OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT BUCKING FOR ART IN JANUARY!!

 FOR THE CHRISTMAS UPDATE GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE DIRECTLY ON THE LEFT........ Watching Pilar draw horses put me in the mood to do some of my own...

 Doodles done with Tombo pens and copic markers....

 Saw this quote and thought very interesting....the doodling was fun too..pens and copic markers...

Just needed to post some doodles or color....I have been sewing my fingers off for Christmas for the Grand Girls in my family and I am done...finally.....SOOO GO TO MY FACEBOOK BELOW LEFT (ABOVE LEFT!) to see all the work I've done, and the history behind the before and after's.  FIRST, I want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all... and my prayer is to be more into the art in January 2014....I SOOO miss my art doing! Here are a few fun pieces I did recently.....ENJOY!! MERRY CHRISTMAS and GOD'S BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!

PLAYING WITH A NEW PAINT

Behind the pink flower, top left was a piece I grabbed to use last night, not reading it, but then saw what it said today and I LOVE IT!! It says..."seeing her he said, "Take heart daughter; for your faith has made you well." Perfect for the report from Doctors was really good yesterday for my hubby!  We did lots of praying ..... but no matter how it turned out He has a plan for us already! Got home and my new paints were delivered.....so had to play, pray and give thanks!









I got some new paint colors and played with them a little to see how they play. And they played nicely.  Can't wait to play more just spreading the colors and finding what is there!!  Enjoy! Feeling blessed!! Actually everyday is a blessing from God who created it all!!

And just NOW ....do you see the "DOVE" in the gray cloud?!! BELOW!!!! JUST NOW SAW THIS!!! WOW!!!

IT'S HARD TO BEAT THE PINWHEEL!!! +

I HAVE ADDED THE SCRAPS DESIGN REQUESTED BY OUR INSTRUCTOR ..... I didn't have too many scraps but made this journal page to write or doodle on with what I DID have....THIS CLASS BY MARY ANN MOSS IS THE BEST CLASS!!! JUST CLICK ON THE BUTTON TO UPPER LEFT TO JOIN THE "SEWN" CLASS!!! YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!

 it is a backyard celebration of this class....with birds flying and banners too awaiting the guests!!

How it might look framed...hmmm?



Here is saluting the flag. I kinda cheated because in my search for memory panel pages I found an old print of a flag I did years ago to look like a pieced quilt. So I cut out the letters and stripes and blue section and it really needed to be brighter and bigger (spoiled by the pinwheel!) so I took my trusty Caran d Ache water soluble crayons and enhanced the dull colors. Then I cut out some little drawn and colored stars I made and sewed them on like I did the letters.  The balance of the arrangement is OFF but my sewing machine was so stubborn with this flag that I was just happy to get the letters on at all!!  I kept breaking needle and knotting thread!!  I am not thrilled with it but it's okay....maybe not using the old print. Would have been more funky!!  Happy flag day... June 14th!!!!  Enjoy!

IT'S TIME....FOR ANOTHER FELT CUPCAKE....or should I say BUCKET!?

My shoe beside it to show the size... The size of ice cream container I used....my favorite though is the small one...just right for a cupcake! Working and sweating in this Texas heat will drive you indoors under the cool fan....and so to rest my feet this last week I just had to get my hands on something sweet....yes, coffee and a few dipping oatmeal cookies or sherbert ice cream would do ... but I was really referring to the felt cupcake pincushions I made in the past. And I decided to try a larger version, with it being developed as I went....so very relaxing for me and doing this you seem to think a lot and maybe pray a lot. So being still working with my hands is valuable time for me.....and here are the results of the larger version of the felt cupcake (bucket/basket?) pin cushion. Here are a few pictures of different size ice cream containers that can be used for the base...I have only used the two smaller sizes.....but here is my process....I first roll up a rock from my driveway in a lot of paper towels or any paper and hot glue it into the bottom of the container (I don't use the lid at all...but something might come up....hmmmm like a flat pin cushion!) That needs to be done (the rock) to weight it down...... then I glue two or three layers of cardboard into the bottom void so it sits flat....which will be covered with felt....next I begin to cut and pin on the felt, around the outsides and trimming it as I go....a circle for the bottom. And I cut a large circle of either old feed sack print or another cotton print to co-ordinate with the colors....it needs to be a circle larger than the circumference of the top of the container....I sew a gathering stitch around the outer edge of the fabric circle and pull the thread, gathering it to make a ball of sorts (stuffed) to set on top of the felt bowl or bucket....filling in MORE poly filling as I go to get it really full and well stuffed.....I basically baste on or stitch with thread the parts together and then in the end I stitch/decorate on top with blanket stitch or decorative stitches (with embroidery thread) and appliques or rick rack to decorate it....and I do that decorating in the end after it is all together....you could do it in a different order if you like....anyway this one was so big I decided to add a basket handle with brown felt and then added a twisted lime color lining, leaving the fuzzy selvage which I think made it more twiggy looking....like I said it is developed as I go....which is fun for me.....SO here it is....now you make one and send me a picture thru my contact info on my website listed to the left....I would love to see it....or tell me in the comments so I can go to your blog and check it out.....I love these silly pin cushions...all sizes and shapes....very gratifying!! ENJOY and BIG BLESSINGS to you!!!