Hi All,

Just a quick note from the sunny but not so warm beach.

The show season is over for 2010 and it is time to enjoy

family and friends,

sand and sun!

Have a wonderful Hoilday Season

and Thank You

for following the Embellished Spirit in the past year.

I look forward to sharing many new quilts,

artistic figures,

and techniques

with you in the New Year!

Robbie

Work for the Rivercity Figurative Artists' Guild Annual Show and Sale

Along for the Ride

The mermaid riding the turtle is finally complete (well, I may still add some beads to the turtle).

What a joy this doll has been. The idea was conceived in Virgina Beach, VA while walking on the beach in November of 2009, so she was a year in the making.

Posted here are views from the back and front

of this Artistic Figure in Cloth

Titled "Along for the Ride".

A Detail of her clothing, created with hand painted lace.

A Detail of her face.

Work for the Fall Gallery Show and Sale

Work continues on the turtle doll and the mermaid.

To be titled "Along for the Ride"

I have lots of help on this project, as you can see in these photos!

Before the week is over I'll send photos of the now

"underconstruction" mermaid and the finished sea turtle.

Please note my previous posting

that carries the information about the

Rivercity Figurative Artists' Guild Gallery Show and Sale,

coming up this weekend, November 13/14, 2010.

And finally I will catch you up on where most of the summer/fall has gone. Enjoying creating art

for the following shows happening this fall.

Dates and times are listed for all the events

and I hope you will attend!

Rivercity Figurative Artists' Guild

A show of Artistic Figures

13th Annual Gallery Show and Sale

Saturday November 13. 2010 10am-5pm

Sunday November 14, 2010 12pm-4pm

Kennedy Heights Art Center

6546 Montgomery Road

Cincinnati Ohio 45231

The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center

A show of Mandala Quilts

1028 Scott Boulevard

Covington KY 41011

Opening Reception Friday October 22, 2010 6-9pm

Exibition runs through November 23, 2010

Annual Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists

Quilt Show and Boutique

October 22-24, 2010

9am-5pm

Cincinnati Nature Center

4949 Tealtown Road

Milford, Ohio 45150

Opening Reception Friday October 22, 2010 5-8pm

Pictured here is the Quilt I designed for

the Cincinnati Nature Center

Annual Quilt Raffle

Tickets can be purchased at the show

or anytime at the Nature Center this fall.

The drawing for the Raffle will be held in December, 2010.

Third . . . Wandering around New England

Second. . . Crusing. . .

pictured here sailing out of New York Harbor

past the Sature of Liberty.

Where has the summer gone?

For that matter where is the fall going?

This poor blog has gone unattended for months,

but I'll give you just a few hints about what has occupied my time.

First to the garden...........