Not Sure... in a fog...

It has been a long time since I have posted on my blog and as with anyone many things have happened as time has gone by. I feel like I have been in a fog and it needs to lift. I spend too much time working and not creating and it needs to go in reverse.

I am going to start by getting in gear and participating in Liberate Your Art 2016 Postcard Swap which I participated in when Kat from Kate Eye Studio first started this yearly event. Check out her site...

More to come...

need to find balance....

My life has been out of balance between work and creativity....  I have been reading bits and pieces about other creatives picking a word for the year. I had done this once before and was unable to focus... for 2014 my word is balance....

Balance to work less hours and create more....

Thanks for stopping by....

surface design....

I have been taking an on-line class in surface design and trying to learn Adobe Photoshop. Wow I have a lot to learn. It is a lot different that Coral Photoshop. I drew a design and then play around with repeating it...

I am off work for a couple of days so I am going to work on some more assignments that I am behind on. What more fun can you have on a day off but doing art!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Trying to get my priorities straight....

I have been trying to make creativity a priority over work (ummm wonder which is has more power over the other?) well anyway. I have been taking an on-line class and want to share something I did.

This is a design that I developed and created in Photoshop CS6 which is a story in it's self trying to learn. Just a quick note as I am off to work.  Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!

Post It Note Label Roll use with sewing and CPS reader challenges...

I have been doing quite a bit of garment sewing lately when I have time. I love my new machine... I bought a roll of Post It Note Label Roll a while back for ummm just wanted (I love going to Staples).

Then while working on my jacket I thought what 

a great way to label the "right" side of the fabric 

when the right and wrong side look the same....

 Then I thought what a great way to mark my 

sewing guide line of the darts...

And also mark my 5/8" seam allowance....

Gets you right to the tip of the dart....

 just a little tid bit for sewing darts, to avoid ending at the

tip of the dart, put your needle down, turn your garment 

and start sewing back up along your stitching of your 

dart and then make your "knot" and clip that way you 

don't get a mess at the end of your dart.

 

This may be a repeat but I entered the Cloth Paper Reader 

challenge of tunnel books. Mine was not chosen but it was

fun to make...

I am entering another Cloth Paper Scissor Challenge called

Amazing Alphabet... I have been messing around with these

letters so created this and will be sending it in... we will see...

I have been trying to squeeze in creativity with my crazy work schedule. Have managed a few things... Going to run downstairs to work on something creative.  Thanks for stopping by and looking!

overtime = new sewing machine...

One benefit of working overtime is saving a bit of the extra pay and buying a new sewing machine which by the way was in the nick of time... my Viking #1+ died... I went back to owning a ta-dah....

I owned a Pfaff years ago and have gone back to this brand...

I even made the extension table for my machine.

I am so excited about sewing again... I finished a shirt I started over a year ago, cut out a new one which is process and have a few other pieces of clothing I am going to make. After I am done with some garment sewing it is going to be time to quilt! I have a lot of projects that are in the piecing stage and a lot of quilt tops to finish. 

Hi Ho off to work I go... thanks for stopping by and looking.

work, travel.... gone...

It seems like for me at least at the beginning of the year things are exceptionally crazy with my job. The holidays came and went and I also was home and gone to Denver, CO and home and gone to Tulsa, OK and working an amount of hours that have made me want to sleep for a month. But forget that stuff... I have done a few creative things....

Made the layout way better than it was before.

 I think if I had an Ikea close by I could of done way more.

 You have to love what you can get at local stores to make a new table.

 I made a "Merry Christmas" banner 

(I cannot find the picture of the finished banner)

Banner in progress....

I had painted this piece of fabric a while back 

and decided to make some bags out of it....

The finished bag.....

And then I broke my finger... trying to start my snowmobile.... 

I am still wearing a splint but it's a bit smaller but of course

 it is my right hand and I am right handed.

Well thanks for stopping by.... more post to come but have to head to work.

Have a great day!