I have started again

Hey Blogger world

I started art journaling again. I was in Chicago with family over the weekend and we decided to do a day of crafting. I just happened to bring my set of Pan Pastels with me for this trip. I only had one day to play but we had fun.

This was a page from one of my favorite "Comet"art journals.  I look high and low for these and buy them up every chance I get. They handle wet background techniques well. They even stand up to my Copic markers.  

Here is a page I did with Versamark and pan pastels. I still can't get over how easy this covers a page. And a little fixative afterwards to seal and you are on your way. I am still looking for a good pen to use on these pages that won't cost me a fortune. In the meantime I am using my Pitt Faber Castel pens and I used the Big White Pitt pen for the lettering. All of the doodling was done by me. Not a lot but I enjoy it.  The metallic accents were done with Sakura gel pens. I have a ton and decided it was time to use them.

The stamp was something my cousin had laying around. (literally)  I should have taken a picture of the page she did while playing with the pan pastels. The purple and yellow flower was absolutely gorgeous.

As you can see I started signing all of my work. My cousin encouraged me a couple of years ago to start.

I am crafting this weekend so these babies will definitely be put to use.  In any case. I hope you like it. Please feel free to comment. I would love the feedback.

Until later
SS

The last of the Three

So here is the last quilt that I did during my recent long arm session. It is called "Bacon and Eggs".  It is a pattern I got from my LQS in Lewisville, TX called, Quilt country.  It is primarily 2 1/2 inch strips or you can use a jelly roll. You then add the spot of color for the blocks and then you are done. I chose pink for mine.  I have so much black and white fabric that I may do another one, I would probably do yellow this time.

And yes, you can tell that I really could care less how my hair looked for this picture.

Just one more quilt

Yes, I am still trying to finish up quilts that I have started. I might actually give this one to my kid. Here is another quilt that I did entirely out of scraps. One of the local quilt shops I frequent has a sit and sew day. Occasionally I will go and there was one lady that had a little talk with me about "disposing of" scraps. Needless to say, she was right. This scrappy four patch is what came out of it.

My latest escapades

Yes
I have been horribly absent as of late but I wanted to let you know what I have been up to for the last few months. I have been extremely busy at work. But I managed to find a new hobby. I new, very expensive, hobby. Although, it takes me to my happy place so I am not going to complain too much.

So yes, I am QUILTING. It takes me to my happy place. I went to quilt a few that I had pieced together some months ago. Now, I just have to bind them. 

I plan on doing a long arm quilting session ever couple of months. I managed to get 3 quilts completed today. I would have taken be forever on my sewing machine. Although, I have never tried to do free motion quilting on my new machine.

In any case, I hope you like it.