Hello,
I am facing mixed feelings with my self commitment to the QSDS 100 Day Challenge. It is not that I want to stop- no, it is more case of I having a much bigger bite than I can really chew type of thing. We are now at day 26 and I have 100 new stamps/stencils. I also have at least that many or more printed fabric units. If I stay on my original plan I will have double that number before I begin to play with and put anything together. That part of the idea seems really overwhelming! So I think I will give myself a break, print the work today, and hold open the idea that I can at any time cut and print new things to go with or extend and idea that I am playing with. But now I will begin to use/build the fabric I have created. That seems much more manageable to me and it is my self designed project so I can change the rules any time I want.
The first print of new images are on the left and the mix of old and new images are on the right.
I cut this Ram for the Chinese Zodiac series.
These are the prints from the cut above.
The second cut for this week was the Zodiac for the year of the horse.
I did not print in the order I cut stamps/stencils due to the workshop over the weekend. I could cut and listen – but not print, so when I printed I mixed up the order of the images I used.
These will be printed later today. Then I will do some serious thinking about putting some things together.
Over the weekend I participated in Interlude on line. It is the follow up/ introduction for Creative Strength training. Folks lead some fun exercises and this is one of my solutions to a design game we did.
On Sunday we did Avatars. And this is my sox figure/doll I did for that one. She is dressed thanks to my friend Susan who allowed me to raid her stash last summer. I have not made any dolls in a long time , so it was a pleasant diversion.
Yesterday there was a FAD meeting in the morning. Sharon sharded her progress on the three projects she is working on. She is doing lots of handwork on things like I do. She started this at the Schweinfurth Retreat last fall.
The Pixies meant as usual too. I always find those discussions stimulating.
Progress Report: Presume This work is 36″w X 34″ t. It is the green response to the monochromatic self challenge.
I really like doing the hand work as a parallel and extension of the metallic inserts on this project. Exploration and play is what it is all about.
Envision This work is 32.5″ w X 37″ l. This is the yellow study of the series. I am learning a few things about color with this challenge.
This time I did free motion quilting like my class last summer.
Understanding Orange is as the name says working with the orange family. It is almost assembled and I hope to finish that step this afternoon.
Creative Assistants I did a lot of work on these little guys this week. I have been watching lots of football and basketball, so lots of handwork is being done.
New Work Because I can see the end of the building process for Understanding Orange, I pulled my purples for the last one in the monochromatic series. I was surprised by the large number of metallic purples I have.
I am hoping everyone has a pleasant Valentine’s day
Keep Creating
Carol