Hello,

I have been on the go a lot of late and this morning I was feeling a bit out of balance.    There were lots of tasks I need to do, but I decided to treat myself to a walk.  When I go  I do not take my phone or any electric devices to distract me.    I use the time to pay attentions to the physical world I live in.  I noted the sunshine,  the many bird songs,  and found the visual surprise of that the  Popular tree is already  shedding golden leaves.  As I walked along the street I noticed that the fallen maple seeds looked like the  birds in flight.  I felt  thankful that my legs were still able to carry me along at the pace that I wanted and returned home with a hand full of weed pods to draw later and a positive  feeling of  confidence about taking on all the little tasks that I needed to do.   I also realized how much I need that bit of physical exercise for balance in my life.

The  Diva’s had a play day last week and there was a lot going on.  Cheri was marbleizing in one section of the room.  I was do that as well although I was using a different method.

My work was pale because I was using ink on water and Cheri was using paint on a gel base.

There was lots of laughter,  talk and sharing of ideas.   Sally, Ruth and Susan  did  consolations as well.       Everyone got a lot done and we all went happy  home having made progress at our various projects.  Unstructured days of work with fellow artists is a wonderful thing.

 

 

There was also a FAB meeting this week.  Again lots of sharing and words of encouragement.     Victoria shared the top she started in Rosalie’s class with us.   The colors are based on a photo close up  of a tulip.  One of our challenges was to work with a color that we did not normally use.   She chose the bright pink.

 

 

Progress Report:   Ju Ju June    I am to the quilting stage on this work.    The free motion step is fun and  enjoyable for me.     I will finish the quilting and do the binding this week and then post the final next time.

 

 

Rafter Room Project   This project too is left over from before QBL.  It is to be a cover over the door to the rafter room from  the bed room.  I think it will stop the draft that I feel in the winter.  Again I am  to the fun part of drawing in the images in free motion.      I like that fact that I not only get to complete the figures that I cut up from the mud cloth,  but I also get create some new ones  to fill the spaces between the printed fabric.    This example shows the outlining and the filling in  of those drawings  on the surface.     I am about two thirds done at this time.

 

 The Road Less Traveled  I have now completed the assembly of my top from Rosalie’s color class.    The color that I seldom use is the green brown color in this quilt.    It is a good challenge I think and it did make me streach- one of my personal goals for this class.    I am almost ready to start adding hand work and machine drawing on the surface of this piece.

 

Daily News

This project continue to move forward.   I ran out of velco for the connections so I am at a bit of a stand still.  I have ordered more and now I just wait for it’s arrival.

Please send a comment and let me know what you think about what I am doing.

Keep Creating

Carol