creatively speaking this week... spirals, painting challenge, machine choice, Spring Green, COLORS!

 

I've been progressing on each project this week. Each step teaches me, each color excites me, art is healing

Above is my rainbow scrap challenge block this year, a hexie spiral. Hand stitched with small scraps from my orange collection. So satisfying when it is done.... here are the colors completed so far

just blocks lying next to each other

The Index Card a Day challenge is on, I'm woefully behind but have now done several. We use the prompts to create something each day....

"Spring"   "Cobalt"  "Iguana" 

Love how the paints blended in the petals

drawn from an OLD photo online

when I see a prompt I wonder how I can interpret it in some unique way, so in person, her dress is brilliant cobalt blue

I could have drawn an iguana but chose to do mixed media. I printed out an image on paper, tore away what wasn't the black line drawing, glued it to index card then painted with watercolor pencils and ink

"embroidery"  "Tidal Pool" 

"Iridescent"  "Leopard" 

I did paint with iridescent inks but they don't photo well, and I thought of ways to show leopard.... 

I feel like I know this woman somehow.... the mix of animal prints, kind of chubby but reaching for fashion 

the ladies so far

Back to sewing.... I finished piecing the Spring Leaves top basted the layers together with pins, and began quilting it

first pull threads to use, think about how I want the texture, face using the tiny Gem machine to do this 

I usually don't try to match, but to accent with threads.... this one became my favorite to use for this stage of quilting

it has a bold thick texture, a lovely gentle color change, and looks so good when stitching in more leaves

A mix of straight line quilting to stabilize then some detail work here and there, keeping it flat and balanced with each addition. I don't do all one area then the next as that can distort. 

I just love the way it's coming along. As I quilt I decide what to do, where, which with treads.

so many tiny scraps, added one by one in the strip stage, inserted curves, all different tones and shades of green, different fabric prints, all come together in this... some planned, some serendipity

I called a local shop to ask prices for the Janome 6700 P machine. 

It's time (I miss the demise of my Bernina 1630) 

The salesman mentioned I should check out the pfaff expression 710 and it does come with a lot of feet I use, and the dual feed is a good thing.  

tell me what you think...bernina's are just too expensive for me at this point

Inspiration  

orange flowers brightening a yard

 decorative way to stitch on a button

https://youtube.com/shorts/ys41X2zTOXU?si=pmmbvz2-ZuBpg2Gh 

happy creating y'all

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