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Sunday, February 27, 2011

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


Thursday, February 24, 2011

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!

Monday, February 21, 2011

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

Sunday, February 13, 2011

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!

Monday, February 7, 2011

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....

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