Don't ignore the muse

I went into the studio on a rainy Saturday morning to make some paper pieced flamingos. While looking through the blue scraps for sky/water fabric, I see these...

most less than 1" wide strips about 5 inches long all grouped together. Hmmm, seam these together...

not concerning yourself with straight edges... then using the BEST tools...

spray it with water, and smooth out the seams with your very best tool, your hand...

 when almost flat, press with a hot iron and let's make a mess...

Stamps, ink pads...

your colored pencils, a fabric pen like Tee Juice in black, and a white gel pen and some paper to test the image on.
One stamp from each of three packages will do it...

Then go around the letters with black pen, fill in some of them with white for sparkle, use purple and pink colored pencil behind the words

heat set with iron when dry, which is within minutes
Trim and that's all the waste I ended up with. I didn't mind what size it finished, just trimmed to the largest it allowed.

Add just a bit of zentangle on the sign...

Wasn't until I saw this pic on the blog that I noticed the word IF show up. Cool.

and let the auditions begin...
I like this which is more intense in color in person.
Maybe different proportions. Opinions???
I've used this fabric in many many quilts.

The one at the top of the page is a new exciting black and gray fabric, go back and look... I'll wait...


How about this?

A Ginny Beyer fabric with intense blue and purple, almost glowing with rich color... or this?

Try to ignore the red and green ironing board cover.

 It's a lovely hand dye I have used before and am in LOVE with and decided if I love it that much I should use it as often as I want. So there.

Of course I can't buy any more if I run out. It was a special fabric, overdyed  by a vendor in Houston. Colored in with pencil by myself. The hexies are from a project where I used both these items. I haven't it shown it here but...
I show it in lectures ...



And here it is a bit re-arranged

So the whole process from stepping into the studio, digging thru blue scraps, to auditioning took 1 hour.

That's it.
It's not finished but on it's way. I imagine gold thread to quilt it.

Wouldn't it be fun to take an hour and see what you create?
Then tell me all about it? Just an hour to let your inner child play?

By the way, the words say:
"The Journey is never truly over, it just changed course"
I have finally chosen another border but am keeping it quiet (not showing) for the moment. It's a mix of a few of the ones shown.



 The studio is a mess. But... it's always a mess because I start to clean then get excited about making something.

I don't ignore the muse when she speaks... I listen and hasten to do her bidding.