First the quick finish...a little sewing assistant for when I'm sitting in my recliner with some hand-stitching.
I have been working on the Quilty 365 circles for a couple of months now and often find that I've lost a pin, or the scissors, or papers. It's been making me a little nuts. So today, finally, I decided that I'd try to end some of the nutty problems. I pulled out this pretty piece left over from a pajama pants project of a couple of years ago and left-over muslin from who-knows-what project.
A small pincushion on the topmost section, two pockets on my side of the arm and another pocket on the outside of the chair arm to slip the freezer paper patterns into will keep most of my things tidy and organized. Or so I hope.
The second finish, which took quite some time at school, is a painting of a cotton plant. Our students are very lucky since we have a wonderful art teacher. However, Leta's strongest skills are in drawings and graphic arts.
Leta readily admits that painting is not her favorite or best medium, so she asked a painter to come in and teach a class or two. Since I know Kay, I asked to sit in on the lessons, and Kay graciously encouraged me to do so. Unfortunately, that couldn't happen because I had testing duties and a meeting to attend.
Leta helped me out by applying the gesso and texture mediums to the canvas. I dropped in one afternoon to block out the painting and begin the background. I had the idea of painting the background blue, purple and yellow, but that did not turn out as I had hoped. It was pretty bad. The blue/yellow mixed into a greenish color and the purple/yellow made a horrible greenish color. I did not like it, so when I was able to get back into the classroom, I covered most of the green with shades of blue, leaving small bits of the original colors.
A few days later, I was able to get back to the painting and enjoyed playing with the cotton bolls. It took another afternoon of tweaking and cleaning up the painting. I'd have liked another class to get it closer to what I planned, but I decided to stop on Wednesday so that I could bring it home when we began our spring break on Thursday.
And there we are. Two finishes, both of which I really like and hope you like them also.
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The sewing assistant is a great idea. I love the print. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF hosted @ Anja Quilts.
ReplyDeleteI'm finding the sewing organizer very useful. That print is pretty, isn't it? I wish I could remember the information on it. I bought it several years ago at Lola Pink in Lafayette.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea with your sewing caddy. I am fastidious about making sure there are no pins and needles lying around and find these a great way to keep track of things. Lovely fabric, too.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to be about to have people to work with when painting. So good to have advice and encouragement. i love the way your picture turned out. And I hope you get to do more.