Princess Bubbles Creates

This book I made in a workshop.  It's an interesting book.  It was a bit complicated to make.  I don't think I'll make another one as it was just a little too fiddly.  I don't generally like to make anything twice anyway. 

I really like this piece.  I made silk paper and then did some needle felting to it.  I added some embroidery and beading.  I attached it all to some silk charmeuse.   The top photo is a close up of the beading but really you shouldn't view this piece too close.  I wish the photos did it better justice.

My mom made the quilt pictured above.  Mom was always doing some sort of textile work.  Quilting, knitting, crocheting and sewing.  She could do them all.  She gave me her sewing machine a couple of years ago.  It still sews like a dream but she no longer wants/needs to sew  She is still knitting though..  She is almost eighty and likes to keep busy.  The quilt pictured above was made by my Grandma, my Mom's mom.   She too was always quilting etc.  Probably more from necessity than anything else.  My uncle Ron graciously gave me this quilt as I didn't have anything of her making.  I hear that she also hooked rugs and always gave them an artistic touch.  The patterns were always of her own design.  I am pleased to have come from a long line of textile artists.

Oh my gosh!  I had so much fun today.  I took a Fearless Painting workshop.  We did some cool warm up exercises in the morning.  These two paintings I did in the morning.  Laurie really kept us moving.  I love classes like that.  Fast and furious is just my style.  Lunch was brought in for us.  It was fabulous, really yummy.  I ate two pieces of dessert!  In the afternoon we worked on one large piece.  I think that there is more that I would like to do it but I think it is basically okay.

I haven't had a lot of time for making art this past month.  But I did have some time to get outside with my camera. 

I am trying to think of how I can incorporate my flower photos into a quilt.  I don't have any particularly good ideas at the moment.  I'm sure something will come to me though.  Until I do think of something I will just enjoy the beauty of the flowers.

I am really enjoying my camera.  I spent some blissful time at Rockway Gardens yesterday.  The spring blooms are fantastic for photographing right now.