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Sketchbook Challenge for February














So, do you think I am hooked on Zentangles? Talk about close up! I have been up close and personal with my sketchbook and have filled many many pages with these Zenny, Zany Doodles! I HAVE actuall sketched a couple of things, but ZT's have been my passion!

I played with some Primula blooms and also with a VERY dessicated hydrangea head.

Reemay continued

Well, I have added a few more bits to this piece and have now backed it with batting and have begun quilting. It is very fiddly but I never mind fiddly! However, as you can see from the closeups, looking so closely at this while I quilt REALLY shows how hard it is to cut  smoothly and how much practice I need ! I did get better as time went on but I need to finish the two yards of Reemay I ordered and maybe I will BEGIN to smooth out my shaky cutting. I did it with a hot knife and a little round, pointy end on my soldering iron. Practice, they say, saves milking time! I hope it improves hot knife cutting too!
The whole piece as it now stands. I found my #80 Superior topstitch needle was making big holes in the Reemay, so I dropped down to a # 60 needle. MUCH better!

Not too bad from a distance

Now you see the shakies!

Now you REALLY see the shakies! Gotta get hold of this soon . This is too interesting and has too much potential to have it messed up by incompetence.
As an added bit, I bought myself three pots of yellow primula yesterday. I LOVE spring flowers and I LOVE spring! When I got them home , my dear Husband asked if this were " the flowers I bought you THIS week?" I looked him in the eye and said, " Harrumph!" Anyway, they are gorgeous and now sitting in the front window even as we experience an Alberta Clipper! It is VERY pretty outside too so maybe some more pics later.

Gorgeous, eh? AND, the deep golden one with the dark eye smells heavenly! Mmmm! Love it!

You must pay attention

Tiny things can escape our notice. That is a shame as in tiny things we often see some of the wonders of nature.On my walk yesterday I was photographing nature's round(ed) things and found this fellow lurking. I did not notice him until I edited the picture! Even macro shots sometimes don't reveal all of the secrets.




All of these trees have made interesting contributions to my round project. You COULD miss them but here they are . They are all round , though not perfect circles.

 Our street is covered in acorn caps in places. I do love the shape and texture of these little hats. The acorns themselves are a mess as a result of our many squirrels . They are also responsible for the dark brown stains all over the road from the squirrels having torn walnut husks off the nuts before burying them. When I was doing a lot of natural dyeing years ago, I used to try to make deals with the squirrels. I give them the nuts and they peel them for me . It never seemed to excite them somehow so we still have the dark stains on the roadand on the chins of the squirrels!

I am almost finished the Steampunk Crow and will post pics soon. He is not my original design but too much fun not to show everyone.Watch this space!

At it again !





I am collecting round things for a new project. Earlier in the week, I collected manmade things on my walk. Last night, I began looking for the "round things" made by bature. Naturally, nature wins the beauty contest.




Not all of them are equally pretty . The tarspot fungus that currently "decorates" our maple trees is something I could do without, but it is made by nature and it is round-ish! I tooklots more pics but this is all I have edited. More to follow, no doubt.

That tiny puffball is slightly out of focus. I MUST redo it because it was snapped at the end of my walk when I was very hot and very tired. It is only about 1/3 of an inch in diameter and it is sitting right on the roadside. Stunning little thing! It is pouring rain today so I will have to wait to retake the picture. Hope it survives.

Recovering!

Boy, this getting old is NOT for sissies! I am still whacked after the morning chucking stuff into the garbage and recycling. Job well done though .

I work a lot from my own photos. Many are from our travels but this one is from last Christmas. I absolutely love the texture of Amaryllis petals.This one graced our dining room for the whole of the Christmas season so I decided to immortalize it.

Sadly, the colours of the little quilt are not quite true in this photo but you get the idea. They are MUCH more vibrant in real life. I have SO many more pictures I want to quilt. so many pictures, so little time!