Crazy busy.  This is part of what I am working on now.

His Cross

The blood shed, the chains broken, the steps He walked, the Key He remains, the One ,the Only, the stars and sun He set in their paths, the path He leads of mine, the love He has for you, three crosses, eternity, for eternity, He is the Key, His is the vine grafted.  Can you see?  Do you know?  904.220.2727  Let His path be worn by your feet.

When doodles get away, they become zentangles. Zentangles are also intentional doodles.

Trees.  I love trees.  There are always trees.  Every time I look at a tree, I can see where it has stretched for the sun, or worn its outer skin.  There is often evidence of war within, but likewise, there is often evidence of peace, as well.  How like trees we are.

Shells are everywhere, and ready studies.  This will launch another piece in color.

My tiger jumped out of my sketchbook, where I had a postcard of the original.  The original lives so far away in Canada.  I doubt I will ever see the it again.  I love this piece.  The owner has a pelican of mine, if I am not mistaken.  This was one big cat, any way you looked at him.

Remember what I was saying about doodles?  Apply all thoughts here.  Continue on.

This would be much nicer had I taken the time to edit him to his correct spectrum.  Eventually.  Watch for him.  He could be in your future soon.

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

As I was saying about trees and doodles....  They ran into one another here.  It happens frequently, and the poor dears cannot help themselves.

A perch is a perch, and birds often frequent works in progress as often as trees.  Now I know you fishing folks know of perch a site differently.  Well, keep watching.  He's around here somewhere, and is bound to poke his head in sooner or later.

Manatee are gentle on artists as well.  They like to swim by and get the sense of the place.  Then they slowly move off to their own, or what should be their own, stomping grounds.

Turtles abound everywhere.  This one has been living here for awhile.  He needs to scoot along.

Trees.  By no means full circle either.  Refer to previous notes, all of them.  Ha-ha-ha.  All of them.  Not if you don't have time.  The cirle of life grows ever larger with the next tree sprouted.  Media always spontaneous.  Trees never end here.

You have to see what this becomes.

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Doodling Days

I have been doodling and a couple of items are being investigated for future potential.  The first was supposed to look like a tree.  It does not.  Not even close.  What it reminds me of is, when you shave wax colors between a folded sheet of paper and iron it.  Then when it melts and squishes everywhere, you open it while it is warm and see an abstract.  I drew the design for a fold, where it was pinned and cut out.  I like the idea of an abstract quilt resembling a squish of colors.   

As you can see, I auditioned the background fabric, before settling in on the safety of a complimentary color.  It will have circles.  I've filed my digital image of the drawing concept in a file, where it is good and safe, and I cannot find it...yet.  The circles are yet to be decided, but it will be either solid black,  or solid white.  I may make them from yo-yos (a quilting technique), Yo-Yo Delights (an embellishment opportunity), or some quilting technique (applique, reverse applique).  I have a large black and white check, which will be used to anchor my squish.  However, I absolutely refuse to make this with ninety degree corners.  We'll see how it grows.

The blue doodle began strictly as a doodle.  When I managed to create the ameobic shape smoothly and enclosed, it was easy to add the circles and color it in.  The three circles at the root were the final set to make an odd numbered sets of circle for visual satisfaction.  The circles remind me of leaves, rather than flowers.  That had nothing to do with the color they ended up with.  The colors were chosen simply.  Blue because I have too many blue pencils, and it is my favorite color.  The lime and coral were chosen as good companions for the blue.  Green was analogous, and the coral complimentary.   Once it was colored completely, w/o smudging and smears, it was a good enough piece to sign.  I was thinking trees.  It demanded to be a splash, and now it is my splash tree, titled simply Splash.

These funky arms ended up on an envelope as well.  It was early, and no coffee yet, lol, but I got a quick pic as it went out the door to be mailed.  Sorry it is so fuzzy.  You can still see the doodling.  It will give you enough of an idea.  You can do these fun things too.  Use markers, colors, pencils, whatever.

Lots of Pictures

There has been a lot of places I have found myself since last I had time to post.  This does not account for all my time, but it will give you an idea of some of the things I have seen.  Looking and seeing are very different.  Hopefully these pictures will show you what I see, and just maybe, what others see too.  Does that now include you?  I hope so.  That is the point.

Deland  FL

Creating

For the past month, and then some, I have been creating right and left.  Here are some of the things I am working on, or have finished.

In February I made valentines.  This had an antique flavor.  It uses upholstery fabric.  It is all hand stitched embroidery, and machine quilted.  Part of a private collection.

This next valentine has a door.  Adding the unexpected makes it a surprise for the recipient.  This is also hand embroidered, machine quilted, and part of a private collection.  The first pic shows the front, then the door open.

The elephants were part of a drapery/upholstery trim.  I just happened to have the right beads to go with them.  The copper corner indicate there is a door, and were from a scrapbooking store.  When you open the door you see...(sorry it is sideways).



I have done a couple of traditional things.  There was this quilt for my husband.  Since we are from Texas, and miss it very much, he wears cowboy boots and hat when he can.  I think he's hot when he does, and could not resist celebrating him, and his service in the navy.  It is only a top.  I look forward to the piece being quilted and bound.

I also learned how to zip this block out from a current magazine.  I cannot remember the title, or I would credit the publication, and the author.  This was the test block.  I am working on a black and bright green baby quilt in the same pattern.  I will post pics of it soon.

The anchor fabric scorched incredibly easy.  There is more of the fabric, so I will keep going.

This piece is called Tough as Leather.  I am not sure who the lady is, but I know she was my maternal grandfather's mother.  I wanted to preserve the deugerotype print.  The image is from around 1870-1890.  Where the portrait was taken is as unclear as who she is.  The broken strap hints at the title.  The qualities of leather would probably describe the qualities of this woman.  Life may have seem well improved to her, but from our 21st century, you had to be tough as leather to live through those days so long ago.  I am happy to welcome her into our family.  This piece is in the artist's personal collection.

I love doing trees.  This one is in progress.  No working title has even been decided.  We shall see what it ends up as.



As part of a challenge to make zentangles, through a fiber exploration group, I made a couple of one inch pieces.



I have been adding yo-yos to a quilt.  There are two of these.  One has fabric repeats, and one does not.  They grow slowly, but they grow all the same.

I have also been working on a quilt for my daughter.  It seems there is no fabric available to make the outer border...yet.  I love the zing of the colors, and the pic cannot do it justice. 



This is not nearly all I have been up to.  I have made lots of other quilt tops, quilt squares, and lots of embroidery.  I've also done some collage work, photography, and embroidery.  I need to take about another dozen photographs to update you on those.  Check back.  This blog will be kept up with once again.  See you later.