creativity in the holidays quilt, painted cards, and mandalas

 

I've been trying to catch up on the things I wanted to do this season,..

we are just about  cleaned up from the long illness although DH is still coughing, and I am just feeling safe to turn my head to art again! 

quick sketch

 I missed you! 

My paints paper brushes and ink pens have been used, starting with 2 tutorials (beginners)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxRkMx3etA&t=43s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Q8tObxPF0&t=931s 

Surprisingly the best I felt was when I was painting... here are some Christmas card inserts for  friends.,.. I plan to just include them in case my clever friends want to make something with them, or just prop them up on a desktop

  My sketchbook has been used this week...  with some mandala tutorials

 

I even sewed a little on the star quilt, the Defiant star quilt... no fabric works for the background around the chain blocks

None of my fabrics worked well for this, either they were great color-wise but not enough yardage, or too busy prints, or colors were off. A simple idea has turned into a thing...I thought this lovely golden color with metallic gold sparkles was perfect til I sewed three blocks..... and the values are too similar to the chain blocks. 

 It's just a scrap quilt. I wanted to tame the movement by using one fabric behind all the chain squares... and had enough of this one. 

 I am enjoying some sewn items from prior years:

felted stuffies, are happy to see when passing by this table

a table runner hung vertically in the stairwell

it's so satisfying making crafts and art isn't it? I missed that aspect in the last 2 months... there is something about losing yourself in the making.

BTW, I'd love you to visit this post to see decorations and read about the things I liked last week: 

https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-like-thursday-380-trees-questions.html

 

linking to:

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com

patchwork Sunday   

oh Scrap Sundays

slow stitching Sundays

https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/

design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts

https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-6-26-23/ 

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

Midweek makers wednesdays  

http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/ 

https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/ 

face off

finished or not

off the wall Fridays