I spent most of yesterday morning playing around with images to put on my dad's card.
I considered these three:
and I ended up choosing the last photo of the yellow daisy on the blue tile.
Craftwise, it's been a quiet week.
I've been op~shopping (thrifting for my American friends) and found these floral sheets:
I have a vague notion that I'd like to use these in a quilt. I've never quilted anything big before but these gorgeous examples over at Bella Dia, Old Red Barn Co. and Alicia Paulson's make me want to try.
I also thought that I'd share something that I made, as a practice piece, a while ago:
It's a piece of calico that I tie dyed and then drew on with Pentel Fabric Pastels. It was a lot of fun to make ~ the Pentel pastels were very soft and oily, and blended really well. It would be good to repeat the patten on a larger piece of fabric...and I've a vague notion that I'd like to quilt with this too!
What's inspiring you this week?
8 comments:
Hi,
Not sure how big the painted calico sample is but some hand quilting would look lovely. I have a give away going if you fancy going a prize.
what is inspiring me this week?
YOU!
love all this.
i have played with fabric paint but never knew how to quite use the pens.
blessings,
mccabe x
That is some gorgeous fabric. I love seeing your practice pieces too.
Thanks for sharing about Father's Day. I enjoy learning things about other countries. Fun facts!
I haven't been feeling terribly inspired this week, so I'm reading blogs, etc.
Your's is a big help:)
what's inspiring me? well that's gonna have to be a blog on it's own.
I love that last shot with the yellow flower, I even had to turn my face away as it's so bright!
Love the calico and fabric pastels too, looking forward to seeing what you do with those.
Cool fabric. I looks like it would be fun to quilt with.
Love those flowers you made with pastels - so soft and full of texture!
How I love the fabric you created! It would be fabulous in a quilt.
What's inspiring me? Well, I've started photographing one self-portrait a day -- don't know how long it'll last, but it's keeping me on my toes.
Lovely!
I agree with the pick you made for your father's card, though they are all great pictures.
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