Wednesday WOW - November 10

It's been a blustery autumn day.  Perfect for working on a quilt and visiting with friends.  I actually got something done today!

Wednesday WOW - November 3

Doing a little more wood carving while waiting for paint to dry.  Fun!

Halloween?

I just heard from Carmen that my Traveling Page for October has arrived.  Her theme was "Castles".

Can you tell I was influenced by the Halloween hooplah?  LOL!

I did not start out to do anything dark . . . my usual color selections are bright and clear!   But during my research I saw some castle pictures with a full moon and I kind of liked that idea.  As I worked with ideas the moon grew larger, and the castle got darker!

I started with a photo of the Castle Neuschwanstein. Using my photo software, I darkened the photo and printed it onto printable fabric. After fusing the castle cut-out to the background (already prepared with a nice bright moon) I used free motion embroidery to enhance highlights and shadows.

Here's what the back side looked like after the stitching.

But the piece needed something more. I tried various bat silhouettes, but that seemed too conventional. Never let anyone call me conventional!

Finally, I settled on a dragon shape, which I fused and then stitched over.

For the back side, I had some fairy tale fabric in my stash. I thought the Sleeping Beauty castle would add the right touch.

I enjoyed working with this piece.  It is full of my favorite things!  Free motion stitching, dragons, and a touch of beadwork (for stars)!  I hope Carmen enjoys it, too.

Now to get to work on another September page - the first one appears to have gone walk-about.  Sigh.

Wednesday WOW - October 27

I did a little playing in my journal today.  Not much else happening right now.  Maybe next time.

Wednesday WOW - October 20

We've had some very nice weather around here lately.  So, today I took my workroom outside.

And the worktable was my lap!  I'm learning to carve wood - or trying to anyway - and it gets pretty messy.  Time will tell if I get anything finished that is worth sharing.  LOL!

Wednesday WOW - October 13

As I gathered threads in preparation for some free motion stitching, I noticed that the spools made a nice little composition.

By the way, it doesn't look nearly as neat now!  I have got to take some time to clean things up!!

Wednesday WOW - October 6

There are all kinds of messes - creative messes, fun messes, busy messes, etc.  And then there's this.  Just plain awful mess!