works in progress

Some concepts and ideas to keep in my back pocket...

A peek into my love of fabric, piecing, and quilting!

It's been a few months - well and truly time to stop lurking and update progress. And what has prompted a return to posting? Well.... ...

This is 'Tree Of Life" done in a Sue Cody class. I handquilted the background first with variegated perle and then appliqued on top. This qu...

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." — Scott Adams

Yesterday I also repainted my Elfdoll Yumi, "Mori" :) I missed her! Now I wait for her eyes while sewing

Scrapbooking folders and photo albums

This is the beginning of this shawl: Andrea's Shawl You knit the lace edging as a long strip, then pick up stitches along the straight edge and knit the rest of the shawl.  This is the first shawl I have made and this edging

Managing Works in Progress

I did little updates to the 9"x12" paintings I started on Friday.  I don't know if they are finished yet, but I thought I'd share what I hav...

A very small sampling of the female artists now in their 70s, 80s and 90s we should have known about decades ago.

Here is my first prototype for a woodland cake stand. This project began when a fellow foodie asked if I would make  this woodland plante...

Debate room

Haven't posted anything in a while and Just thought I'd share some of the stuff I'd like to finish as my workload eases up. :)

Hi guys, for some time I did not publish (a year, I think). Today in my last mini, a version of Ulrick. It is almost finished, but there are still things to retouch (liquid, sensors, ...) I hope you like it

I'm back today with my regular Work in Progress, sharing with you what's on my needles. I'm knitting my first pair of mittens, I've croc...

It feels so great to be making art after working on other things for awhile. Some months back, I had gotten into the practice of making art first thing in the morning, for at least an hour. It was great! It set the tone for the rest of my day. Then one thing lead to another, and I was out of the habit, working like crazy on various other projects that were top priority. This all goes back to my issues of when I get crazy busy, my self-care goes out the window. It needs to be my number one priority and then other things (hopefully!) will fall in to place. I'm starting to get back to making art before doing other work, and it's like a breath of fresh air again! Things are still going wrong and problems are still coming up that I have to deal with, but they are easier to deal with when I feel more balanced, and creating art does that for me. I'm preparing for Final Friday Gallery Crawl tomorrow, so I've been working on some new pieces. I have to say, I'm pretty psyched. The first photo