Like many quilters, I have a pile of leftover binding strips that just never seem to get used up. Recently I gathered up what I had and actually sorted them by color. I decided to grab a handful of the black, red and white—because those colors always go together! Stitch, stitch, stitch, without much thought,… Continue reading Almost mindless stitching.
Grandparenting is our greatest pleasure and we have visited wherever our grandson plays hockey. This time it was Phoenix and we took some extra days just for our touristy selves. Sedona and Grand Canyon and the local ‘park’……..I could take a thousand photos and none of them would convey the beauty. Professional photographers have been… Continue reading Aaaaaah….after the trip…
I’ve had these pieces hanging on my design wall for a few days now. I’m not sure exactly how I want to finish them, but my decision to make them two separate pieces rather than one still stands. However, I feel like I received a message from an old friend. Our art group was gifted… Continue reading Back to black and white
That’s the inspiration for this piece, which I finished this evening. And, coincidentally, we traveled under that bridge today on our way to and from grandson hockey. I’ve always been intrigued by it’s shape and apparently my brain and hands made their own interpretation of it. Don’t ask me how that works, because I have… Continue reading Bridge Supports
There is a piece hanging on my wall that I keep wondering about. It seems finished but I keep thinking it is unfinished. It’s covered in hand stitched embellishment with lots of close-up detail. But I keep thinking it needs more…and more…and more. Shall I add to it? I have a piece rolled up on… Continue reading Shall I……….?
Yes, sometimes I actually sit down and plan things out, as if real life happens that way. Not to worry, though…I’m not trying to plan my real life, just my art life. There are several projects that I have put off in favor of challenges and exhibit pieces and selling opportunities. All that activity should… Continue reading Planning?
Truly. There are times when I struggle mightily with each step of the design process. I get frozen in indecision or I see so many possibilities that I can’t see which way to go. And there are times when a design idea explodes full blown and complete from some corner of my brain that I… Continue reading The brain is strange.
Well, at least the start of an action plan. Trying to figure out the best way to use my mountain of scraps, I knew that I needed to base my work on a simple shape and go into production mode. I’ve done half-square triangles a bunch and cannot face the idea of thousands more of… Continue reading Action plan
It’s an often used phrase……….and it’s often necessary! Experimenting with new processes and techniques comes along with the flow of creativity. Certainly not every experiment is successful. Yet there is nothing better than the thrill of “what if” and it never pales, no matter how often you play that game. My latest attempt started with… Continue reading Learning from failure
My challenge project is rocketing along. I had time………ah, precious time!………and did all the machine quilting on it. This was after I spent some of that time doing big stitch hand quilting and decided that it would never get done that way! I am now back to the point of adding hand stitch and embellishment… Continue reading A bit of artsy stuff
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