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    Completed old projects..starting new

    September 26, 2008 - By 



    I finally bound some old tip-in and smaller size pages into one book this week.

    I’m on a mission to finish all these UFO’s (unfinished objects) I’ve started somewhere along the line.

    I was chatting with a neighbor just this evening over the bonfire about memory and lack thereof. Is it Adult-ADD or short-term memory loss but whatever you want to call it…I’ve got it!!! Geez… I can’t walk down the 2 sets of stairs to the basement and remember what the heck it was I went down there for!
    OK…I think I’m on a tangent now….

    My original point was…I have a ton of projects started or even nearly complete but never seem to tie up all my loose ends. THAT is my new mission.

    With that said….haha…I have started a new project or more of a challenge. It’s a call for art from Somerset Memories magazine. It can be either a group or an individual using ONE IMAGE to create a multitude of art. Of course since it will be up for submission I won’t be showing what I’ve created until I’ve heard the news either way… I hope to get my projects in the mail next week for consideration.

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    Dream

    September 22, 2008 - By 


    I was compelled to create last night so I started with an old book cover. I layered papers and gesso down. The new gesso I have is quite thin…not happy with that! I just had to call it a night since it wasn’t drying very quickly.

    This morning I put on the squares. Over them I put down white tissue paper. Then came the paints.

    It started to feel very dream-like to me, hence the words. Scattered around the painting are these words: Escape, Imagine, Freedom from reality and Let go.

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    Ragtime quilt complete!

    September 18, 2008 - By 




    I finished sewing the quilt yesterday morning. I would have been done on Tuesday night first I put the bobbin in wrong then broke a needle and then put the new needle in backwards so it kept breaking the thread. It was very frustrating. I knew then that it was just time to be done for the day.

    After the sewing, I had to clip each seam allowance every half inch then wash it so it would fray after washing. The nylon stocking that serves as my filter on my washing machine outlet had a large fist size ball of frayed denim and flannel in it. Then the dryer lint trap was even more full of fluff. I would have taken it to a laundry mat but we don’t have any around here anymore. It’s a 20 min drive to the closest one.

    There are several things I love about this quilt:

    1. All the flannel is from my maternity tops and my boy’s flannels from when he was very small.
    2. The denim is from both mine and my hubby’s old jeans. Together we’ve lost about 50lbs!!
    3. The “batting” I used was scraps of polar fleece that I got for free from someones “project gone wrong”
    4. This blanket is fairly heavy! This provides good sensory comfort for my boy. He needs/loves heavy blankets to help him sleep through the night.