I am a finalist....

I am so excited... I finished my mini journal quilt...

and I entered in the reader challenge that is in the current Quilting Arts magazine called "Tag You're It" and I am a finalist! It was announced on their blog Quilting Daily. I can't believe it, I am so excited. A couple of years ago now I signed up for Creative Everyday and it actually happened to be the November and the them was Art Everyday Month in 2009 and that is what got me out of my creative slump and started being creative again. And as I participate in Creative Everyday and slowing travel my journey with The Artist Way I am gaining my confidence in what I am doing and being an Artist. A couple of years ago I was not able to say that.  I am glad I discovered blogging from reading Kelly Rae Roberts book Taking Flight and finding all the cool blogs I have gone to, follow and thank you to all that follow my blog.  It is a great community!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!
Karen

the quilt is finished....

The finished product.

Now I am working on cleaning up and out my "sewing room" starting with organizing my fabric stash...

and then there are quilt tops to be finished....

The quilt was delivered to my sister-in-law on Tuesday and she loved it.  I am so glad that she liked it. I finished it at 1:00am that same day.  I had so many obstacles to getting it done this weekend (I need to go back a few chapters in my Artist Way and read again). Now I am tackling my sewing room; We had to replace our water heater and the power supply for the water heater is behind a wall in my sewing room closet so, I had to take everything out on one side.  My Mom's neighborhood is having a garage sale so I thought it was time to go through stuff to get rid of it.  I have decided I am a fabric hoarder (don't tell my husband) and I cannot part with any of it because I might need it some day. Next are quilting books, I know I have some of those I am going to part with.... I will have to take a picture of the shelf now as they are full. 

I am taking tomorrow off of work so today is my "Friday" yippee! Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Karen

 

progress on one journal page, cleaning out a cupboard and beautiful skies...

I have been working on my newest journal page which is turning out to be a quilt, a small one....

I changed one of the elements on the side, same words but
written on different material, I have also sandwiched it together
and  I am making it a mini journal quilted page.

I have been quilting it with embroidery thread....

I do like experimenting with different materials/mediums. I originally was going to incorporate this into a cover for my iPad but, I decided to turn it into a quilt... still working on it. The other weekend I decided to clean out my cupboard where I store all my plastic containers, yup it was a mess and yup I had more lids that bottoms...

to the recycle bin they went....

On Monday we had some more clouds and rain (we have had a lot of rain for where we live), and I just love to take pictures of the sky....

The sky is so beautiful, and I have so many pictures of the sky and clouds... so day I am going to have to print some up and hang in my house. I am hoping to start a new tangle this coming week along with cleaning out my sewing room closet (ha ha). So it is time to head off to bed...  thanks for looking and have a wonderful day tomorrow!

Karen

journal page coming along...

I have been working on this journal page....

I have been having fun playing around with the Lutradur... my journal page is mixed media of fabric, Lutradur, paint, paper, wire and clay buttons I made. I may turn it into a small quilt not sure... still contemplating. More will develop hopefully this weekend... I do need to work on the quilt project I have going. I need to have it completed 6/13 as I will need to ship it to my sister in law. Well just a quick post... thanks for looking!

Karen 

Stuck in a vacuum called work...

Work has sucked me up again and I am fighting to gain control and not work any overtime.... it cuts into my time and this weekend and some of last week I did get to work on some projects along with planting some new bulbs. I took my latest tangle that i posted about here and printed it on Lutradur...

and then I scan in one of my papers I have painted and printed it on Lutradur...

and then I started playing around a bit.... (need to learn to take better pictures sorry)

I know the product has been out for sometime and I purchased my packet a month or so ago and finally tried it out.  It is fun to play around with. I never know what direction I will go with this but, (I just remembered I think I left my paint brushes in water from the other day whoops) I am having fun with it. I have also been putting the quilt together for my sister-in-law, half way there. 

Well, I better go take care of my brushes, it's not so good to do what I just did.  Thanks for looking!

Karen

Quilt and a new tangle...

When my job gets crazy it seems to change everything I do because it drains me. I think since be fore Easter. I have been working on the quilt for my sister in law, everything went haywire at work last week (worked to much over time,... I walked in the Race For The Cure and worked on a new tangle that I am try to make into a repeat design.

Here is the quilt I have been working on the  for my sister-in-law:

I have started playing around with a new tangle and repeat design which is brought to you by the letters A, L and V:

I have added more to the design:

I have been better this week so far about not staying late at work, that's why I got a little further on my drawing above... well... time to run to work!

Thanks for looking!
Karen

zentangle #43 finished...

I have finished another tangle....

I was going to do some coloring on it and decided not to. I like how "light" and "airy" it is and decided not to... I liked how it turned out. This is the one that I played around with doing a repeat design on the computer.  I am actually going to try another but not in my journal. I am going to draw it on a piece of paper so it will be easier to do the process.

I have also joined Liberate your Art postcard swap over at The Kat Eye View. I am excited to receive and send postcards of artwork. It will happen in July... check it out.

Happy Easter everyone... I need to get ready to go to church. Then my family is getting together.  Have a beautiful day!

Karen