The Play

Several of you asked for photos or video of the play.  Sadly, I have no video of the show, but I do have a few photos.  Since I am a total ham, I am including a video of me singing my solo. It was recorded the day after the final performance. 

First is one of me, in costume playing my baritone ukulele. 

This is the tableau at the end of the play. 

Here is the video that I prepared so you can hear my song.

Next up is a photo of much of the cast during the song

"The Sword of Damocles" 

And finally two snaps of me in costume with admirers

after one of the shows. 

First up, a total stranger.

Second, a longtime friend whose daughter I have acted with in the past. 

We had a great time performing The Rocky Horror Show 

for the weekend leading up to Halloween.

At the cast party, one of the younger performers told me 
"You have been a constant in my life. I think of you as my grandfather" 
I have mixed feelings. I am mostly honored,

 but it does make me feel really OLD.

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Friday Face Off - Halloween

Welcome to my blog.  Today I am posting my Halloween Weekend face.  There were several options for the type of face for a Halloween project, but I saw a certain hand dyed fabric in my stash and KNEW that it was made for this.  Thus, I decided on a Jack O'Lantern -and I made him a bit menacing in the spirit of spookiness.  This orange fabric spoke to me. I saw eyes and a nose right there in the fabric. I made a template to have it in just the right spot.   Then, I was excited to create this face!

The gradient dyed fabric that I used for the background adds a nice spooky feel also.

I see a fall night with leaves on the ground.

Then I added some hand-cut leaf shapes around the bottom 

of the Jack O'Lantern  to strengthen that imagery. 

After he was all finished as a nicely fused quilt top, I needed to 

decide on threads for quilting. I knew that I would need some 

greens and some oranges in my selection. I pulled out these 

shown below as a starting point.  I only used two of the orange 

threads in this group. However, I used three of the green threads. 

The variegated green was perfect for quilting the ground section.

I chose to quilt that in leafy quilting motifs. 

For the top I used a blue quilting thread that blended nicely. 

It worked well for the night sky swirly quilting. 

And here is an extra photo of the quilt placed in the 

ivy that is in the planter by my front door.

Some of you may know that I don't typically create seasonal items.  However, this one was a lot of fun, so I may do more small seasonal quilts. 

I am linking up with  DVArtist for the Friday Face Off.

  Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun

 to see how various people interpret the challenge.

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible. Of course if you are a "No Reply Blogger"- I can not reply. Links in comments will result in the entire comment being deleted.

Friday Face Off 10/20/22

For the October 20 edition of the Friday Face Off, I have decided to share my newest completed face.  This face is created with fabric and then quilted.   I said that I was saving this one until "closer to Halloween."  This week is closer than last week was, ha ha.  I have something else in the works for next week.  However,  I will be quite busy with the play which opens on Wednesday night, so I may not get it completed.  

Without further ado, here is my newest face.  

Yes, she is a bit of a strange one. But, then, you have surely come to expect that 

from me. Other than the two large halves of her face, she is created from scraps 

of pre-fused fabric. I save most of the pieces that seem as if they could 

possibly be useful for something.  I was happy to find enough scraps of 

          green to create all of the spikes of her hair.  As you can see the "shoulders" 

don't extend into a torso as that was all of that fabric that was large enough. 

I expected the frame/border to cover it, but that didn't happen. 

I am not unhappy about it though, I think it adds to the general weirdness

of this piece.  

I am linking up with  DVArtist for the Friday FaceOff.

  Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun

 to see how various people interpret the challenge.

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible. Of course if you are a "No Reply Blogger"- I can not reply. Links in comments will result in the entire comment being deleted.

Friday Face Off 10-14-22

Guess what I found "hiding" on my wall in a slightly obscure place? Today's Face Off entry: Lonely Cowboy at Sunset. This is a painting from 2011. It started as an abstract/experimental art piece.  Then I decided to use it as a background for a fun painting. 

A great deal of the clothing on the Cowboy was created in the original abstract

work.  I simply added some lines and shading to transform it into the illusion 

of clothing.  At this point I see a few places in the background that could 

use some "tweaking" but I think I will leave him as he is.  

I have grown accustomed to seeing it as it is. 

At this point I do have another quilted face in the works, but I 

have decided to save that one for closer to Halloween. (hint)

I am linking up with  DVArtist for the Friday FaceOff.

  Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun

 to see how various people interpret the challenge.

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible. Of course if you are a "No Reply Blogger"- I can not reply. Links in comments will result in the entire comment being deleted.

Friday Face Off Oct 7, 2022

Yes I am posting this "very late" for me.  I was not going to post today, until a certain friend reminded me that I am a part of the core of Friday Face Off. 

Today's face is a very simple face on an art doll that I made many years ago.  

The face is simply two french knots for eyes and an embroidered

line for the mouth. 

The more interesting parts of the doll are her dress made from recycled 

neckties and decorated with a fabric yo-yo in a heart shape.

Then buttons and beads were added for more decoration.

Who says "less is more" I say MORE is more. Ha ha.

That line is stolen from Dolly Parton. 

I am linking up with  DVArtist for the Friday FaceOff.

  Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun

 to see how various people interpret the challenge.

At this point I am quite busy with rehearsal for the play I am going to be in.  

I also am trying to keep up with my Spanish classes and later today

I have a zoom class to improve my ukulele playing (hopefully!) 

This class is part of a music festival that moved online during

the pandemic. I am happy that something good came out 

of that chaos. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible. Of course if you are a "No Reply Blogger"- I can not reply. Links in comments will result in the entire comment being deleted.