Fabulous Friday

While C and I were taking a little stroll with Barker, I came across this lovely heart pendant lying on the sidewalk


I am sorry that someone lost it, but I am so happy that I found it and it wasn't crushed to smithereens! (I wonder about that word, smithereens........where in the world did it come from?)

Anna has gotten me totally addicted to Zentangles. I sat down this morning and spent about a half hour semi meditating and creating this one:


The weather has turned cold again..........and it is so windy!! BRRRRRR! We ran some errands this afternoon, and C dropped me off here for about a half hour of fiber bliss:


I just had to include the above shot so that you could enjoy the "Kong's Body Shop" sign! It always gives us a laugh.

But seriously, I spent 30 minutes in heaven, just fondling the fiber, admiring the fabulous trims, and checking out the incredible buttons!



If you are still basking in the wonderment of last week's Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, you may want to go here for further enjoyment.

YES WE DID!

FOUR and not a day more!

I had a great day in the studio today....printing, dyeing, painting, exploring. Here is a piece of white on white cotton on which I have ironed more of the freezer paper hearts :

I'd already removed the two hearts at the bottom when I took the picture. I was excited to see how the white pattern on the fabric resisted the paint and produced a more visible pattern .

Here I've removed all of the freezer paper hearts:



I really, really like the freezer paper hearts and will probably use some for Valentines:

Now that I've finally got the heat setting on my Thermofax machine adjusted correctly, I am having a ball making screens. I doodled a bunch of hearts and then made this screen, which I printed on more of the white on white fabric:


Here are a bunch of my Valentines:

Remember the gingko leaves that I overdyed the other day? I decided that the fabric needed something, so I brayered some sequin waste and a bit of bubble wrap on top of it.....I hate what happened!!!

So then I decided to outline the leaves with black textile paint, and then I used a black fine point Sharpie:
Finally, I've foiled them:
I think I will do some quilting around them and see what happens. Any suggestions? (It's ok to tell me to just throw it away........I won't hit you!)

PEACE