AEDM Day 8

Such a beautiful day here in New England. Having voted early, I was free to spend some time on the porch in the afternoon sun. With days shortened by the recent time change, I feel like I'm chasing daylight lately, the sun begins to slip away so early. The trees behind the house are glowing with autumn golds and greens and the colors shimmer outside the porch windows.

When I'm working on something, I always seem to create a mess!

I want to finish up this little floral piece and I auditioned

 some embroidery thread colors.

Then I snipped some little pieces of fabric and that's about

as far as I got today.

Now that I've chosen colors in daylight I can work on embroidering tonight.

I'm avoiding watching election returns until later,

praying that the "right" decision will be made.

AEDM Day 7

I have two things to share today...

I'm working on this fabric appliqué picture, had it taped on a porch window,

and loved how it looked against the trees in my yard! I'll reveal it tomorrow, I hope!

Also, I finished up this machine embroidered portrait,

and thought of the perfect caption for it, in view of what's going on in our country lately!

"George has voted early and does not want to hear another word about politics!"

My feelings exactly!!

Have a wonderful rest of the day!

AEDM Day 5

Antoinette

She is warm and witty

and her  fiery hair is the outward manifestation

of an unexpectedly mischievous sense of humor.

She delights in surprises

and is known for leaving small gifts 

  on the doorsteps of those

who need a lift, some consolation, 

or even a tiny token of love.

AEDM Day 4

I had a short time to work on my stitched portrait today. The back shows a confusion of threads...
Tomorrow I will add some color, embroidered details and a little story. But what will I name her?

Have a good evening!

AEDM Day 3

Still at it - so far so good!

Today I worked on 2 things, but I'll save one to show another day.

(Gotta stretch things out!)

I started another stitched portrait on the sewing machine.

This lady will be named after I complete her - I have to see how her personality develops.

I usually touch up the facial features with hand embroidery, and I'll add some color.

Just a quick post.

Thanks so much for visiting!

AEDM Day 2

For today, a small snipped and fused fabric landscape. I will use this for a card design.

Thanks for stopping by -

Hope you're enjoying a very good day!

Art Every Day Month is Back!

Well, I'm doing it again - jumping into Leah Piken Kolidas' Art Every Day Month November challenge. I've done it a few times before and I wonder, what is it that  motivates me to do this at such a busy time of year. I don't know, there's an excitement to it and it gets me moving creatively. I can promise you, I will skip days, but let's see how I do!

My first piece is something I finished up yesterday - 

a stitched and painted narrative portrait of a fierce lady...

Angela
"Strong willed, stubborn, never takes no for an answer,
always generous to a fault, quick to recognize an injustice."

Thanks for visiting - hope you have a great day!