Thursday, October 31, 2024

Friday Face Off (and final October Finishes)

For October, I finished five new notebook covers. I love them all a lot. One of them has a "face" which is very appropriate for the end of October/first of November.  (Halloween/All Saint's Day) 


And here is a close up of the one on the right.
I love mixing machine embroidery quilting with hand guided free motion quilting. 
You can see that they play very nicely together. 

Now,  here is a "face" - or at least I saw a face as I was looking out the window at Mom's house. 
The tree and the open spaces seemed to be looking back at me. 
Do you see a face?

I am linking to the Friday Face Off.

Until Next Time,  
Stay Creative 


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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Friday - FaceOff and Notebooks

I have been working on a few things and haven't posted any of them.  I did post photos of some fabric that I painted. Today you get to see what part of that fabric became. 


This notebook cover uses some of that painted fabric. These notebook covers
fit a standard Composition Book. Those are readily available in the USA. 
I always sell them with a notebook inside ready to use, but the cover can be taken off
and placed on a new composition book when that one is finishd.

Inside the front cover of each one there is a pencil pocket and my label.

Of course the back is just as pretty. 



I have two more covers in progress. Here are photos of the fronts and backs of them.


Front 


Back

Front #2

Back #2

And now for my face creation.  This is the last Friday before Halloween, so I am sharing my Halloween "Face"  for this weeks Friday Face Off.
Happy Halloween


And for good measure,  here is another face that is not so scary. 

I am linking to the Friday Face Off with Nicole. 


Until Next Time,  
Stay Creative    
             
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Painting Fabric Fun

Last evening, I had some fun.  I was ironing some fabrics to use for upcoming projects (time permitting) when I thought, I need to paint some more fabric with my fabric paints.  I saw a fat quarter (18"x21") that was a light tan with a white print over it.  I knew that this type of print will resist the paint. FYI it will also resist dye if you choose to dye it. 
I ironed it and took it to the painting area. I used most of the colors - because "Why not?!?!  

The front, showing the resisted pattern/print. 
Then:

The back, where very little of the resist shows.
Either side will work, and I may use some of both.
The plan in my mind is to cut it into three 7" strips to make into notebook covers. 
I will need to add extra fabric to each cover, so maybe I will cut a strip into two longer pieces. 
Perhaps I will use the front of one of those and the back of the other. 

I love how this came out and I plan to paint more fabric. 



Until Next Time,  
Stay Creative 


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Thursday, October 10, 2024

A little Project

Last week I was in a local shop chatting with the husband and wife team that own the store.  Somehow, the wife didn't know that I make stuff. Ha ha!  Honestly, I know them because I was in a play with the husband.   As the conversation went, she said " What do you make?" - Her husband said "Quilts" - I laughed and said "Yes quilts but lots of other things too."  I showed her some pictures from my website and blog.  When she saw my notebook covers, she asked pricing and we discussed it.  She said "I will take five of those."  I knew that I had some made, but I wanted to make a couple of new ones also.  
Hmmm..... family issues cut the time for that down to one.  I already had a stash of them - because I love making them and they are great gifts.   
I will be taking in 9 or 10 for her to choose from.  Here is the newest - and I am confident that she will chose this as one of her selection. 
Front

Full Cover

Front inside pocket with label. 

I love adding an inside pocket for a pen/pencil or other small trinket.   I hope that these move quickly in the shop.  It could become a nice little source of pocket money for me. 


Until Next Time,  
Stay Creative 


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