Re-entering the Blog-O-Sphere

Hello out there! This blog is so dusty...a result of blog neglect. Actually, this is a new blog that never got off the ground. Anyway, I've felt inspired lately to brush it off and give another go. I've noticed that a lot of bloggers have given up or greatly reduced their posts; or just switched over to facebook and instagram. I do those things, too. It's so darned easy to put up a quick photo or link on facebook where your friends are sort of a captive audience. :-)
So, here are a couple of things up on my big ol' portable flannel design wall. One is a fabric collage that is being hand-stitched. I'm using some of my sumi ink art pieces that I've printed onto fabric, along with solid black Kona cotton.

This scrappy, improvised work-in-progress is influenced, in part, by the work of quilt artist Victoria Finley Wolfe of "15 Minutes of Play" fame. The original inspiration is this photo I took at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin last year. My intention in finishing this quilt is to add borders that refer to the areas surrounding the square wall in the foreground of the picture. I found some black-to-white ombre fabric that will be used to accomplish that goal. You can see some of it in the center of the square. Not sure yet if I'll try to quilt it myself, or send it out. We'll see!