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| Momma Trees Just for fun - thought I'd show you a work inspired by Laura Wasilowski. It uses some of her wonderful hand dyed embroidery thread. And Donna - you didn't leave a way for me to get in touch with you. Send me an email because you WON Laura's Book!!! (edited later - she did send it - hooray!) |
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Momma Trees
Friday, April 29, 2011
Faces on Friday and Sketch-In Reminder
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| I could only see the right half of her face |
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| He turned away after one minute or so |
I didn't do any of the 3x5 quick faces this week - but I did do the work. It's good to be flexible in your methods and goal keeping. As long as you are still keeping the goal!
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| At the Chrysler Museum of Art |
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| At church, and a contour drawing. |
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| A speaker at church |
I had a lovely time with a friend - talking and sketching at a coffee shop. It's a good "incognito" place to draw as people sit and stay for a bit.
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| At the Chrysler Museum of Art |
Museums are a wonderful place to draw. Statues don't move.
And the Winner Is....
CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO
(who said)
I really would like to learn how to incorporate handwork into my work. This would be a great opportunity to learn!
Donna - send me an email right away with your name and address.
Lyric (at) pobox.com
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Fanciful Stitches: Colorful Quilts review and giveaway
Welcome to the Fanciful Stitches Blog Tour Book Review
and
GIVEAWAY!
1- You want this book because it's a fun read.Laura Wasilowski's wit and personality shine through in her writing as well as her whimsical artwork. Instead of a dry academic tome from CSOF's dean, I found myself chuckling at titles such as "Couching Thread/ Hidden Needle." It's not all fluff though. When Laura talks about creating a stitch plan she mentions design elements and principles in a lighthearted and easily understood way. She explains what a focal point is and helps you see where you might want to add pattern, texture with your stitches.
2- The instructions are clear and well illustrated.
If you are a newcomer to fused quilts or to embroidery, have no fear. Laura walks you through each step with photos and explanations. In fact - when it comes to showing you how to make the actual embroidery stitches, the pictures do ALL the talking. Illustrations of each step of the stitch are paired with Laura's wonderful artwork so that you can see the stitches in action.
3- Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!
Each of the wonderful and whimsical quiltlets that illustrate Laura's stitches is fully laid out in with pattern and instructions so you can make your own little neighborhood of stitched wonderfun!
Now for the fun part
Leave a comment here telling me what you love about hand work. Personally, I love it's portability, it's improvisational nature (I don't plan ahead much) and spending so much time touching pretty things. On Friday I'll pick a winner from all the comments left on THIS POST. Make sure you leave a way for me to get in touch with you. Oh - and (I'm really sorry about this) this is sadly only for North American residents at the publisher's request.
Make sure to visit each of the other blogs on the tour and leave a comment on their specific tour date. That's a lot of chances to win!
April 19 - Annie Smith http://simplearts.com/blogs/
April 24 - Jane Moxey http://moxeymusings.blogspot.com/
April 26 - Judy Coates Perez http://judyperez.blogspot.com/
April 29 - Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/
May 3 - Frieda Anderson http://friestyle.blogspot.com/
May 4 - Connecting Threads http://quiltwithus.connectingthreads.com/
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Chicago School of Fusing
Ah. The illustrious
It's been a lifelong dream of mine to earn a degree!
I spent two lovely years in the frozen north country
where long snowbound winters drive textile artists to
unheard of lengths of creatively insanity.
Dear Lyric, Congratulations upon your completion of an under graduate degree in The Fine Art of Fusing from from the Chicago School of Fusing! Your abilities as Press Squad Leader for the Iron Maidens Sports Team makes a fuser proud. May your exceptional expertise in Fusology and Iron Maintenance and Repair serve you well in the future. And now, by the power invested in me as Dean of Corrections, I declare you a graduate of the Chicago School of Fusing. Press On! Laura Wasilowski P.S. As a graduate of the school, I invite you to join our alumnae association and send me 50 bucks a year.
In honor of this grand occasion please join me in a rousing rendition of my dear Alma Matters fight song.Tune in tomorrow for a review and the opportunity to win the dean's latest tome full of stitch wisdom.
And to clarify - you need to leave a comment on tomorrows blog post for a chance to win Laura's book.
You can leave a post on each blog in the tour on the specific day the book is reviewed for more chances.
And to clarify - you need to leave a comment on tomorrows blog post for a chance to win Laura's book.
You can leave a post on each blog in the tour on the specific day the book is reviewed for more chances.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Faces on Friday and making lemonade
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| Beautiful fossils from the Natural History Museum |
Yesterday was a making lemonade out of lemons day.
I had a 7yr old trooper who carried a zip-loc all around a very crowded Natural History Museum in case she threw up. I carried her all afternoon once her fever picked back up. It kept me warm on a day when we weren't quite prepared for the cold.
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| Audio books a driving mother's life saving device. |
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| Weekly progress - a face every day for a year. |
So here are the faces this week. Feels a little like regression when I look at these results. Or is it just that I wasn't trying as hard most of the time - keeping it quick and light unless drawing from a photo. It was a good sketching week - enjoying it and not feeling like it was a chore. It's all about the journey.
Have you had lemons this week?
Did you do a little mental squeezing and sugaring?
Tell me about it.
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