This has been one of those weeks where I have gotten a lot of things done and also had time to play... love it when that happens.... I am crossing some huge things of my to do list... and that really makes me happy...
One of the things that I really have to get busy with is my quilting... as I have to have this art quilt ready for the cooler weather... YIKES... it will be here before we know it...
Each square is 22 inches of muslin and of course I have created each panel... you can look at the other squares by clinking on the "Quilt" on the left had side of this blog... there are others there... if you missed them...
So today I decided that my spare time would be doing a square with TANGLES.... love it... I also colored it... and it will be great in this quilt... I think I will do about 10 of them... this quilt has to huge... as the doors of my studio are huge... French doors, with two side ones... large space that lets a lot of cooler air in, but only in the winter... LOL.. .wouldn't mind if it was NOW....
Oh well... here is the panel I made on Wednesday...
I love the tangle Mi2... just can't stop doing it... everything around has it on it now... I have to stop doing that habit of doodling on everything around...
Anyway... I didn't start to take
I got these little flowers in... and had to see what the color intensity was going to be like... I want this bright and cheery... as this is going to be on the inside of my studio... so nothing dark and dreary... it has to be bold and bright...
pictures until I got to this point... sorry about that... I drew the tangle and then started to color the tangle...
I will be adding some more dimension... but for now this is how far I got...
I love the colors... they are nice and bright.. so these panels will continue to make a statement... that is for sure...
This is what the first layer of paints... or I should say colored pencils is like... I did use my inktense pencils.. .I love them.. I do have to add more color.. but wanted to allow this to sink into my head as to what more I am going to do with it... I think of so many things AFTER I finish something.. that this time I am waiting until I think of it ... then I will do it... I want to bring the two sections together more... and will do that with another color... any suggestions... ?? I am open to maybe trying it... Thanks for the input... I really appreciate it...
Well that is as far as I got on that this week...
I also got a few other tangles done... practicing things... loving it all.. doesn't matter, as long as I tangle...
So here is the Zendala #17 Challenge... Erin has asked that we think about a particular person in our own lives that cancer has effected and create the zendala with them in mind... so I created this one for my Dad...
My Dad crossed over in the year 2000... he was a man that loved flowers... and his very favorite ones were gladiolas... and the apricot colored ones were his favorite of all.. Now I have a funny story to tell about these bulbs... we lived on Oak Tree Lane... which had quite a few Oak trees.... and they require that a lot of squirrels live there too... as the more acorns there were... the more squirrels there were to eat them all... well they ate other things too... like gladiola bulbs... one year my dad went to plant his bulbs and the squirrels had eaten them all... I though my dad was going to loose it... he was a very soft person... and didn't let out anger at all... so this was very rare... so he went out and bought new ones.. and gladiola bulbs were kept in the basement of the house from then on... Anyway... this is for you Dad...
I got do involved in doing this, that I did a journal page on it... I cut my zendala out... and then adorned the pages...
My Dad was always cold.. so I made the pages warm... with a tree in the background... he loved trees too...
His very favorite sweater was yellow... and so the yellow is a prominent color too....
His name was Warren Leadlie Nelson... and had many words of wisdom to share with me during his life time... I didn't always listen to his words when he spoke them... but I hear them all Dad... so don't worry the wisdom didn't get lost... and I hear quite a few every day of my life...
I made the flower from a baby wipe... I love making them... and wanted it to look like a gladiola... close enough...
I send my love to my Dad...
Here is a close up of the Zendala on the colored page.... they look so different with other colors behind them...
Here is a picture of my Dad taken on one of my parents many trips... this was taken in Canada somewhere... he loved the flowers there too...
His pants are not pink... he was a very prim and proper man... khaki pants was the casual dress for him... but most of the time he had on a shirt and tie... and also a sport jacket... he was a CEO with Texaco for over 55 years...
This is another one that I did... it is to represent the LOVE that is being sent to all the people all over the world that are having to deal with this dreadful experience... either first hand, or with someone close to them... Also to all that have been taken already... I send my love to you all...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit today.. and I hope that you have a very pleasant evening and week-end... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
I wanted to share this Quilt square with you today... but the pictures didn't come out too clearly... the background is not yellow... it is muslin... off white... but you get to see the general idea of it anyway...
I just drew some flowers and used my Tim Holtz markers to color... also used some Adirondack markers and also some Twinkling H20's on them too...
I had a lot of fun doing this one, as I didn't feel that I had to color in all the flowers or the leaves... just sort of sketched it...
Love the loose feeling of it..
This will show the colors of the flowers a little better... I don't know what is wrong today with things... seems like the electric is messed up in the house...
We finally had 1/2 inch of RAIN!!!! YEAH... things are a little damp this morning... we are so very happy...
Hope you are happy today too. I have five friends whose birthdays are TODAY!!! So Happy Birthday to you all...
Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon..
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
Another Square for the Quilt... yikes.. I love doing these ...just wish that I could spend all my time making this quilt... but I do have other things that are also just as important in my life... LOL...
This square I used all different things... I used a Liquid Pearl to draw the flower first!!! And then colored in behind that... some of the colors ran... and that was fun too... I used a lot of liquid pearls, dimensional pearls and also stickles to accent this piece... each piece is going to be entirely different.. so that is one of the FUN parts of this whole project... I can hardly wait to see what it is going to look like when it is all finished... I have not idea yet what it will be like... hopefully a wonderfully fancyfull quilt...
In this picture you can see the pearls a little better... so much fun...
Hope you have a fun day creating too...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
I LOVE Daisies... they are my very favorite flower ever... I do love all... but this has to be the best ever flower.... I have all these petals free flowing... and you can pick each one up... the stem is sewn down... and the stamping of the other daisies is done with a Dabber... How neat is that... ????
Of course the back ground is made with my Distress Inks... and I also added some Perfect Pearls powders... so it is glittery... love it..
I also used some dimensional Pearls on the center of the flower... and then detailed the petals with some of the green inks... I mixed a few to get the color I wanted for this...
In the center of the stamped daisies, I have used some Antique Linen Distress Stickles... and it really gives a little bit more glittery look...
This week on Grungy Monday, Linda has asked that we do something that we can wear... Well Linda, I can't wear this... but my Windows are going to be wearing these... if you check on a few of the last couple of days, you can see some of the other squares for this wild quilt... each one is 22 inches square and they will then be quilted and then turned into a massive quilt for the French doors in my studio... I am using different things around the farm as the themes of the squares... I hope that this is exceptable for this challenge!!! I am really enjoying using all my Ranger products for this quilt... I was never so excited to realize that I could use them in ways other than for paper... I found all kinds of info on the Ranger site for this... and am totally excited... Of course I am using all of the Tim Holtz line of Distress inks, reinkers, stains and stickles... LOVE THEM all... but now to find out that I can use them safely on fabrics!!! WOW... what a deal...
I hope to get my blouse done today... as I made a white large blouse to wear at a class... as I am going to share this with a lot of people... as I am so excited... My blouse will have flowers on it.. that much I know... so hopefully I will get that done this week too... I am taking a lot of time out these past few weeks... as I am having to plan all my classes for the coming season... so that takes a lot of thinking, doing and making of samples... LOL... what a heart breaker... right??? Having to spend so much time playing!!!
I will share... dont' worry..
Have a good one today... and hope you are able to play all day long... play for me.. .I have to go food shopping... and since we have to go up the mountain to do that... we stop at all kinds of places while we are out... as we don't go up there that often in a month... only a couple of times... living way out in the middle of no where is great... but when we go out.... we GO OUT for the day!!! Makes less time to play in the course of a day... boo hoo... I know that you are upset for me... but I will be back tomorrow... I have a few things to share...
Thanks for stopping by...
And I hope you like the way that the quilt is coming along...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie
Another square for my quilt... if you are just seeing these squares for the first time... I am making a quilt to cover two very large glass areas... one is French doors in my studio and the other is in our den that goes out to the deck... they both need something to help keep the night time coolness out... even though we live in the south... we do get chilly nights... and sometimes even see the white stuff... (I try not to use 4 letter words that are bad... so you will have to think....LOL)
Anyway the squares are 22 inches square and I am using all my Ranger inks to create the colors... on this one I used some of the reinkers of Distress Inks on the tie died style background... and then I created the Sunflowers... all the squares are to have something to do also with our farm... so since we grow very tall sunflowers I thought it would be appropriate to have a sunflower Square.... I am using muslin only for the fabric at this point... but might add some felted wool too... ???? Not really there yet..
I Love this piece as it is really a fun one... the colors are bright and I can remember the 15 foot sunflowers swaying in the summer skies... so very beautiful....
I will try and take a picture of them this summer and put it on the farm blog... I also need to up date this blog... but hey.. first things first... LOL...
I wanted to show some depth on these pretties... so I added some Liquid Pearls to the center of the flowers... what fun I had...
You can see them a little bit better in this picture... I also used some dyed seam binding... as I wanted to show some of the other plants that live with these sunflowers... there are all kinds of vines that choose to grow up the plants... they are just as important...
We use the sunflower seeds to feed the chickens... and also used the entire plant left for mulch on plants that were going to over winter... like garlic and shallots... which are starting to show their green tops and grow now...
This week Sunday Stamper has sewing as the theme... and I think that this also passes for that challenge... ??? YES??? I know I will most likely play with some paper today too... but you never know... I might paint again???
See you tomorrow... and I hope that you enjoyed this slight change in media... Check back on other days to see other pieces of this quilt... I think I have only done a couple... enjoy your day... and have fun...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
I was trying to do too many things all at once and so this picture is huge... it took over an hour for me to upload it.. .I am on dial up and never thought I would be able to up load this size picture... anyway... enjoy...
This is the first of my squares, and I love it... I would like them to be as different as possible in as many ways as possible too... so this one was done with 100% inks... and stamps... I drew and made the leaf stamp... and the other ones are from Tim Holtz line... Enjoy the Journey and the Flourishes... I drew the bird... and then colored in the squares of the 22 inch square..
I love the way that the inks ran and I used all the Ranger ones... Archival, Adirondack, Color washes... and then the Distress ones too... the re-inkers, mini misters, straight from the bottle too... and then a few pads... and just had a BLAST... .love it ... so I will be back soon with another one...
What do you think???
Would love to have some input from you...
leave a comment or e-mail me...
thanks...
Hope you have a fun day... and thanks so very much for stopping by... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
Well I started my quilt... actually a few weeks ago... but I wanted to share all my Valentine tags with you, prior to starting my quilt blogs...
Okay.. the first step was to drag out My Mom's olde Singer... I have a Kenmore that I have had for years... but it is beat up... not worth too much... things just are made the way they use to be made... this olde Singer... a real work horse... can't say that even about the new ones... I bought a real high end Singer prior to my Kenmore... piece of junk... threw it away... literally. I would not want anyone to have to deal with that horrible, frustrating mess when sewing... the tension was never right on it... so I would not buy another one because of it.
I think that this machine is over 60 years old!!! And it runs GREAT... of course the zig zag is an attachement... !!! How funny is that... but hey... it runs well and the tension is GREAT... what more can I ask for...
The purpose of these quilts is to cover the large sets of windows we have in our den and also in my studio, during the colder time of the day... to help save on our heating... even though we heat 100% with wood... we need to conserve that too... So each one of these 'squares' will be different, unique and fun... I have tons of ideas... and just need to create them... So I started to look at my inks, dyes, etc... and then called Ranger and did a little searching... and low and behold... most of the dyes, inks and things can be used on fabric!!!! I am in heaven... So I took some of the Color washes and sprayed it on my newly washed muslin... which is 100% cotton... and the bolt was 44 inches wide... so each square is about 22 x 22 inches... give or take.. I am not into perfection when doing that.... these are the rough squares...
So here is the beginning of a tree and a tree trunk with the blue sky... I used Color washes by Ranger and also some Twinkling H20 sprays... from years ago... I will be ironing all of these to help keep the color into the fabric... but at this point am not that worried about color... as I will not be washing these that often... and most likely will wash very lightly if at all.. . I have had window covers that I made from quilts when we lived in NJ... but these are going to be a little more 'decorative' and embellished...
Of course do you think I could find my leaf stamp??? NO... and I am really up set, as I have picked up my entire studio prior to starting all this ... as I had to switch things around... anyway... I made a new leaf stamp... it had to be a little smaller anyway.. so that is okay...
Then using my Archival inks, I stamped the leaf all over the tree area... as you can see...
I got a little carried away at times and wanted to try other things... so I gave way to that... as when I get those moods... I need to do it... I wanted to try stamping on just white fabric... so I used an Impression Obsession stamp and stamped with an Archival ink pad... and then used some Twinkling H20s around the edge of it...
You have to try things if you are going to learn... right???? So here it is...
Back on the tree... I let the leaves dry... and then added some words... I love words... and wanted to have a few areas of words on each square... maybe ??? To me nothing is written in stone with this project at all... so much fun... total freedom in all ways...
I also took a piece of plastic packaging and cut a bird cage using Tim's die cut... and then used it as a 'stencil' and took a mini mister filled with ink and perfect pearls and spritzed it... what fun... came out pretty good... I will see how it dries now... that is the biggest thing...
Being that this is day one... I wanted
to try all kinds of things... so then I took some other things and started mixing and painting all over this sample cloth...
I am waiting for my 22 x 22 squares to dry... I have them spread all over the studio... didn't want to put them into the dryer ... LOL... so I used some other things all around the cage...
Then I cut a little bird out... and painted it with a couple of things... Distress stains, and also some H20s... fun.. just trying out all kinds of things...
I even embossed with clear powder... and then used black distress stain to go all around the leaves... not too sure about this... seems like the stain got under the embossing ... ??? Will wait and see tomorrow...
I added some more writing... and some gold H 20's.... and just added some lines using my markers from Ranger too...
I wanted the Tree trunk to look a little like a real trunk... with some dimension... some lines, and different colors... so I used all kinds of things to start this process... I don't think this area is finished yet... we will see... maybe some Liquid pearls... or some Distressing stickles... you never know what will be added... maybe even some real saw dust... and glitter... ???
A really active quilt ... and fun too... 1st two days finished!!! WOW that went fast.. didn't it... I will post more as I get things done...
Hope that you enjoy my processes... please leave me a comment and tell me your feelings... thanks a million...
I really love for you to visit... and enjoy it even more knowing that you are enjoying this... thanks...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
