My Daily...and a Quilt

Springtime in Ohio is fabulous!

 

 

New Growth. New Life.  Lovely.

 

 

There was a sea of tulips at my father in law's home.

Just beautiful. 

I used a glaze pen as a mask on the tulip leaves.

It gave some interesting texture.

I am still on a vacation high.

Lots of happy reminders.

Alisa had shown us one method she uses to carve her stamps...

then she quickly made us each one.

I am telling you she is a sweetheart!

I carried the spiky design element over to the rest of the spread.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

 

While in Tillamook I found a Celtic Coloring Book made by Mind Ware.

I love the intricacy of Celtic designs.

They totally confuse me and fascinate me, at the same time.

I can only draw the simplest ones...

which prompted me to buy this coloring book to study it. 

So I admit the seahorse is not my own......

My favorite thing about my Daily

is the blending of colors and pens and markers.

Every tool has a different blending quality.

It is all experimentation.

Fun Fun Fun! 

 

What inspired this page is a quilted piece I just finished for a customer.

I have mentioned many times how I adore

my wool applique teacher, Sue Spargo.

She is motivational and inspirational and challenging.

And she has a worldwide following of stitchers.

I quilt for Sue and many of her students.

I quilted this small hanging of a flower from a gal a couple states over.

She made this Sue Spargo design in a workshop or from a kit.

It was a fun little piece.

I went for whimsical in my quilt approach.

And then I pulled out my own similar flower.

 

I treated mine as a stitch sampler.

I love the rich texture all the stitches provide.

I couldn't even tell you all the names of the stitches.

I look in the how to book ....and just do them.

I stitched this 3 or 4 years ago.

It has been a valuable reference for me.

Sometimes I just like to rub my hand over it!

The texture is fabulous!

Fun Stuff!

 

Happy Creating Everyone!