Made for Me

Sometimes you just want to play.  I wanted to play a bit with the piecing technique I used on the last piece I showed.   -Okay, so it still isn't finished, but I just wanted to play!   I used the same technique and a lot of the same fabric.  I decided to make a notebook cover.  The quilt part of this one is far less planed or fussed over, but it still took a lot of time.  So, I decided that I will not make this notebook cover to sell, but I will just keep this one for me.  No one would pay me enough for the time (several hours) I spent on it.

But this one makes me happy so I am happy to keep it for myself.  

Here is the full outside as it is opened out flat. 

Here is the front, 

Then the back

And the inside

It is all hand dyed fabric and  I love it.  And, yes, I did put a label inside even though I knew I would be keeping this one.  One day I will be gone, and this will show the history of the piece.  

Until Next Time,  

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Playing with Piecing

I have started playing with some pieces and creating a new art quilt.  Not sure if it will be this orientation or maybe landscape.  This is only part of it - I am still working on it. 

In this orientation, it makes me think of plants in a garden.

Here is how it looks on my sewing table

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FFO Self Portrait

Nicole at  DVArtist has challenged readers to create a self portrait. While I didn’t create a new one, I am sharing a few that I have created in the past. 

My first was a stamp (and my apologies, I don’t have the original photo)

This is the actual stamp, when stamped, it is a mirror image

While I was pleased with this one, I knew I could do better.

So a second stamp was made using a different photo 

Much better!

This was used as the basis of a couple of embroideries that I digitized for my embroidery machine.

And finally, I used this photo as the basis for a digital drawing

A photo of me taken from a television commercial that I acted in

That became this drawing.

So, there are some of my self portraits for the Friday Face Off

And just for fun a couple, of AI photos I did using the AI on my phone 

Ha ha, I do work out but I am not that buff, and I don’t have a tattoo.

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Smile - it is Friday!

Last week, Tom said that Frida looks sad.  Yes she does.  I think Frida hid a lot of pain.  

"Frida Kahlo had multiple physical disabilities resulting from childhood polio and a devastating bus accident at age 18 that caused severe injuries to her spine, pelvis, and leg. These conditions led to lifelong chronic pain, numerous surgeries (up to 30), and a leg amputation late in her life. Her physical struggles and pain significantly influenced her art, which often openly depicted her body, suffering, and medical devices like corsets."

So today for the Friday Face Off, I am using a new AI image I created of Frida Smiling. 

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