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Small Things

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

 

It has been a quiet day here. Mr C was not feeling well and so spent most of the day in bed.  We had to cancel our planned family time. I watched the Rose Bowl parade and did some SDA database work this morning.

This afternoon, I spent some good time in the studio. I finished tidying one side. I found the top of my cutting table and cleared the ironing table. The print table is, however, a chaotic mess. I need to find better storage for my paint supply. I found something on the IKEA website that looks promising and is not too expensive. I might have to make a trip there this week.

For my 3 X 3 piece, I did a reverse, needle turned circle applique. One of my original ideas for this project was to do a needle turned circle or two every day. I felt I would bore of it very soon. This is the first time I have ever done one of these and I think I did a pretty good job.

I received a couple of sweet gifts from my daughters for Christmas. I told Lisa that one could buy any thing in the Contemporary Craft Museum gift shop and I would love it. I received these two gifts, which Mia helped her select.

This wonderful little cup is just the right size to hold my rings, I think. I love the lime green inside.

These earrings have a stitched detail which I did not notice at first.

Here is the back side.

I have already enjoyed wearing them several times. Good things do come in small packages.

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Ready, Set, Go

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

2012 is here, and I am ready for some fun in my studio and a personal daily art challenge.

I have been thinking about starting something that would challenge me creatively every day. I really enjoyed doing my fiber compositions for the sketchbook challenge last year and so I thought I would do something similar. I am going to make a small 3 inch by 3 inch composition every day with the thought that they will all be used in a larger installation at some point. In addition to my parameters of size, I am going to use the same color background each month.  As I was thinking about this, I realized that a simple color wheel has 12 colors.

I am starting with red. So, I will work my way around, doing orange next month. You can see what I whipped up tonight after a hectic day of undecorating and partying in the neighborhood. I have always wanted to do something like this, but never got it organized. I am excited about using the color wheel. I will sometimes use a print as long as it reads as the color I am currently using. I plan to do a variety of compositions, maybe even some felting. I will do machine and hand stitching.

On another note, I thought I would share this challenge with you.

These are Coral Tree fabrics from Africa which are sold by a friend of Helen Conway, one of the Twelves. The website is here.  In the past, Helen has collaborated with her by making quilts from her fabrics which are displayed in her shop and at quilt shows. Helen invited members of the Twelves to play along and Terry Grant, Diane Hock and I said yes. (Will work for fabric!!) We each got a packet fat quarters of four colors of a different pattern. We have to have some of each fabric visible in the piece and it has to be two dimensional. It needs to be in England at the end of March so it is on my radar. Terry and I are thinking of sharing fabrics to mix it up a bit.

Here is one of my Christmas presents, from Mr C. They are called Huntress boots and are wider to accommodate ample calves and they are also shorter than Wellies. He got me red!

I took this photo with my new lens by using the timer and setting the camera on the floor.

I hope you are embracing the new year and all the possibilities it has in store.

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