creativity this week, Project Quilting challenge met, purple scraps used and a few sketches for fun

 

see the fashionable ladies who lunch???

This was Project Quilting week, meaning we were given a prompt of "wearable" and one week to design, make and finish a project. She said we could include clothing fabric

cupcakes, fat chefs, chocolates!

repurpose a wearable

like an old Christmas apron?

or make something to actually wear, and I needed an apron so...

I picked fabrics starting with the fancy chefs, and fussy cut some strips to use, started piecing them large enough to cover the apron...

I cut around the apron with enough to fold under to stitch to the edge of the apron, and made a leeeetle ruffle of a scrap of dotted fabric just big enough to cut a few bias 2" strips. 

Fold those in half and gather , insert into the bottom stitching. A few quilting lines to secure the lightweight fabric to the canvas xmas apron, and it's done! 

the little ruffle reminds of of 50's aprons, plus looks good from the xmas side

I may not love to cook, but do an awful lot of it, now I can giggle every time I see the candy, cupcakes, fancy chefs, and fat ones!!!

I spent some time watching some drawing videos... one was 8 lessons to try starting with single line drawings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5B8kCsvME)

I have paper by the computer to write morning pages sometimes, so I grabbed one and sketched what I saw, coffee mug, fork and glasses. I usually hate that form of drawing but actually enjoyed it this morning. Maybe because I used my fountain pen in deep black, the flow of ink, the scritch of metal as the pen dances across paper... I've always loved a fountain pen

On this day, I watched a video by Lucky Luna art... two zentangles... those are great because they show you step by step how to draw intricate images. Just add a line, then another, then another... I like how the serrated leaf is made by little dashes, then go back with a v inserted between them! Shade a bit with pencil and brushstix to blend it

The color of the month at rainbow scrap challenge is purple. I  watched my friend Cindy making a Kwandi style quilt to go behind her bed, where you prepare a backing, batting, and then hand stitch squares to it. I never tried that so, I thought make a little one with some purple scraps to try it.

5" X 8"

It was tedious to turn little edges, hold while hand stitching, but I think I got the idea at least and used some scraps. I played with my embroidery threads, loving how the colors show, not worrying the least about stitch length or being even or anything other than letting my mind wander a bit

I liked the little french knots with thick perle cotton, the flowers, running stitch with french knots added in. Then it didn't fit well into my new book for hand stitching things (from two weeks ago)

 so I played with it enjoying the feel of it, the slight gathering that big stitch makes, the texture and subtle colors until...

it became a camera case for my point and shoot. Yep, a canon, I like much much more than my iphone camera...

the back

when you fold it you get to see little cropped bits... and notice different things. I liked doing the chain stitch, I closed in some buttonhole stitch to become little boxes... I do love handwork and might add some into my sunflower piece after it's quilted. 

happy creating!

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