creatively speaking.... watching paint dry and sewing fabrics together by hand (and by machine)

 

This week I spent more time in studio sewing, but also painted again. Above is my finished hexie spiral block in aqua/turquoise/teal 

the color this month at rainbow scrap challenge is Aqua and my scraps hold  blue green colors but not a lot of aqua itself. I picked the best of the bunch and love this block. Here are all the blocks done so far

they will not be laid out like this at the end but they are so pretty!

Blue-green plays well with everybody!!

so you can see some individual fabric choices...

I sewed these components together this week, from the parts dept. I love the way these colors play together, yellow, turquoise, fuchia, purple

looks like a journal cover to me!  

I made some more random squares too, not fussing about the exact sizes but they came together

I arranged them on my design wall, then sewed pairs of two that were the same basic size.

When it was time to sew pairs together I sometimes needed to trim but not often. Then a strip set fell off my table and I put it in this line up

what do you think about this pop of pink to go with the prints that also have pink? I kind of like it in person but it stands out more in this image

I think a border or two and it will look good on the family room console

aqua pen holder

I got this pen holder/mug at our local plant store when we first moved here, and not a day goes by but I smill at the happiness of a little ceramic whale! 

As I walk the neighborhood I look to see the color of the month... and noticed this in the road

It stands out in person!

While I chatted with Joy this week, and it's always so good to share my life with her, I mentioned not painting or drawing.... to me painting is mindful and goal oriented more than scrap sewing. 

I often sew to quiet my mind and to see one color next to another, then make something out of it. 

Joy said, can you do that with your watercolors? 

huh.... so I wet the paper, and dropped in inktense colors 

and this one came next

colors all around Aqua 

then I took out markers to doodle on the top one....just because.... no goal in mind other than enjoying layers of color appearing

ahhhh I do love painting....

The world seems upside down lately. Chaotic, valueless, lonely. 

 

when I  make art, I can watch colors blend whether on paper or in fabric. 

 I can see what shows up when I turn down the noise and let saturated colors calm me.

Watching on video:

I want to drop it all and make this quilt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skTDNIDjFCA&list=TLPQMDgwODIwMjULddco7xXBnA&index=1