You say, “She’s reached the bottom of the barrel to find anything to show.”
But, look at this. It’s a rather inspiring design. Sketch it. Make a stamp from your sketch. Make a stencil from your sketch. Change the colors.
Excuse me, while I go pull more of this x@%!# stuff out of the flower bed. I’ll get to the drawing later.
You’ve heard the old saying: “When you get lemons, make lemonade” haven’t you? Well, here’s the lemon; an out-of-focus picture of my flower bed. They were ALL out of focus.
And here is the “lemonade” after being manipulated in photoshop.
I think I can do something with this.
The last two weeks have been busy as can be. First there were two carpenters putting a new roof on the house, replacing half of the living room ceiling and rebuilding the cold air return. Then we attended our annual high school reunion in Willow Springs. It started out as a hamburger cook-out in a park down on Main Street. On Saturday, there was a pancake breakfast, a brunch, a luncheon, and a banquet.
This past Saturday, I attended the SFA, Springfield Fiber Artists, annual pot-luck salad luncheon at the Holmes house, way down in the gilly-woolies, through beautiful hills, woods, and farm land. Here we are on their back porch, eating as usual. I wish you could hear the creek just past the lower right corner of the picture. Life is good in the Ozarks and, if nothing else, we eat very well.
The current wall quilt, that I’ve been working on, is finished. I don’t want to show the whole photograph until it’s been exhibited, but here is a detail.
It is a photo image with stick figures silk screened over it, hand dyed silk velvet with pieced cotton satin stitch-appliqued on top. Hand quilted and machine quilted. The silk velvet was difficult to work with, but not so difficult that I don’t want to try it again. The drape and sheen are so beautiful.
It must be due to the cool, wet Spring that we’ve had, that the peonies are outstanding this year. I think they have inspired me to create a wall quilt that I’m working on now. Too soon to post a picture, but stay tuned!
Here is a photograph of two wilted tulips taken at dusk on the dinning room table, way under exposed. After playing in photoshop this was the result. Not bad; I think.
I hiked on a little trail through the woods near my house. What a beautiful Spring after so much cold, wet weather. Watch out for the ticks and chiggers; they’re out there too! Ask me how I know!
I’m having way too much fun with this new camera.
Recently, I purchased a new camera; a Nikon D300. I hope I can rise to it’s potential. I’m reading David Busch’s Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography. Literally started on page one and am pushing myself through it. Trouble is, I get out in the field photographing and remember that I’ve read what I’m supposed to do to change a setting, but can’t remember how! It will come.
So while out in the woods, yesterday, photographing wild flowers,I stumbled upon a morel mushroom. Fair size. Photographed it, picked it, soaked it over night in salt water (to get rid of all the little bitty bugs), and ate it for breakfast this morning. YUM!
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#22a
I’ve given up on naming these; now, just numbers. And I’ve even screwed that up, Dylecic that I am. I see a cat hair!!!
I am a fiber artist whose always been in love with anything "fuzzy." My evolution has been from a weaver to knitter to silk painter to quilter. I knit for relaxation and currently do pieced, fused, and/or appliqued, art quilts inspired by my photographs.
