Hand Painted Christmas Cards

I got to thinking I really should send out Christmas cards to my clients as a little reminder I am still out here. I don't want to get a "real" job but we are about there.  the frist one below was the test on card stock. I can draw but I am not always happy with the results. I was kinda happy with the results, other people are always more impressed with my art the I am, at least that is what I am telling myself with these.  I did turn to some trusted friends who said the brown frame was too heavy for the light flower...

1st test on card stock.

These were what I sent out, the one with a little brown went to family and my favorite one was in the envelop before I remembered to take pictures
Marry Christmas

Fall Comes to Kingwood...a week before Christmas

I have been here 10 years in January and I think this is the only time I can say we had a fall with real fall color. After the dry hot summer we had I can’t believe we have this much color, I guess the rains we have had in the last month did the trick. I almost fell like I am in the north Georgia mountains…now if we could just do something about it being soooo flat!

The Foyer

Ok, here is the finished foyer. I just love this scene and then the ceiling fan in the living room is on the snowflakes move so soft and slow, I just love to watch it on commercials. Also here is the mantel again (i am going to have to fix the "P" it will drive me crazy) and the tree with the skirt. Hope you all enjoy.

                             

More Christmas Crafts



Before



More Christmas - One of my favorite things we put up each year is a display you will have to see in the next entry. Over a display of trees is a “Cow jumped over the Moon” hanging decoration that has a red Santa hat. Well as this year is blue/silver/white I has to sew him and new hat cause like I said it is my favorite thing at Christmas. So here are the before and after of the moon.
  

 



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I also made stockings, which i do every year cause every year we do a new theme. Now the ornament over the stocking we not picked out to match the fabric on the cuff of the stocking, just lucked up and it matches. Just goes to show you, pick a theme and stick with it and everything will match.



I also made a new Christmas tree skirt. While on our vacation in July we purchased a couple of fabrics for Christmas, Thom picked them out. When it came time to make the skirt I looked at many patterns then remembered I had a wedge template and it made the perfect size tree skirt. So I pulled additional fabrics from my stash and lined them up to go from dark to light to dark and just repeated till I got the 40 wedges I needed. The skirt is not fully quilted, my machine is acting up so after I put it in the shop and get it overhauled I will stipple quilt the shirt.

This years wreaths

Well, this year Thom wanted Blue, White, and Silver as the Christmas colors. I have never liked blue for Christmas but here in the all too warm sunny Texas fall and winter it might make me feel cooler. Here are the 1st two things to get finished. Not my normal style but full and fun.

I just can't stop!!!

One last item for the craft show tomorrow. I saw these on Pinterest and....

It got me thinking I could make holly leaves for christmas. so I got some felt, only enought to make 12 coaster as it turned out. I was thinking I could get 3 to a felt sheet but I only got two.

mischief of mice

For some reason I got the date, well day,  wrong and the date right...I was thinking the show was Friday the 19th, No! I was at the show 24 hours early...it is Saturday the 19th....I laughed at myself all the way home.  So I went a purchased a few more supplies and made a mischief of mice. ( looked up what a group of mice is called)

New for Christmas

I just can't stop....saw this mouse pattern and I know just what to do with him!

Craft Show

Well this month I have been working hard to make money for Christmas. I have a very dear friend who is doing a craft show/bake sale and I got to thinking I have lots of things I have made and I can make more with 2 weeks notice and the help of Pinterest.. As a sewer and craft and quilt artist and....I have all kind of stuff to make other stuff out of. My goal was to SPEND NO MONEY. I almost did it, I may have spent $15 total of a few little things. So here are the fruits of my labors.
8 table runners, 9 snowmen, 1 penguin and 32 butterfly kisses (pic to come)
I am also sell baby crochet blankets, baby, kid, and lap quilts.

Made two of these as I made too many by mistake

Last year I cut out 71 stockings
and from some reason I never sewed
 them so this is 71 stockings ready for sale.


 





My Fav Table Runner.



And 9 snow men and one orginal designed penguin (I crocheted the hat).



Pinterest

Have you seen this great new site? It is so fun...Pinterest!

Series

Hello All.

Ok no more promises. I will post as I have new work or new interiors to show off.


Here are two new works.:

The first are 5 little 6" quilts I did while I was doing my quilt-a-day series. They are linked with seed and bugle beads. Fused cotton with warn and natural batting.

The second I will do into a little more detail with. The base fabric (crackle) I printed using a flour resist and acrylic paint. After the work of printing the crackle printing the fabric was so distorted I need to cut it down to get it to lay flat. So I cut it. The red panels in the center is hand dyed cotton batting. The bead work is my famous aluminum can punches with red seed beads which have been tied in the front for a different look. The red rays are fused cotton fabrics, one of which is an over dry of a UGLY multi-color print. The three image section were quilted secretly and then fused to the base fabric (black). Then the base fabric (black) was quilted. I added hand stitching between the panels and French knots in the corners. I let this piece take me were ever it wanted to go. I know this is more so how I want to work, a looser and freer style, more abstract.

Five in Black and White:
All Cotton.
6" x 33.5"

Cracked in the Center:
Cotton commercial, hand dyed and over dry commercial fabric,
glass and aluminum beads, and cotton embroidery thread.
43.5" x 27"

Finished Kitchen

After 2 long months I am very happy to show you the finished product!

Salt, After The Wound

Once again I am not sure where this piece can to me from. As I am falling asleep at night I "work on my art". I think it came to me then. I then mull it over for days or weeks thinking... what is the background...what is the salt hitting?...what is the salt made from?...

This work is dischargedcommercial fabric, rayon thread, cotton thread, aluminum, and glass.

Salt, After The Wound
16 1/2" x 44 1/2"

The Escutcheon

I don't know when the idea of working on an escutcheon can to me but it might become a series. What you see through the key hole is monoprinting, and you all know how I love monoprinting. Working at Home Depot a number of years ago I found they toss the keys in the trash when someone purchases a lock set and has it re-keyed. I asked they hold on to them for me and I now have a few hundred keys.
Then monoprinting was made be attaching the keys, in a pleasing pattern, to a board and applying 4 different colors to the surface before laying fabric on and rolling with a brayer. The colors selected were those you would seeing in printing and I purposefully moved the fabric for a look of mis-registrations. (take what ever meaning you want for that one.) The pattern for the escutcheon was from looking at many antique escutcheons. Acrylic paint was added to the quilting as if light was hitting the escutcheon. Keys at the bottom were silver and were colored with alcohol based inks which will color all slick surfaces.
Any Questions let me know.

New work, well kinda

Hello everyone,
I know I know I have not posted in a while. I have been busy working on the kitchen, then the party, now I am been asked by the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild to be the spot light quilter for June, so I am working on my UFO's. Now I just need to start posting them. Here is the first one. This is a test for a larger piece that I just can seem to get to come together. I am working on a few ideas but nothing is coming together. I think this test is a success. The chili peppers will not be in the final larger piece but works well for this test. The back is all hand and over dyed fabrics with monoprinting on the fabrics. The chilies are also hand dyed fabrics, the everything was shaded with acrylic paint. Enjoy.

Really I will get better about posting.

Help! Can anyone tell me what the rules are about posting images of original work when it comes to competitions?



Sorry I have not posted

My partner and I are hosting a party on April 30 and we are updating a few things in and out of the house so I am working very hard on a very long list of  Honey-Do's. I hope as the end of the month approches I will get back into my art. I am itching to draw, paint, quilt, print, photo transfer... But the list has to come 1st... Like I told Lyric (Lyric Montgomery Kinard - http://www.lyrickinard.blogspot.com/ ) I have to make time for art because there never seems to be time for art. I do how ever start my day off by reading other artist blogs, and it gets me in the right mind set to start my day, coffee and a blog anyone? Hugs to all!  Here is a picture of the kitchen before and I will post afters...

I have had request!

Hi All,

I have had request from friends to repost the mini quilts. So here ya go!
The first two are at the bottom and if anyone wants to know more about any of them
just leave me a commit and I will reply.




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