What starts out as Chaos is going to be one COOL Quilt! Stay Tuned

Plenty of Light Giver fabrics and fun stash favorites make for an exciting border or quilt! Can't wait to show you what I am working on.....


If you haven't seen the next post please read it is is FUN!
Riddle- What do you call a Middle Aged woman with Hula Hoop?
A Sprinkler.....

Take time to Ponder, think, LOOK, and act (as an artist-it's quite easy really....

The wonderful red and white quilt is made for this month. I am not sure who did this as it was sent to me by a cousin who knew I would love it and I do. How inspiring!

The chicken is by Liz from the Washington State coast-she did a story quilt about canning and this chicken was a part of that quilt.



Everyone who knows me knows I love birds and flowers...one reason is that they are so easy to create in quilts and in simple ways...we all smile with birds and flowers







The sneakers were at Zappos online- I am so hooked on Zappos and usually order 3 or four pair of sneakers to last me a year...I sense my friend wish I had a "good" and "feminine" pair of shoes....I guess I am too old or too lazy....do those ballet shoes make your feet hurt? They look like it. Mel did give me some ballet slippers I love but I don't dance in them or teach in them or run through airports in them....


The photo of the three babes is Mel McFarland, Sandy Thompson and me at Road to California. Lots of fun to be together and enjoy the cow quilts and the beauty of the other lovely things hanging. We all met at Asilomar in the story quilt class and I am hoping YOU will consider taking a story quilt class somewhere to tell the world about YOU for many years to come. What are you leaving as a testiment to your life?

Road to California Great Creativity and Color-Jane Coserelli and her fab jackets and something funny and true!

Thought I would share more photos of what I took at Road to California with you.
Below I also gave you a little thing about manicures to make you smile- it did me as everytime I walk into my place for a pedicure, they say "hello" and then a long sentence or two and then they all laugh.

Below is photos of Jane Coscarelli's jackets -but she wrote "The Tortilla Quilt" which is a wonderful book. She has such style and like me she LOVES color. This red jacket is fabulous in person! NOTE- Jane buys her jackets at the thrift store and then turns them into magic! I don't think I could find something like this where I live....need to find someone who can make a wool coat...if anyone does such a thing these days.







I have always admired Jane Coscarelli's style of quilting with everything she does-wool jackets, Day of the dead, Hispanic images- Here I took some photos of one of her wonderful jackets- you can see above the red one she wore...wonderful.

Cow Parade, Road to California and Creative Ideas for YOU

I had to show you what someone can do with the Flower Power book and a little imagination! Isn't this wonderful? This lady was a lovely and fun student and she really was creative!

Wanted to show off my photo of me and my friends- me, De Tina and Mel -we had so much fun together- quilting friends are the best aren't they?

So at the Road to California show we had so much fun and here are the cow quilts from the show "cow parade" that Mel and I curated. The good news is there are other shows we will be doing and the new cow quilts keep coming! Wanna make a cow quilt? Buy the easy pattern and choose a theme- the pattern is in the book "Out of the Box with Easy Blocks"-buy it from me and get a fat quarter, a free chicken pattern and a pin. Marylouweidman.com







Want more photos from the show to be inspired by?
Go to my other blog which is "google "Mary Lou and whimsy too" GREAT stuff to inspire!

Images to Make You Think And Inspire Your Inner Artist

The beautiful quilt above was made by Sue Cresse. My friend who I met while she took many classes at Asilomar and other places. She inspires me. This quilt won first place and it is covered with crystals and lovely details. Sue and her friend De got into a car crash in Sept, that nearly killed both of them. De broke her neck and Sue broke most of her ribs, her arm in many places, crushed her hand, punctered her lung etc. She is still healing. The loevly thing is she is planning new quilts and what she wants to make next! That has to be healing. Many of us have prayed for her and that her inner artist gets some rest and comes out raring to go!

This girl was photographed when I taught in Galveston last year...I think she would make a lovely quilt! BUT, she needs a bit more color.....

I have two new favorite subjects....farms and farm people and trees. I thought this photo was cool and the following one is a great beginning to your own Tree of Life




The photo to the left came from my files. I am cleaning them out bit by bit and I thought these were very cute and might inspire you to make something very fun! Don't copy it, do your own version.Stay tuned for quilt photos from Road to Calfornia. Please check out my other blog as well. Google "Mary Lou and Whimsy Too"