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shrinking fun with Stephanie Rubiano.............

Stephanie's online class " Dainty Dioramas" was just I needed to get me in gear for the summer.....as always I don't like just making one.........many of you know I have always been a huge shrink fan and love learning new techniques and how to incorporated these tiny little things into something fun to share with all of you!  I have more but did not want to get to carried away.

Along with the boxes and bottles I made a few brooches to add to the whimsy............

Hope you all are enjoying your summer and I will be try to keep up with blogging and creating....

 

Happy tuesday...........
 

 

monday morning

 

Well people it's a beautiful day today in Oklahoma.......the sun is out, there is no wind and my peonies are blooming.......a couple of them were leaning so I just needed to cut a few more to bring in and enjoy!  And if you are wondering why my bike is in the front entry is yesterday I took it for a little ride and the garage door was already down so decided to just put it inside for now....and it made for a good back drop for this photo!

Not to much going on around here so this weekend I needed to get my paper stuff out and create some much needed tags.  I try to keep some made up for those special occasions when I don't want to give a card and just tie one onto a gift......I love making tags!  

Just so you all know I am still looking to find something for a classroom to teach....Tom and I looked  for 3 hours yesterday and called on several places...........it's not something that will just happen over night but we are looking....... ( and it's so hard to be patient) but the right thing will happen at the right time so hang tight with me.......

And another tidbit.......some of you who have asked about what kind of hoop to use for the punch needle, here it is and it works so well:

You hardly have to stop and stretch it back out.........you can find them on line or the Savage Quilter here in OKC carries them.

 

I guess that is it..........kinda quiet around here these days!!!!!  Just trying to stay busy........

don't mess with my bag..........

A few weeks back when our friend Nan from Utah ( and OKC) was here to teach her incredible stitch class at the Paper Crown  had this awesome bag to hold her stash of threads, pins, scissors , etc. Anything she needed to help keep everything organized while she traveled......so I decided I needed one ......I  needle punched my design for the cover and took the easy way of just backing it on this black piece of wool and attach it on the flap front cover of the bag.

The part I love most is that it holds so much.....there is 4 small zippered bags to hold whatever you need  and room in the front and bottom to stash extra stuff, I did my extra stash of DMC floss, whatever your needs are there is plenty of room for so many things.  All of the extras like the tag with the old looking patterns are from Joann's fabric.....they  have a whole line of fun things with the old patterns .  The black wool and "don't mess with my bag" came from our local Quilt store.  I ordered my bag from Savage quilters store here in OKC but you can get on line and look at the entire line of Yazzii bags..........

I now feel organized with my threads and sewing needs  together when I travel or go to class.......Thank You Nan for always looking out for your friends to copy the latest and greatest when it comes to sewing..............what's next????????? (You will have something up your sleeve I am sure of that.)

 

Hope you all stayed safe last night........it was a wild evening of Oklahoma weather for sure!

Happy thursday...........

sweet little feet........

Back in the winter I bought this sweet quilt pattern.......... would of probably had it finished by now but for some odd reason I couldn't find it....... it wasn't really lost it was misplaced in a box of papers....... I was so excited when I finally found it.........I decided on these bright florals and polk a dot background.

Now that I have it all ironed down I can start to machine stitch......I will hand quilt it once all the pieces have been machine appliqued ........this process took me two afternoons.......quilts take time but so worth it when they are finished. I will try to keep photos of my progress as I go along.  It's been years since I have done anything like this......but when I found this pattern it got me1

 

Happy wednesday and hope you all are safe from these tornados this afternoon in the state....

still trying........

Cindy gave  me this awesome pattern to me last week and I could not wait to try it out.......still trying to get the right needle no and thread/yarn to see what works out and what doesn't.....still trying and experimenting.......every one is so different and you learn so much with each and everyone....this is why it's taking so long for me to get these patterns just right.  Most of the patterns will just be patterns and no kits.

 

For instance these photos below are all the mistakes I have made..........

color and shading is so important when doing these faces for sure.......and the hair I used to drastic color changes from really dark to light........on her collar I thought it might look good to make it a smaller needle no change it looks awful....learn as you go along.......I can say this the hearts, flowers and doodles are so much easier than faces for sure!  I will only have maybe 4-5 faces and the rest will all be flowers, hearts and doodles unless I get better at it.  People and animals have never been something I am good at drawing or painting.....so it will be limited patterns........

The first photo will be going on my Yazzii bag like our friend Nan did on hers! Photos when I finish!

 

Happy tuesday..........