Latest work is complete!

"Making a Quilt"

Inside area of this wall hanging is 13×21”, I haven’t decided if it will be quilted or framed yet or if the border that’s on it will be staying or changed.
The curtains are hand sewn, as is the padded cornice, tie backs are fuzzy artificial flowers, bunny slippers were hand sewn from batting, felt and emb. floss, chair is padded, items on bookshelf include pieces of shells and a button. The round piece of wall art is also a button, and the chest of drawers has small wooden beads as handles. Most of the fabrics are cotton.

sick again

Why is it that every time I have lots of things I want to get done I get sick?
Have been spending most days laying either in bed or on the couch, one good thing though, these inactive days have allowed my mind to wander and explore possibilities. One hit me the other day and I began looking online for things related.
So I shall soon be experimenting and posting results, probably next week, hopefully I will feel better by then.
A small hint, experiments will use my love of photography, colored pencils and fabric art.
Another good thing about not feeling well and doing a lot of sitting is it gives me the incentive to do more crocheting, because I HAVE to do SOMETHING you know? So I have been making up more squares for my afghan, and last night I started a small weaving project which will be finished tonight, if it turns out the way I hope that will be posted later on too.
Hmmm, maybe being sick isn't as bad as I thought!
Stay tuned for further developments :-)

learning a new skill

As a quilter, I thought it was about time I learned to do things they way they used to be done. So I have started teaching myself hand piecing, when the project is done I will hand quilt it. Expect to see a finished picture sometime in 2020...LMAO!
Of course first I have to decide what to make, I have several options but haven't made the decision yet. The block shown in the picture is just practice and is my first attempt.Not really an earth shattering event here, many folks piece by hand, but I haven't so thought I would share my journey as I begin to do what women many years ago did when they first learned to quilt :-)
Below is my block, a simple 4 patch.


And here is a view of the back, stitches are pretty even I think and I actually get almost 9 to an inch, which I think is good. Didn't take as long as I thought to do this, the worse part was marking the lines and all. I even learned a new way to tie the knot at the end of the thread when first threading the needle! So much easier to do than the way I used to do it..lol