Princess Bubbles Creates

The time I spend at a wrecking yard is magical to me.  I so enjoy photographing rust and peeling paint.  I find beauty in it.  The texture is so interesting to me. I am linking to https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca

My beaded apple is finished.  Going through my bead stash to find just the right beads is fun for me.  I have a beautiful collection of beads and feel very blessed to have so much.  Doing a bead journal a month for the rest of my life may not use it up.  Maybe I should be doing more beading! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

Okay, I am happier with this six-inch square/sinchie for the guild challenge.  I added a few stitches with metallic thread which you can barely see.  I also added some beads.  Beads make everything better!  Our guild meets next week and I am excited to see what everyone else has done.  It is always so interesting to see people's creativity. I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/

I have added the  Rice Stitch  to my piece.  I used some knitting yarn in the lower left.  I think it looks pretty cool.  I also used pearl cotton and some DMC metallic thread in the others.  I am excited to try  Sharon B's  beyond TAST challenge.  I have an idea as to what I want to do but I haven't decided on the stitch I will use to layer. 

Incredible amounts of energy are wasted by chasing what you cannot catch.  Let go of the chase and embrace the unknown.  By releasing the need to control the future, you open yourself up to the magic of the moment where everything is possible.  unknown More rust and pealing paint from junk yard pictured above. I am linking to https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/

A number of years ago I inherited some hand embroidered quilt blocks.  I knew I wanted to do something with them but wasn't exactly sure what.  Today I was pondering making some journals for the St. Jacobs Quilt Show.  The Grand Guild of Fibre Artists always has a display/sale there.  I thought that journals with a quilt/fibre focus might sell and I could include some of these pretty pieces in them.  I can part with some of them as there are many. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

I am approximately half way through my artist in residency with the Ayr Library.  It is going really well.  I have met so many lovely people.  I have visited different libraries in the region and love each one of them.  They are peaceful, beautiful and feel like home.  Pictured above are some of the altered pages created by myself and the community.  They will all be put into an altered book that is being created for this residency.  I plan to create a stitched cover for the book. The next workshop I am teaching is at the Linwood branch of the library.  It is on April 28, 10:30-12:30.  You can register at  www.rwlibrary.ca  or 519-575-4608  The workshops are always fun!