A day of quilts and journals

Well I dusted off the old Bernina sewing machine today and met up with some of the Lovelies from work for a sewing day. As I was going through my stash of fabric I found some pieced blocks that I made .......about 10 years ago.......... I thought it was probably about time I finished this quilt. So with the help of my friend Karen's moggy I finally put it together.........now I will probably wait another 10 years to quilt it! sigh........yet another UFO!

I came home feeling especially creative so I attacked my art journal with gusto!  Here are the resulting pages.

My creative corner

I have set myself up a 'creative corner' in our house so that I can leave all my art stuff set up and it is ready when I get the urge to get all creative!

Previously it was my Roddy's corner, where he would sit and contemplate lots of things. He made the ultimate sacrifice and gave up his corner so I could have this quiet little space, where I can potter, paint, and play. I love it.....thank you Roddy, much appreciated. xx

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

Another result of my spring clean up is that I hauled out all my old patchwork quilts that I made years ago....and of course all the UFO's (unfinished objects) that have been stored away for finishing.........one day.

Those Lovelies at work have decided to have a sewing day this week, so I am spending the day going through my fabric stash, dusting off the old Bernina and sharpening the rotary cutter.....oh no..has the quilting bug hit again???

Agatha

It is a beautiful spring day here in the Blue Mountains and  I guess I have been hit with a bit of 'spring cleaning' fever and have spent the day cleaning out my office-come-studio room (that's code for junk room!).

As I was sorting through the debris I found a folder full of sketches that I had done years ago. It was when I was going through my portrait phase and I did this sketch in graphite of Agatha Christie. I thought it was worth sharing as I remember it took me weeks to do it!

Let me know what you think.

Decisions, decisions

Lots of decisions going on at the moment - will I? won't I?, could I? would I?, can I? can't I, you get the gist! So what does one do when faced with lots of decisions? - you get out your art journal of course! I started fiddling with my journal the other night and came across this quote that just seemed to resonate at the moment. I think there will be a lot more thinking before any final decisions are made over the next few weeks.

Spring has Sprung!

We decided to take a walk to the bottom of Martin's Lookout in the Blue Mountains on the weekend, the weather was great and it was a clear morning. I decided to pack in my sketch pad, best make use of the time down there, the longer I spent sketching, the longer rest I could get!

It is quite a steep walk down, but of course doesn't seem as steep as the walk back up the hill. Here are some pics from our walk.

It really is good to get outside this time of year, spring has definitely sprung up the mountains and I took some snaps of our neighbours trees - beautiful, more fodder for sketching.

One for the girls!

I am working my way through the 21 secrets art journaling workshops and today I completed Jane Davenport's workshop....She is such an inspiration! Here is my journal page after taking Jane's course on drawing faces as part of the 21 secrets workshops.

This journal page is dedicated to the girlies at work who have been helping me out lately as I continue to work towards finding the balance and working through some stress. Thanks Chicks!!