It's finished.....

The final steps to a finished bag....


finished up some hand work and sewing two pieces together



a bit of detail, some embroidery

i fused some swirls on top of my piecing and then quilted



everything is trimmed and ready to sew together




it is starting to look like a bag...



the bag is complete... one side of it



the other side....

zentangle #41

I have finally finished my bag that I have been working on for a while. I have enjoyed the process and love how it turned out. I have to admit I love bags, I have a few. I don't know why I have to carry so many things but, you have to be prepared for anything. It must of been a habit I developed when my kids were little. I really wanted this bag to bring some of my art supplies with me where every I go. So I have things packed and ready to go... It always goes to work with me. Well thanks for looking!

Karen

photo of the sunset....

One of the blogs I follow is The Kat Eye View and her blog today was about Exploring The Camera: Capture the Sky.  One of the things I love to do is take photos of the sky....

I took these this past fall and I did not change anything with my photo program. I think I may have change a setting on my camera but, I cannot remember.  I really love taking these kinds of pictures, I actually have a lot of them.  The sunsets and sunrise here where I live in Idaho are beautiful. If you get a chance, check out Kat's blog it is wonderful.  Thanks for looking!

Karen

zentangle #41 in progress

I haven't posted one of my zentangles in a while.... I have been working on this for a few weeks (spending more time on my other project). While watching American Idol last night I finished drawing and started coloring. I will attemp to do more today while watching American Idol ( you gotta love Steven Tyler).
Well, need to head off to work, thanks for looking and have a great day!

piecing a new panel for my bag...

I have slowly been piecing the other side to my bag...

I have been able to get some sewing in this week. I have started the next side of my bag. I made some squares and painted some curvy lines. Added some more strip piecing and feeling like I know how I am going to put it together after I quilt everything. I think I am going to call this bag "getting over it". I am getting over my creative funk that is have been in for the past seven years thanks to my morning pages.

I went shopping today and picked out a few things... Some embroidery thread, a new book: Surface Design Essentials by Jand Davila's and a Fabric Paint Cannon by Tulip. I read about it on this blog: . I cannot wait to try it out.

Well, it is midnight and time for bed so I can go to work. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Karen

a little bit more done....

I have been working some more on my quilting project...

 free motion quilting....

 close up of what I just quilted...

 I think I am done with this panel....

 I did some embroidery....

 just another view....

I decided to do some embroidery on this so, where I had painted the dots I embroidered over them and then added some more shapes. As I work on this and read my book the Artist Way I am unblocking my creativity.. it really has been block for about seven years. I have not embroidered for years. I used to really enjoy it. I actually experimented and "taped" my free motion quilting to put on my blog but I need to figure out how to turn off the audio because my sewing machines squeaks too much... It has always done that. Tomorrow I am going to start the other panel and then I am hoping that within this week or next it will become a bag. We will see. Thanks for looking!

clean up for superbowl....

I had to clean up the Man Cave for the Superbowl....

 all my my fabrics ended up on my sewing table....

I have been doing some quilting on my piece....

I have been thinking I may do some painting within my quilting design but not sure.  I had to make the man cave nice and clean so we could play in the room on Superbowl Sunday...  Well, this is brief I know but I am going to head down to my room to be creative tonight instead of watching the TV in the living room. I may put on Pirates of the Caribbean and sew, sew, sew. I am going to hide away from my "crazy makers" in my house. Thanks for looking....