beach grass

“Going to the Beach II”

thegreensheep 8 Comments

Kathy and I met in 2010 at the Susan G. Komen fundraiser (sponsored by the Arlington Heights Jr. Women’s League) where I submitted “Life is a Gift (the poppies blanket).”  She made the winning bid and went home with the poppies.

We’ve kept in touch, and in June she emailed me and confessed that she had been eyeing “Going to the Beach” here on The Green Sheep blog.  Kathy grew up in southwest Michigan — so lakes, dunes, beach grass, and sunlit sailboats are in her blood.  I had to tell her that the beach blanket had gone to a young newlywed couple and wasn’t available — but that I would love to try my hand at another along the same theme.

Here, just in time for the lazy, warm days of late summer, is “Going to the Beach II,” with its inquisitive gull wondering who else is coming to the lake on such a lovely day.

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Thank you, Kathy, for giving me such an enjoyable project!

“Going to the Beach II” (Size:  70″ x 80″)

The blanket has already gone to a good home.

“Going to the Beach”

thegreensheep 2 Comments

Our family lived in Michigan for several years. We moved there from California, and thought it must be pretty representative of much of the Midwest. But I’m telling you, we did not know how absolutely beautiful Michigan was until we moved away from there. This blanket — with its beach grass, little sandpiper, and distant lighthouse — is reminiscent of the delightful sand dune beaches that are all up and down the Lake Michigan side of the state.

“Going to the Beach” 

This blanket has already gone to a good home.