2020 Weekly Leaf, Burr Oak series week 24
This one is a wet cyanotype that was sprinkled with turmeric while wet.
2020 Weekly Leaf, week 23, Burr Oak Leaf Series
Eco/botanical print on vintage silk
I've been reminded a few times lately that I have been very remiss with my blogging, it's gone from a regular weekly post to a random occasional post. Starting today I'll try to get back to regular, but I'm not promising anything.
I put together six of my weekly leaves, weeks 13-18, and I love how it looks. I had just enough of the stripe fabric in my stash, I had to use it because it went so well with the prints.
Not much new here on the home front, we've been staying home and keeping busy. Lots of yard work to do, so we have been getting outside. I've quilted the five donation quilts that I'd pieced a few weeks ago. This one is my favorite.
I've spent the last few days in the studio digging through my stuff and sewing odd things together, eventually they will end up as donation quilts for Project Linus. The first one was a large piece of fabric that I had printed many years ago and then didn't know what to do with it. Well, I've cut it up into large tumbling blocks, it's very bright.
I have a bit of catching up to do, it's been over two weeks since I've posted. Since we've been sheltering in place and all my normal weekday activities have ceased, I've been loosing track of what day it is. I missed doing my post on the 19th because I didn't realize it was Thursday and then once you skip one post it's easy to skip another. A blog friend emailed today to check and make sure we were all right, I guess that was the subtle push I needed. (Thanks Norma)
I have ...
I spent several days in the past week painting walls; my living room, dining area and stairwell to be exact. It's been on my to do list for way too long, to give you an idea of how long, I bought the paint in April of 2018. The last time the rooms were painted was either 10 or 11 years ago. The art work which I love but am getting a bit tired of looking at was all hung shortly after the last paint job. Newer work hasn't been hung in most spots yet because I want to ...
read moreIn my quest to use up some of what I have, I've made another donation quilt, the fifth one this year.
Here's the front,
I've been having a tough time getting back to creating in the studio, I'm doing my usual stitching but I'm not feeling the usual enthusiasm. Maybe I need a longer break, or I just haven't recovered from the break I took. At any rate this is what I've done this week.
2020 Weekly leaf, the Burr Oak Series week 7 & 8 - all caught up.
week 7, Solarfast on cotton
I never got to a doing a blog post last week and I'll be leaving for a couple of weeks later this week, so you get one post to cover it all.
I've made 2 donation tops, the quilting will have to wait till I get back.
My tree is stitched and now I need to add the white stitching around the outer edge and the facing.
Thank you to all that posted or emailed to let me know if they were or were not having problems getting my blog to load. I'm really confused now because some of you are having the same problem I am and others are not, it takes several minutes to load on my computer but loads instantly on my phone. As much as I love this new technology it sure is frustrating when you have no idea how to fix something.
On to new stuff!
I have one more of the 20" napkins that I have been using for my ...
A real quick post, we have family here for Christmas for the first time in the 15 years we've lived here.
I've finished this years leaves, but I love doing them so next year will be the same.
2019 Weekly Leaf #52
Solarfast on silk, Japanese Maple
Before my hubby spent time in the hospital I ordered 2 packs of 5" squares, then while killing time on the internet when he was in the hospital I saw a pattern that looked interesting and was easy to remember. The fabric was waiting for me when we got back home and I've been slipping into the studio when possible and now have the top done. It will be a donation quilt.
A short quick post this week, it's been a little stressful here but some stitching has been done.
2019 Weekly Leaf, week 50(already!)
SolarFast on silk
I would like to Thank all those who left messages of support for my husbands surgery. It's over, we are back home, there were a few problems but he got through it and is doing fairly well. He has about 4-6 weeks for recovery and I can see an improvement everyday. Next step is in 10 days we go back to Boise for another test and hopefully catheter removal, step by step to get healthy again. Cancer sure changes your life. This was the view from his 6th floor hospital window, the bear sculpture on the roof of the ...
read moreThis was a busy week, I had seven family members here for four days so my stitching time was minimal. We had a great time even though five of our group didn't make it because of weather. We did the annual Turkey Trot 5k on Thanksgiving morning, with the usual coffee stop on the way home.
2019 Daily Stitching #4 , 85 Days
I'm almost finished with my fourth daily stitching for the year, just some blank spots around the edges are left to do.
A friend of mine has an oak tree in her backyard so I gathered a hand full of leaves to print. Most of the oak trees around here are red oak and have points at the end of the leaves, but I was told this is a Burr Oak and the leaves are more rounded. At any rate I liked the shape of the leaves. I had time to do four cyanotype prints, removed the color from three of them, left one that way and then toned the other two. So far I have the prints, an idea or two ...
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