a gaggle of geese

A little ditty to show you my workings!

*to make this I used gifmaker.me

wordless wednesday

quilting by numbers

Normal service is resumed!!

My computer that is..not my quilting

that's never normal.

This mini has been living on my lounge floor for a week or two.

Only stitching an hour at a time,

as my shoulder allows.

(rep strain injury)

or 

(epp strain injury!)

I am not actually quilting by numbers

they were a safety net 

before I cut up all those triangles.

As I'm nearing the end

thoughts turn to quilting etc

 Whilst we're on the subject of numbers

my pal Jessica Life under Quilts

has written a sublime book on epp.

It's all about the top of page 48 for me!

More on that later...

Le Challenge ~ Geometrics

 Sometimes all you need is a little nudge

to set you off.

 It's been way too long since I've picked up a paint brush and oils.

I had forgotten how much I LOVE it!

 I have had this painting in my head for awhile

and had the canvas for even longer.

I originally had an idea for an even scrappier style painting,

that can wait.

So when Lucy and Nat came up with their 

Le Challenge

Geometrics.

I knew what I wanted to do.

I drew a somewhat random pattern

with a pencil and ruler.

The basis for the colour palette was 

my summer of love quilt

(yep still rolling that out)

Although the colours are not all faithful to the quilt

the values remain well balanced.

 So well balanced in fact I'm turning it into a mini.

I mean it would be rude not too right?

English Paper Pieced but of course!

So there we are.

The hardest part with painting is knowing when to stop.

For now I'm calling it Love/Hate.

If I was having a crit I'd have to come up with something meaningful as to why.

Well the love part comes from my quilt

 and the hate because it has a somewhat angst kind of feeling.
Either way I have a feeling this will be the first of many
paintings of quilts and quilts of paintings!

le sneaky peek

Thanks for all your lovely comments regarding my painting,

I know how single minded we get in the quilting world

so I really value your support.

This is my Le Challenge entry

still in progress.

It's very big and very bright

just what we need with our current climate.

I'm thinking wouldnt this make an awesome mini quilt?

do you mind if I paint?

 You may think that quilting is my first love?

But for me it's always been (in a non pretentious way) about art.

If you ask me where my favourite place to hangout is...

I may give you a handful of answers

a garden centre..a fabric shop..portobello market..an antique fair

but really my number one favourite place

is in an art gallery.

There's nothing more inspiring than a whitewashed wall

splashed with vibrant canvases.

Or dark walls with a moody oil or two.

My biggest regret in life is rebelling against 

my art college student life..

and the fact that I never did go back to study..

something about having a life of my own,

with no rules.

I was taught that to create art

there must always be thought behind it,

something that appalled the 17 year old me.

But now that I'm older and wiser

I totally agree.

Don't get me wrong I'm not going all artsy on you,

I'm just realising how my art college years have 

shaped the way I quilt and why I have to be different,

and to show my working out.

Just like quilts I have had paintings floating about in my head.

So when this months Le Challenge theme was announced

as geometric

I knew I had to crack on.

My first attempt in oils 

I'm calling severence.

 Having the book;

  Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (thanks Lisa)

 fall apart as I read it

I knew I wanted to recycle it.

I feel very in tune with Virginia Woolf

and her fractious view of high society and
the continuous present.

This is just a start

not my le challenge entry

 I have bigger fish to fry...