Saturday, May 30, 2009

the Plants

Having trouble keeping up with the amount of inspiration I am finding right outside our door...

Friday, May 29, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Algae-ish Sunbursts

Another little sunprint - still playing around with my leftover paint from this weekend. Admiring the algae every other day on our evening walk had me thinking of the lovely green stuff. I sunpainted the pattern using beads on green fabric with dark blue paint. I drew in some details using markers.



Sun Painting

Sunny days always lead to a little sun painting. I use Setacolor Transparent Fabric Paints. My son loves to do this with me and he is a pro at 5 years old. He likes to make things that look tie-dyed and we sew the patches he makes onto t-shirts. He said while we were working on these this weekned, "It's so much fun, I just can't stop doing it."

So much fun. No matter how many of these I make, I am always thinking of just one more thing to try...

This site explains the technique along with a few others...

Stitching Circles and Blooms...


Sunday, May 17, 2009

New Start with Beige Shirt Cuffs

All that talk about green and I put together something with no green at all - but I will add the green with thread maybe...

The little drawing was a rather unsuccessful gel medium transfer that I reworked with Pigma pens. My Mom told me that a lot of the fabric scraps I inherited from my Grandma probably belonged to my Great Grandma - and that she may have ordered scraps from shirting companies. I came across the beige strips - the vertical ones on the long sides - and they look like they would have been shirt cuffs - I like the round corners. I think the two other beige pieces are shirting scraps too.

Now I HAVE to finish my other project - before I work more on anything new - then looking forward to quilting with no deadlines...

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Need More Green

Needing to work on and finish this one...


But digging around in all of the green -


has me daydreaming of making something with these...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Found

These circles resurfaced this morning while I was tidying my sewing room. I made this at least 3 years ago. I love this green - the circles are so quiet - it's all so simple. Tattered little tracing paper scribble stitched on. Just so interesting that I am drawn to this more than some of the things I have made more recently. More of the same thing that is always challenging to me - I like the sketch more than the finished piece, the drips more than the painting, the smears more than the lines...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Quilting in Flip Flops



I don't have any new photos - this quilt shown above doesn't look like this anymore - I have made lots of progress on it. I have just not had the chance to take photos of the changes. I have been carrying this project with me to the park - I stitch while the boys play and I work on it on the front porch in the rocking chair. So I thought this photo - with me in my flip flops ( see lower left hand corner - you can barely see my feet ) was almost appropriate.

We have been gardening - flower and vegetable, packaging our maple syrup, entertaining friends and family, rearranging a pass thru room to be this summer's craft/science experiment room.. and I have also been cleaning my sewing room.

I will have more to post soon - I have not forgotten...