Kaffe Fassett Show at the American Museum

I can't wait to go this Fall.  We would also like to go to the Harry Potter Museum.  The show will be there until November.  Wow!  There is a link to the American Museum in Bath, England, below.

http://americanmuseum.org/2014/03/my-opera-of-colour/

Color Inspiration Thanks to Amy Butler

Blossom #2, Amy Butler's online magazine is out!

Here's the link....

http://issuu.com/amybutlerltd/docs/blossomissue02/68

New Directions

 I started Acorn Pies to share some of the crafts, art, and outdoor adventures which I was doing with my youngest child.  He is older now and the emphasis has shifted.  I thought for a while that Acorn Pies was done and I stopped posting for a while.  But Acorn Pies and I are just growing in new ways.  As always, you will find lots of color inspiration here.

 Homekeeping.

 My art experiments.

 The outdoor fun and family adventures go on, but I will probably post less about them now to give my child more privacy now that he is older.

 Inspiration and excitement from my after school art classes.  (You won't be seeing any faces here, just busy hands.)

 Crafts.

 Some baking fun.

 Travel.

 Flowers and Swiss Happiness!

More pictures, fewer words.  Sometimes, just one special picture, and maybe no words at all.  Acorn Pies:  I hope it will continue to be a place for you to come for cheerful colors, inspiration, and joy.

Bliss

 A glass of wine, a beautiful sunset over Lac Leman, some loved ones nearby, woolly colors in my hands, bliss.

If you need some great crochet inspiration, check out the blog Attic 24!

Paper Color

Joy, joy, paper joy!  This is an experiment I did to play with my collage papers in a way which felt like quilting.  It was fun, but maybe a little too much?  I feel like my eyes need a rest.  How about yours?

Summer Skirts for Nieces!

 Do you remember my simple little spring skirt pattern?  I made a couple for nieces this summer.  Here's the pattern if you want to look it up...  http://acornpies.blogspot.ch/search?q=spring+skirt

 I was able to find some rick-rack that looked great with this fabric, which I found in Switzerland.  The niece this skirt was made for loves blue...

 And the skirt this one was made for loves orange!

 And this sweet little quilt is for the blue-skirted niece's Waldorf doll!  See the little pillow?  My mother made it for my daughter's doll cradle long ago and I recovered it.

This is the back of the little quilt.  It's fun to make the sides different.  These are fabrics left over from our bed quilt....

Castello, Italy

 On a misty day in Italy, near the border with Switzerland, on Lake Lugano, we went to visit this little town perched on the edge of a cliff.

 You have to park and walk into the town, and there is a beautiful shrine with this painting near where we parked.

 The beautiful little streets were hushed.  We saw not a soul.  We whispered.

 Some of the colors of the houses were so beautiful, terracottas and ochres.

 And I loved looking down to the lake over the rooftops.

 It must have been fun to live there when there were more people, especially children.  Imagine how fun it must have been to run up and down the little streets.