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I've spent a little time in the past 2 weeks working on the mosaic. It was something I could do without expending too much energy and precision wasn't required.  This section commemorates our vacation to Maine last summer. I always have a tough time with my allergies in August and several years ago it was particularly bad so we decided that we needed an annual August vacation to some place cooler to give my asthma a break. The first year we went to Wyoming. The next year was Seattle and last year it was Maine. WE LOVED MAINE. We will go back to Wyoming again but we could go to Maine every year. In fact we are going to 2 weeks this coming summer. It was funny to be there last summer when they were having a "heat wave" and everyone was complaining about the 80 degree heat. HAHAHAHA! We spent part of our week in Portland and part on Mount Desert. This year we are going to be on Lake Sebec for a week and back at Mount Desert for a week. I found this tile in a gift shop and brought it home for one of my wall sections.  Here's what I did with the tile and I'm very happy with it.  I even got one of the half circles on the bottom edge done. This is leftover tile from a friend's backsplash.  This is all that's left! I'm working on the Niagara/Canada block next and received something in the mail this week that is perfect to add here. The 2 partial blocks will be my initials and date and I desperately need an idea for the last full block.
1/16/2017 12:43:43 pm
it is fun when you find a vacation spot that you continually want to go back to - we are that way about Utah, Wyoming and Montana - love other places too but always ready to go back to these states - we find such beautiful scenery to look at all the time and the hikes are fantastic.
Becky in VA
1/16/2017 01:26:43 pm
Love the update! Wow, you are nearly finished. Doesn't your wall need a football in that last block - as in Touchdown - you won! Great job of putting so much of yourself into each section.
Cheryl Kotecki
1/16/2017 01:47:43 pm
Love your Maine clamshell! Your story reminded me of when I was in Maine in August, 1988, staying with a friend and her family in Bangor. She took me out on day trips. One day, we got back in the afternoon and her mother was in bedroom sitting on the end of the bed with a fan blowing on her, dramatically complaining she could not move out of that room, because it was so hot. It was perhaps 80 degrees. (all what you're used to!) 1/16/2017 04:53:29 pm
Love the evergreen trees! Wouldn't that look great as a quilt. We love Maine. We spent 3 days in Ogunquit last July. Nice to see something Canadian going on your wall (not that it has anything whatsoever to do with me, but I can pretend!). As for the last section - I think it should be an 'artist's signature' type of thing - your name and the date of completion should be included. All great artists should sign their work - and this is no exception. 1/16/2017 10:10:38 pm
Wow... I am amazed to realize that I have watched this mosaic wall from start to now and it is almost done.
Mrs. Plum
1/16/2017 10:17:10 pm
Always love seeing your mosaic wall progress. Do you have a needle and thread in any of the clamshells?
Mary
1/17/2017 05:24:14 am
You need a self portrait! Just the place near your name, date, and location. Location in case fifty years from now the name of your city/town has changed.
shirley swift-bruner
1/17/2017 09:09:25 am
do you have a scene for your town? it could be the last one. that half shell is cool...i like it. hey, how about a color wheel? haha
patty
1/17/2017 10:16:55 am
That wall has such stories! I am sure you will come up with an idea for that last section.
Pam
1/17/2017 11:51:52 am
Have you done one on your wedding?
Peg S.
1/18/2017 10:51:18 am
You could do a celebratory glass of Scotch in that last section!
Karen Brennan
1/19/2017 01:54:11 pm
So cool.
Linda Evans
1/22/2017 01:19:33 pm
Would be nice if you could somehow put a self-portrait in the last full block. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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