Geisha Beaded Pillow by Karen Lideen

Featuring Karen Lideen
Visit her Etsy Shop:  The Beaded Pillow

Beautiful work, Karen!

Friends Give Your Heart a Safe Place to Grow

Friends Give Your Heart a Safe Place to Grow, Mug Rug/Quilt, 6"x6" © 2013 Fannie Narte BUY NOW  

We learn and we grow from one decision to the next,

from one mess-up to the next,

from one celebration to the next.

We don't know what's waiting for us at the end

of our project.

We don't know what's waiting for us at the end

of our day.

All we know is that we Hope for certain things to be there 

when we get there.

How blessed are we to have

one

friend

who gives our heart 

a

safe place

to grow?

How blessed are we to have

more than one friend?

Our journeys are lighter when we have friends who give us a safe place for our hearts to grow.

Share Love, Accept Love, Be Love

 Share Love, Accept Love, Be Love, Mug Rug/Quilt, 5.5"x5.5"

© 2013 Fannie Narte BUY NOW

Welcome your new day with a fresh cup of your favorite drink and this beautiful and unique mug rug.
 

The center panel is an image of my painting titled "My Love," which is a part of my "Love Notes" series of paintings.

Love and Gratitude

 Love and Gratitude, Mug Rug/Quilt, 8.5" x 8.5"

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Rest your Cup on "Love and Gratitude"

Begin each day with the power words "Love and Gratitude" and the ideas of balance, growth, stability, endurance, nature and environment.

The center panel is a print of my painting titled "Dear Sweetheart," and I free-motion stitched "Love and Gratitude," "Gratitude and Love" around the perimeter of the panel.

I wish you Love and Gratitude.

Different Voices, Similar Songs, Birdhouse Quilt

Different Voices, Similar Songs, Birdhouse Quilt, 9.25" x 21"

© 2013 Fannie Narte

Make a birdhouse quilt using any one of my fabric panels.  Happy Valentine's Day!

I wish you love . . .

Grace, Birdhouse Quilt

Grace, Birdhouse Quilt, 10" x 18"

© 2013 Fannie Narte

Having fun with my fabric panels.  For the past week, I've been sketching ideas for using my fabric panels.  I love to use my panels in bags, totes and purses and mug rugs . . . but what else could I create?  I love birds and butterflies and anything with wings and ideas of journey and fearlessness . . . and sketched birdhouses, homes, houses, lighthouses . . . homes of all kinds, which is also a symbol I enjoy using in my art.  Home, a sense of belonging, a safe place to be . . . home . . . a feeling in the heart that gives me the freedom and gratitude to be me.

These sketches and journal entries started a new "Home" series using my fabric panels. This is the first quilt . . . my sketches and ideas come to life.  More to come . . .

If you've purchased my fabric panels, this is an example of how you can use them.  Use this as inspiration for your next project.

This quilt took less than four hours to complete.  This was easy to make.  See all the embellishment possibilities?  Once I work things out, I'll make this pattern available to my customers in my Etsy shop.  Enjoy!

Love and Aloha

Love and Aloha
FOR SALE
© 2012 Fannie Narte

Love and Aloha, or The Spirit of Aloha, was inspired by my daughters Ku'ulei and Ku'uipo. Ku'ulei means "Sweet Blossom" and Ku'uipo means "Sweetheart" or "My Beloved." The Spirit of Aloha is about the giving and receiving of unconditional love. This is the kind of love I know. It is the kind of love I was taught by my parents and caring family members and friends. It is the kind of love I try to practice each and every day, though oftentimes imperfectly. It is the kind of love I hope I have taught my daughters and grandchildren. It is the kind of love I hope for all to experience on a regular basis. It is the kind of love that will heal the world.

Love and Aloha. The Spirit of Aloha. Unconditional love.

I am attempting to bring attention to the importance of unconditional love and fearlessness to the world one painting at a time.

Thanks for visiting. I wish you love, hope and peace.