Class

This is the result of the last exercise in the Stamp Carving class at www.joggles.com   By carving away different parts of the design, you can use them in several combination. My registration is challenged, but I like the hand done look.

Shopping

A friend and I decided to check out a new Wearable Art Gallery in Longview-a small town in Washington. It's one I'll return to. This pendant had been part of a necklace, but the customer just wanted the necklace not the pendant-silly lady-so I got a real bargain on the pendant. It just spoke to me.

Felting

A friend is moving to a new, smaller house and gave me lots of her roving. As a Thank you, I made this needlecase. I figure a useful item is a better idea.

It is needlefelted by machine and hand stitched with #3 Perle Cotton. I do love to stitch on felt.

The lining is a batik and fused in place then edge stitched by machine. The pages are flannel cut with a pinking blade in the rotary cutter. Closed it's 5" by 7". I hope she likes it.

Class

I took the photo in Hawaii a number of years ago. My photography is for inspiration mostly.

The class assignment was to carve a stamp using nature as inspiration. I like what I did and can see it on fabric and then stitched. Impressed my husband! "You did that" He didn't need to act so surprised.

Class

In the stamp carving class from www.joggles.com , we made another book. I used papers that I had painted ages ago. It's nice to actually use up some of that stuff, so I can make more.

Some of the pages are off-centered and folded to fit. It makes a more interesting book.

Quilt

 This is another piece of Yukata cloth that I embellished. It started out as the front of one of those ethnic shirts that you have to be a contortionist to put on. Why I made that style I'll never know. With the machine embroidery and beading, it was too much work not to restyle into something else.

Here's the detail. It's 20" by 30".

Family

Our daughter came to visit for an art day and took these photos of the road into our place.

She wanted to show her friends how out in the woods we really were.

We like it.