Princess Bubbles Creates

from my husband on this.  Pretty cool!  It doesn't happen very often.  This is a zentangle I have done.  I am planning to do a similar  one on a chair I have painted white.  It is for the Habitat for Humanity project I am working on right now.  I am super excited about the project.  I actually started drawing on the chair this morning.  Unfortunately, I must not have had enough coffee as I drew the heart facing the back of the chair!  ugh!!!  Now I have to prime and paint another coat so that the ink doesn't bleed through.  I have to say I was a tad anxious about making 'mistakes' on this piece.  So  now I have made a great big one and must start over.  Oh well.  Maybe that will be the only mistake I make!

This is my January block for the 2013 crazy quilt project.  I colored the butterfly with my Pan pastels.  I figure this quilt is not likely to be washed so it should be safe.  I have heard of others using Pan pastels on fabric so I figured it was worth the try.  I also decided to not be a hoarder of special things.  When in France I picked up the blue and purple trim that is in about the middle of the block.  It is so pretty it deserves to be used and not saved.  I also bought the sequins at a flea market in Paris.  I sure hope I can get this block done by the end of January.  I hate to start off the year and be behind right away!

It feels good to be back into doing Take a Stitch Tuesday.  This is another new stitch for me.  I am quite familiar with the feather stitch so adding the knot wasn't too difficult for me.  Instructions for the stitch are at  http://pintangle.com/

 I am excited to participate in this grow your blog party!  I still feel like I am pretty inexperienced at blogging even though I have been doing it for a while now.  There is always something new to learn.  I am an artist who loves to play and explore with just about any art material!  My focus lately has been on fibre art but I do play with paint and photography as well. I have these napkins, threads and fibres to give away.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post.  I will draw a winner on February 1.  I would love it if you became a follower too but that is not a requirement.   http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.ca     This is the link to Vicki's blog to find more participating blogs! Thanks for visiting! The 16th comment won!  That is Denise Bryant.  Please contact me with your address!

This is my piece Fondly Remembering that is in the Memory show.  Tonight is the opening reception and I looking forward to going to it! Tomorrow I am participating in a grow your blog party.  I have never done this!  Vicki at  http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.ca    is hosting.  So come back tomorrow to see what my give away is!

I added two pieces of peach colored trim to this block.  I also removed a piece of lace that wasn't working.  I really hate picking things off.  But I have learned that if I am not happy with something there is no amount of fixing that can be done to make it right.  It is best to bite the bullet and remove the offending embellishment.  I think there is another piece that I will have to remove from this block too.  Oh well.  I am learning as a I go and learning is important to me.

I created this piece before Christmas but haven't quite figured out how to finish it.  I don't think it needs much.  Some sort of simple edging maybe.  I have an old sewing machine (oh how I long for a good, new machine).  My machine will do a couple of 'fancy' stitches so that is what I used on this piece.