admit I have neglected my blog lately, so before I start the rest of my day I have decided to blog about a new artist I was recently introduced to.

Her name is Kathren. Kathren is a mixed media artist who creates handpainted premitive items and one of a kind whimsical scupltures.

I found her through another Facebook friend and I love here work.

She bost that her favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas and you can see this reflected in her work.

She is having a fantastic giveaway on her blog www.codyskeepsakes.blogspot.com. She is giving away this adorable little orne called Bella. I hope my readers will log on and participate and help support a fellow artist.

Winner of giveaway

The winner of my giveaway is Erica from Hippo Baby. Congratulations Erica. I have emailed you with the details

Door County

Just came back from a wonderful vacations toWisconsin's Door Peninsula. It was our first time there and the scenery was spectacular. Although I had expected the colors to have started to change more into fall colors, everywhere we went the landscaping was a work of art. The trees were still mostly green with just a hint of autumn colors of reds and oranges, but what I admired the most was the layout of the flowers throughout every step of the way. The landscapers used arrangements of yellow and purple blackeyed susans and mixed in were a variety of impatient.

Our room was a hundred feet off the bay and the first night we say the most gorgeous sunset I have ever experience. It took my breath away.

Door County is very well noted as an artisan colony. I found shops and museum everywhere we went. Pottery, paintings, sculptures, tiles, plates, sewing creation each more beautiful and creative then the next and of course I can't forget the the wineries were they produce some of the most delicious wines. I came back an abundance of ideas for quilting, totes and new line of jewelry. Just hope I have enough time to do them all.

Our time was much to short a trip to see the entire countryside and visit all the historical sites of lighthouses and see where over 200 ships have been lost to see in Lack Michigan so we do intend to visit again, but this time I believe we will bring the Motorcycle.

Empire

For all the years I have quilted I have never entered any of my work in a quilt or art show. But I have finally gotten the courage to do so.

The piece is a wall hanging called Empire which reflects the excitement of the big city. The fabric is by Benartrex. The colors consist of basic black with various gold and red tones to make this very sophisticated wallhanging.

I pieced all of the wall hanging, but my friend Pam Cole helped me out by doing all of the free motion quilting. You can find Pam at pamspatchwork.com

The piece has been submitted in the Heritage Quilters "Indiana rose " Quilt Show and will be on exhibit Oct 3 and 4.

This will also be on sale in my shop after the show. creationsbynoramaire,etsy.com