Princess Bubbles Creates

 Oh, this project has been languishing for a while.  I don't care to say specifically how long.  I hand dyed the doilies and now I want to attach them to a quilt.  I keep muddling over the layout of them.  There are two that don't quite fit in so I may have to dye some more.  Possibly I have some more already dyed.  I need to go digging to see what I can find.  Stitching these down will be rather mindless once I decide where they will go.   I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 I am inching ever closer to having my book finished.  This lovable pup is very close to right but not quite.  I still am not sure about his face.  Getting the face right is so hard, she whined.  I think I know what I need to do to fix it though.  I have made really good progress on the writing as well.  My attention span for writing is rather short but I keep plugging away it.

 This one is really close to being finished.  I have added some Ring knots, pink in the middle and yellow on the right edge.  You can find instructions for Ring knot at    https://queeniepatch.blogspot.com/2021/10/sunday-stitch-school-lesson-190-ring.html    I must admit when first reading the instructions they were not gelling in my head.  I had to pick up my needle and thread actually start stitching it before I completely understood.  I do love this stitch and will definitely be adding it to other pieces. 

 It has been a while since I have posted about this silk mandala.  The progress has been rather slow.  I don't have a problem with slow, well mostly.  I want to add more beads.  I am pondering where to put them at this point.  It doesn't need a lot more stitching so it will be finished in the near future. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

  “If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world,” said  Bruce Barton , “it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.” I have been thinking about individuality a lot lately.  Well, always.  It seems to me that conformity is being subtly enforced upon us.  Cars come in black, white, grey and sometimes red or blue.  You really have to search for red or blue.  When you drive past a new subdivision is a great sea of beige.  I rarely go to a shopping mall but went with my husband a short while back. The clothing shops offered all the same colours for winter, the same as the cars.  I won't be going back anytime soon. Obviously, these are not the things that make us individuals.  However, they are the things that reflect an expression of ourselves.  If I were not an artist I would feel stifled....

 I have been saving bits and pieces for a while.  Mostly silks and hand-painted/dyed pieces.  Even the smallest scrap seems too precious to toss.  I started sewing them down not really knowing where it would take me.  I just wanted to use them up.  It certainly doesn't look like much at this point.  That's okay, I can envision it all coming together.  I have pondered treating it like a crazy quilt but I am not totally sure that would work.  I was also thinking it could be a book cover.  My newest idea is to turn it into a lake where a dragonfly can land.  So many possibilities! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

I am working out from the Catherine Wheel stitch in the middle.  I am using simple stitches that I know by heart.  The aim is to make this mandala as interesting as I can with these simple stitches.  I keep debating if I should add beads.  I am leaning towards it, big surprise.  Probably not a lot of beads though.