AEDM Day 8

This fused fabric picture was sitting unfinished on my ironing board. I used some semi-sheer dress fabric for the leaves and flowers, a cotton batik for the vase, and hand embroidered the flower stamens.

The finished size is about 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".

It feels so good to finish up some of the UFOs around my house - more to come!!

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!!

AEDM Day 6

I had a couple of things -er- people on my mind today! My husband was in  the air, flying back home from a business trip to Hong Kong. My daughter Kate was climbing rocks, a quartz conglomerate to be exact, at the Shawagunks in New York. The area is called the Gunks and I wasn't particularly soothed by the cover of the guide which I found online -

The situation made me think of another blog post I did in 2007 about another anxious day - you can read about it here.


The bottom line is, Kate's an experienced climber and has probably had an exhilarating day. And Bill arrived home a few minutes ago, tired from a long trip, but in good shape. I worry too much, I know. And when I cartoonize myself doing it, I can really see the futility and humor of it all! Things just about always work out for the best. I like the Mark Twain quote,

"I have known a great many troubles,

but most of them never happened."

Here's wishing everyone a wonderful week to come!

AEDM Day 5

My creativity for today ~

Making a loaf of pumpkin bread and a hand made card for my neighbors,

who are so good to me when my husband is away on business.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend!

AEDM Day 4 - Weekly Word

  G is for...

...for the blessings, challenges, warmth, richness, difficulties, love,
 sadnesses, ecstasies, joys, pains and pleasures
of family.

AEDM Day 3

Today I'm posting a peek at a landscape that is in progress. Right now it is fused fabric with a hand painted sky. I worked on it a bit this morning, but have a long way to go with it - adding more details, machine stitching and hand embroidery. The white on the top and bottom is the batting to which the pieces are fused.

So far so good with AEDM! I'm off to a quilt show in New Hampshire today, where I hope to find lots of inspiration!!

Have a creative day, everyone!!

AEDM Day 2

                

After the Rain

This is a piece of fabric art I had fused together a few years ago, but never stitched. I used some of my hand painted fabrics, commercial cottons and sheer fabrics for the background trees and yellows on the grass. It is backed by thin craft batting, so when I stitched it all down today, it took on a bit of a quilted look. I love the way trees in Autumn look after it rains. The colors of the leaves intensify and the trunks become nearly black with moisture. 

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Art Every Day Month - Day 1

I couldn't resist joining in with Leah Piken Kolidas' Art Every Day Month again this year. It has been fun for me before - no pressure, but a chance to push myself and show up more often in my studio and, hopefully, have some new pieces of art finished throughout the month. And that is my operative word this month - finished!
Many things that I'll be tackling will be unfinished projects I've cast aside, but now want to bring to completion. Of course, there will be spontaneous new pieces also, and, of course, CATS!

And so, for my first project, I came across this little paper cut I had started a while ago. It is very small - the cats, in total, are three inches across. I did some more smoothing of edges and added a background and other features, and finally finished it just a few minutes ago.

Sweet Dreams

 I will probably never work on something this tiny again - at least not a paper cut! I can't tell you how many times I cut a little black nose and mouth only to have it slip out of my hands into the depths of my dark green sewing room rug! Could you hear me gnashing my teeth?

Anyway, it does feel good to complete something, and I'll be moving on to my Day 2 project later!

Oops - can't resist adding this photo of Angus and friend from last night!

See you tomorrow!