my creative week a finish, an inspiration, some fun videos and two faces

 Welcome to this week's creativity round-up... first a finish!!!

I went up to the happy place, my studio one (small but mighty) and looked into the Christmas "parts dept" to see 7 pieced hexie blocks. I kept looking but they called my name, know what I mean? 

they were similar sizes so I cut them all to be the same size, adding in some strips here or there. I made them a few years ago with scraps from a big Christmas quilt, and thought mug rugs. 

putting them together like this required some fancy y-seam machine work, and figuring out some bits to set in around the outside to unify it.

lots of copper and gold thread to quilt it, then sewed on two beads to each corner by hand
 

see the star fabrics?

I wanted to highlight the hexie shapes, hard to see in the crazy quilt piecing, and after talking to Joy I reluctantly decided to couch on some sparkly thick thread around a few of them

The couching foot has a hole to keep your thick thread in line while you zig zag over it

used a fun bright o.l.d. fabric to back it.

too small for this coffee table

pretty on this end table in the family room!

The table scraps challenge this month was to make something with stars... I finished early but then when inspiration strikes, I listen!

This week I took part in another creativity workshop, and while listening to the video interviews, I pulled out the scrap paper of nutrition info from printing a recipe, and doodled faces with my stabilo crayon. It's water soluble and creates shadows when brushed with water

I like seeing the wording through the face, and using paper not needed...I liked how her mouth came out and her personality too. I liked the second one even more....

she looks Italian to me. I would like to know her. Funny how each portrait done from my mind, comes out differently. Each one teaches me something too.

I'm thinking to do this embroidery this week, from a prior workshop, but will I do it for a week quilt or what? 

and Joanna Basford, my sketching mentor online (I just watch all her youtube videos) sent a free advent calendar link to newsletter people.... this was yesterday's image and I like it for an applique pattern more than coloring page!  It was her gift to us, and of course is copyright to her, for our personal use only.

our air temps are in mid 50's but the sun is fierce and it feels warmer in the house that is superheated with that sun.... but nights are colder, even for furballs like mine

I'll go finish my breakfast

and leave you to enjoy some tutorials and links I found this week:

 I loved this art made with Kisses tabs...yep those chocolate kisses

https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/kisses

I found this tutorial series and really learned a lot

this one is on simple tearing/cutting techniques. No nonsense, no extraneous chatter, focused on the info

never know when you'll need to do this... or if you might want to try collage... she has a lot of good videos
 

happy Arting y'all

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/

https://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/ 

https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-2022-table-scraps-challenge.html 

patchwork Sunday    

 slow stitching Sundays                

oh Scrap Sundays

design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
lovelaughquilt.mondays 

http://www.inquiringquilter.com/ Wednesday wait loss

Midweek makers wednesdays  

http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/ 

https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/ 

off the wall Fridays   

peacock party

tgiffriday

finished or not

face off!