Dye Experiment #3

I was quite satisfied with my first two dyeing experiences. Quite simple really, but then they were just solid color baths. They didnt dye evenly but that didnt matter to me. They will be cut into strips and a little variation will only add to the rugs beauty in my opinion. The two shirts I dyed came out fine. The sweater did dye evenly and I was quite happy about that. The shirt...well who could...

Deep Thoughts

I read other peoples blogs and I feel like I am such a child on this journey. My attempts to express myself seem so amateurish. I see no depth in my work. Only superficial markings. I have so much more to say than what is there in front of me. I have lost the art of expressing myself. I guess these are my baby steps. Shaky legs faltering forward. I will not be subdued. I will continue to press forward...

Pressies!

Yesterday shortly after I arrived home from school there was a buzz at the door. Guess what I finally got? My new sewing machine! YAY! I'm so happy to finally have a machine again. No more sore fingers *hehe* WHen I woke up this morning I started in on this... and by afternoon had this... I am so happy to finally have a space set up to work in. I had to pull things out of every closet and storage...

On hold

I decided to put my wall hanging on hold for awhile. I wanted to explore another area. Since I have been creating again I have also been visiting many blogs out there of other artists which has fanned the creative spark. One thing I noticed was that so many of these blogs had a link to their personal etsy shop. Now I had never explored etsy before. I had heard of it but never really looked into it....

Would you like some coffee with your milk?

This morning I woke up, went into the kitchen, turned on the coffee maker, put in a dose of coffee, got the milk out of the refrigerator and promptly poured some into the coffee canister....I'm still shaking my head at myself...

TO Dye for...

I did my first dye bath. I bought some jersey sheets to cut up for my livingroom rug...cause there is NO WAY I can collect around 60 old tshirts to do that big of a rug. At least not in a short time. They were really cheap on ebay anyway so I couldnt resist. When they got here they werent quite the colors I wanted them but that was ok, what a perfect excuse to try out my dying! So I had a medium blue...

Warm and wooley

I dug out my stash of wool bits and pieces today. When I came here from Seattle one of the things I couldn't leave behind was all the bits and pieces of wool I had collected. I had a reweaving shop there for years and spent many a long day with piles of cashmere sweaters on my lap, patiently reknitting the holes to make them disappear. Often when I had to shorten a sweater I would have huge pieces...

...and another step

So I finally finished the fourth square. I love crazy quilts and I've done a lot of different things like this. I really like how this one turned out, it is different from the previous crazy quilt squares I've done. One thing D and I talked about this afternoon though was the concern that this wall hanging will be too BUSY. I have always had the tendency to be overly ornate, IN art class my teacher...

5540.....

Crystal in a shop window in Bordeaux....and 19, 612 to go! Thats how many more fabric strips I have to cut to finish my next rug, the big one for the living room. I hadn't planned on starting on this rug yet but then circumstances came about in such a way as that is where I ended up this week....cutting tshirts into strips. Monday I had a headache all day that I just couldn't shake. I don't normally...

New territory

So...this is what I've been wanting to jump into lately. I have slowly been gathering all the supplies. Unfortunately I have been unable to find urea in this area. I also want to purchase a tjanting as I really want to do some batik work. The thing is...I've never really dyed much before. I did one session with my sister a long time ago and only half finished the top I was working on. I remember...

Experiments with iridescent paint

We have a lamp that I have always found rather boring. I can see how it would fit in nicely in someones office but I like a little more color in my life! It was also a blank canvas staring me in the face and just begging me to try out my iridescent paints on it. They come in 6 colors and they are in very small pots, so not something to do a big project with. I had already used up two of the pots...

Can we eat it?

Yesterday was a beautiful day and D asked me if I would like to go wander about in town. We took the tram up to La Place De La Victoire as this is where La Rue Ste Catherine begins. This street is purported as being the longest pedestrian street in Europe. It is a nice walk down to the center of the city, with many interesting little shops all along the...

Block #2

My second block completed! THis is my rotund friend, the jolly old sun peeking out to greet me. His face was quite the trick to accomplish but I ended up quite happy with him. I couldn't decide what to do with his rays but he seemed so happy and fun that I decided to throw a little confetti his way in the form of rainbow beads.Now on to the next ^...

Climbing mountains

I have set myself up for another long journey. This one not being of land and distances but an ever onward plunge into self discovery and the search for more. Adventure is what I love, and this is one has no end in sight. Each day seems to hold new windows and doors. I am ever wandering.I have started a new project. This one may take as long as my journey of self discovery. Actually I think it goes...

Lampshade

I have this clear plastic carton. I found it on the landing several months ago. My neighbor is a college girl who has a few peculiar habits, one of them being that she occasionally sets things out on the landing that she considers 'trash'. One day it was this huge empty box of ferraro rochets, believe me when I say...I was green with envy. *grins*Anyway...I went out one day to get the mail and here...

Metamorphis

I have been going through lots of changes this last year. I got married. Moved to a new country. Closed my business of ten years. Am without my children. It has been quite an experience and at times I feel very lonely for it all. I am happy though and still trying to find myself. My artistic self is waking up again. She has been asleep for so long. Before I was so busy all the time. OR sick. I think...