living the creative life

Creativity this week in January.... plaid portfolio from Not Afraid of Color

For this week's creativity round up I present

"Plaid Coat" about 13" X 14"

Project quilting prompt was plaid . What's a Scottish Dog supposed to wear if not plaid?

I saw a few renditions of scotty images, and

I'll share a few pics as I tell you about making it

I often need to transport cut blocks to the sewing table so I like a portfolio with flannel to drive them over to the machine

lavender flannel on the back

I used the cardboard insert from my recent calendar as a stabilizer this time

I have another ...

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Creativity this week: 4 challenges, some paintings, and a workshop from Not Afraid of Color

whew! completed 4 challenges, painted a bit, and took a workshop on writing/ illustrating a novel.

It required all my creativity!

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Let's start with the Project Quilting piece. The prompt was "hourglass" and we had one week to design, make and finish it. Here is my finished project

It will hang in my studio, reminding me of the speed of time (tempus Fugit ) that artists are happy when they are creating

I started with cutting two triangles of peltex stiff stabilizer, covering them with backing brought to the front

choosing which of my ...

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creativity this week from Not Afraid of Color

quickly while I can download a photo, this is my creative week

Using the Fig Tree pattern "Twirl"

that is a mini size quilt, I pulled my bag of little fall scraps, cut out all pieces, and then the making of blocks is fairly fast, unless you get an angle wrong and have to unstitch and restitch!

which happened !

It was fun to use the pattern and just sew without much decision making. the stems are black fabrics from my scrap bin, the tiniest scrap adds color and line to a block! (RSC)

I finished a pair of hand knitted ...

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must create.... a young woman's travel wardrobe grows from Not Afraid of Color

My creative week was all about creating a special travel wardrobe for a young woman crossing the Atlantic for her first trip abroad.... I'll share some of her new sundresses. She brought the latest in casual wear, bell bottom jeans, and a halter top, and of course a bikini for the south of France!

but first some mood music... I listened to this video this week while at the computer for a bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHE4UTFDlL0&t=4015s

was struck with the sweet young thing on the right, so I attempted to paint her...

using ...

added by LA Paylor 2 years, 6 months ago. under living the creative life

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