Princess Bubbles Creates

I love my journals.  This page has a very early ribbon embroidery added to it.  It was a little experiment that was good enough at the time.  I had it in a tiny hoop and out on display for years.  My skills improved and I no longer wanted it to be on display.  I also wasn't willing to part with it.  Into my journal it goes and a few little bits and bobs were added

This is the start of my crazy quilt journal project for February.  How is it the middle of the month I have so little done on it?  Again, I have used only fabrics that I have dyed, painted, etc.  It feels great to be using these fabrics.  I am eager to get embellishing this.  Beads and threads here I come! I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/

I had an interesting little conversation with  Gwyned Trefethen  this past weekend.  On her blog she is talking about perfection and how she doesn't pursue it.  I commented that I don't aim for perfection either.  In return, Gwyned said 'Who defines perfect, anyway?'  What a great question!  Is it me?  The creator of the work?  I was raised in the Christian tradition.  The creation story has been hotly debated but the time frame is not important to me.  What is important is this ' And God saw that it was good.'  It is interesting to me that the word good not perfect is used. Just a little something to ponder. Years ago I recognized that perfection does not come easily to me.  In an effort to make my life better I decided I would not chase down that rabbit hole.   Call me lazy but I am all about making my life easier.  No one else is going to do that for me.  I will not let perfectionism rob ...

This piece just keeps getting better and better.  I am enjoying the slow process ever so much.  This piece does not have to be finished by any certain date.  That feels really good.   I often am stitching for a challenge or something with a due date.  I enjoy those challenges and having a due date keeps me on top of things, usually, mostly.  Having a project that will be finished when it is finished is freeing and relaxing. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com  

This beaded mandala is being turned into a small quilt.  I love everything about this mandala.  I still need to quilt all the layers together but since this isn't a big piece it shouldn't take too long. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

This journal has a sweet old fashioned feel to it.  Most often I go for vibrant colour in my work.  Every so often though I feel the need to work with the soft and romantic.  This journal is full of lace and doilies, old handkerchiefs and ribbons.  It feels like such a lovely place for my found poetry to land. 

I have a nice start on my bead journal project for February.  This old doily I hand dyed.  An old doily makes a lovely base for a mandala.  I have been doing my bead journals in a circle form for quite a while now, on and off.  I have quite a collection of them.  I am hoping to create enough of them to have a solo show somewhere, sometime.  I honestly can't see myself tiring of working with a circle. I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/