PROGRESS...FINALLY MY SEWN-LANTERN!!!

I am also adding the diamond shapes that Mary showed us how to do. Now they decorate the children's lockers in the messy art room.

The colors are so pretty and cheerful, it will light the way!! I had such a hard time coordinating the patterns and colors....I finally just grabbed a circle to sew and kept going.  I am thinking anything would work   I WOULD LOVE to cut out my painted flowers and zinnias and do a lantern with just leaves and those bright flowers!! Enjoy!!

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!

REVIVED WITH ART!!!

This afternoon was productive and quiet with no little visitors. It rained so everyone stayed home which gave me much time to play with more painted patterns, arranging,picking colors etc. I am supposed to cut them again, but like them now,  BUT DO I OBEY the teacher?....I do want a star on my paper! Ha....The lampshade is still where it was for another day but these things I cut and sewed today has ideas popping into my head!!  Enjoy!!

NOT SEWN UP YET!!

It is not on the lamp it will go on..just a post....I am sweating this one out!! If it doesn't work, I can make it into a garden hat!! I wonder what my new neighbors will think!! Ha...LOVE this class with Mary Ann Moss!

The following photos are of two 6x9 journals, the inside ready to doodle in, from cut strips of the painted pattern papers and then the upcoming project I am trying by sewing angled cut strips of my patterned papers to form a slip on lamp shade for a lamp I have with a white shade.  This shade should just sit on it covering the white shade and with the light on will hopefully be pretty and able to make some of the colors glow.   Watch for the finished project soon. As we continue to sew paper fabric with our painted patterns!

SO A BIG DEAL?...YES, IT WAS!!!

One big patterns journal cover cut, pieced, sewn!!!  It is only the cover so far at 11x17 one side. I am using it right now just as a folder to hold all the painted patterns.  Ok, so it is not my usual detailed water colors with lots of preparations and drawing first but let me tell you how fun painting the patterns was!  No thinking or planning.  Just putting on color like a child would. You know just playing, praying and having fun!!  Well, I wonder what the next surprise project will be for our patterns!!? Enjoy and blessings to you!

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE.....

GLORIOUS FUN WITH BRUSH, PAINT,INKS, CRAYONS....WATER....CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE DO WITH ALL THIS IN THE SEWN CLASS  WITH MARY ANN MOSS!!!  Not sure why there is a big space here!!! Anyway, the first attempt to do the link up came up blank, but there are more patterns in JUNE if you would like to look!!  The butterfly one with words is for a youth in our church...or a copy of it.....these were truly relaxing and fun to do and I think I will never ever stop!!! THANK YOU MARY ANN!!!!  The 12th design down (lots of black and grey lines with orange, red, oval shapes connected) is actually the design of another on Pinterest...can't find who, but I tried a similar look here....so it is not my original thought....but do love the black lines!

Here are patterns painted,drawn, created for the class I am taking from Mary Ann Moss.  SEWN. What a delightful name for a class. It leaves your mind thinking of all the possibilities. And tomorrow we will find out what to do with these!!!  I just know that no doodling ever done again will be neglected or lay unused!  That is just how a friend of mine operates ... All things are possible thru Him!  Enjoy!!

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