I have been doing some stitching....

Here are some shots of my fabric I painted turning into a quilting piece...

I am putting some strips together and making a bag out of all this fabric. I am finally excited about sewing and quilting again.  It has actually taken me many years to get this feeling again... I contribute that to working on the Artist Way...  I have a huge mess on my ping pong table and oh what fun. I need to learn how to take better shots of the quilting I am doing... this last one was a quick shot.  Well, I need to finish typing up a form for my husband.  I want to say thanks for coming and visiting my blog and looking.... I really appreciate it!  I will check in again after I have done a bit more on my project.

making progress....

I am thinking I am ready to use the "fabric" I created....

 I have "auditioned" some fabric with it....

 this is from my stash (I did not realized when I started painting my fabric how I trended towards these colors years ago)

 I think this was a Hoffman Challenge fabric years ago.... isn't it great!

I have an idea to make a bag out of all of this but, I am thinking on whether or not I am going to draft a pattern or just cut and sew. I need a new "purse" to carry all my stuff in.

One of the other things I am working on is The Artist Way, I am taking longer than the book says but,  I think you need to self pace yourself when  you do these things.  Terah at cowgirlred ask me if I could share my journey so, I am going to try and do that... let me get my thoughts together and in the next few days I will start sharing....

Well, my sewing room is calling me... I am going to pour myself another glass of Three Blind Moose Cabernet Sauvignon and cut some fabric up.... or watch American Idol.... Thanks for looking!!

what I have been working on....

Here are some photos of what I have been working on...

 I am lucky to have a "Man Cave" to work in... we have a pool table with a ping pong table on top of it...

 
 

I have been off work since Thursday this past week (I gave my husband a trip to Scottsdale to go to Barrett Jacksons auto auction but we had to cancel - thought our well pump went out but we were lucky it didn't) It was a bummer we didn't go but, I have been trying to make the best of it. I have been painting and sewing. I am trying to figure out what I am going to make out of my fabric have some ideas running around in my head. I finally finished my youngest daughters graduation quilt from high school in 2007. Now if I could finish the other fifty tops I have, I guess one at a time. And finally I hemmed a pair of jeans that I have had for a long time. Very productive and hope to do more this week. Thanks for looking!

Work in progress....

This past week I have been working on my "fabric". I have been learning as I go in using acrylic paints. I hand to laugh at myself for not following the directions on my flow aid. I have been mixing it straight into the paint and you are supposed to premix it in equal parts of water first before you mix it in the paint. That is what happens when you are teaching yourself how to do all this stuff. I need to figure out some more designs to go into the paisleys. I have started another zentangle, more to come on that. Going to spend some time doodling....Thanks for looking!

working on one journal and fabric...

Work in process...

This past week I have been working on a new page in what I am calling a journal, decided to try and make my own fabric design and I have been reading. One of the books I am reading is Simple Abundance by Sarah B. Breathnach. I am keeping up on reading it each day and absorbing and making notes (I always have to take notes or make reminders).

The other book I am reading and have attempted to do for two years now is The Artist Way by Julie Cameron . I am finally ready to follow and do the work for the next twelve weeks. It may take a few extra days but I am in. It is a challenge to look at yourself and recognize issues, things that have been a road block in your life or have influenced you and created behaviors good or bad. Also to recognize the road blocks that have hindered my creativity. I am ready to move on.

Enjoy your day and thanks for looking!

1/3/2011 - day off from work.... creative day

There is something to be said about an extra day off from work....

Beads I made from air dry clay

Painted beads...

I loved this picture I found in a magazine!



Strung my beads and added to the page...



I think it's finished!

As I started working in my room today I figured out that there are reasons why I don't throw things away contrary what a husband might think one should keep. I keep a lot of things that I think might come in handy like the small cork board that I pinned my beads into. I made the beads out of air dry clay by Crayola. I have only tried a bit of it with the beads I made and want to try more. My tin is full of somethings I did for future projects.

I strung the beads on a small gauge wire and twisted the wire in between each one. I glued the beads in place on the page. I loved the picture I found in a magazine that was an add. She is very expressive. It is like set me free woo hoo! I guess I am ready to rid myself of some baggage, you know baggage you carry around from your childhood. Junk in the trunk that I don't need any more.

Thanks for looking!

zentanlge #40 and sketchbook challenge

Happy New year! It's time for a new start or I should say continue what I have been doing with the addition of reading The Artist Way and following along for twelve weeks and reading Simple Abundance. I tried reading The Artist Way in 2009 and the beginning of 2010 but wasn't mentally ready but, I am now. I finished my zentangle I started a couple of weeks ago. I got some Inktense colored pencils for Christmas which I used along with water color paints and crayons. I used my new sketchbook for some doodles which I am using for the Sketchbook Challenge. So, I now have three journals going which is okay by me for different "moods" I might be in. Well... Time to hit the hay, almost midnight here. Thanks for looking!