Baby quilt

Today I gave away my first baby quilt of the year.  Here's a picture.

All told, I've made around 30 baby quilts.  Recently one of my quilts was featured in LACMA's.  Click the link to learn more.
LACMA blog post by Hilary Walter

Central Europe gifts

Today I sketched souvenirs that I brought back from Europe and will give away as gifts. The first is a rattle with bells that I bought for my niece at the Budapest Christmas market. I also drew a bookmark with Gustav Klimt's Austrian Secession poster. The last page shows three Slovakian ornaments from Bratislava.  

Bratislava

Since it was snowing and very cold, I had a plate of Slovakian potato, cheese and bacon at Cafe Roland and painted the main square.

Also, a church outside Bratislava.

I drew this during a tour of ship's wheelhouse.

Sketches from the Danube

Happy New Year's Eve!  This week I flew to Budapest and have cruises from there to Bratislava, Vienna, Melk and now Linz.  Here is a record of my travels so far.

View of Buda from my stateroom - we had snow!

Magyar king from Heroes' Square

Next are various treasures from the Applied Arts museum, third oldest in the world.

Baby quilts

Here are two baby quilts I just finished - they are for my boss's son and the baby he and his wife are having next spring.  I used organic fabric and batting, and since I'm pretty sure he doesn't check this blog I thought I'd share them here.

Friday life drawing class

Tonight we had our last model session at the art center where I take classes. Here's what I got:

Seasonal scenes

In addition to needle-felting a snow bunting as a companion to my children's book today, I painted several holiday cards which will soon wend their way to friends and family members.

This is Sarah Beth Snow Bunting (copyright 2014 worldwide rights reserved :) )

Here are some holiday cards.