Princess Bubbles Creates

 I am pleased with the progress of this mandala.  The silk fabric is a delight to stitch into.  Oh, how I love silk.  I must do a mandala on silk fabric with only silk threads.  That would be a joy.  I actually have three mandalas on the go right now and all three are on silk fabric.  I think some beads would look good on this mandala, beads almost always look good!  However, I had kind of wanted to just have stitching on this one.  I am not sure why or if I will stick to that because the beads are calling to me.  Plus this silk is robust enough to handle some beads. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

 This block is just plain fun for me.  The mermaid tail has just the right amount of shimmer to make me happy.  The colours are my go-to colours.  I do try to branch out from my preferred colour palette but that seems like an exercise in frustration.  I am rarely happy with the result.  I actually prefer to do that sort of exploration with my paper mandalas.  The disappointment isn't quite as tragic as the time invested isn't as substantial. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 I started a new sketchbook last month.  I plan to use it for just mandalas.  I am pretty happy with this one.  I can imagine printing it on fabric but then what would I do with it.  It already has a lot going on so it doesn't need stitching or beading.  Whatever, I will continue to enjoy making mandalas because it makes me happy.  I keep telling myself they don't have to be for any other reason.

 It has been a while since I have played with my needle felting machine.  I watched  Dale Rollerson  on Youtube and was inspired.  Of course, I couldn't copy her exactly.  My brain always comes up with a slightly different way to do things.  I got out my baggie full of bits of threads and laid them onto a piece of wool.  I then covered that with a dryer sheet that I hand-dyed and then needle felted it all together.  I am quite pleased with the texture that this achieved.  I know stitching into this is going to be lovely.  I don't quite know what I will stitch but that idea will come.

 I have made some beading progress on this piece.  The silk feels SO good.  I printed the design from one of my photos.  I feel a bit bad that I have used that expensive printer so very little. I need to print more fabric or sell it.  I so enjoy the beading process and need to figure out the next step for this one.  The fabric is already pretty busy so it probably doesn't need a lot more beads. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

 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.