Let it sew...

Christmas sewing has started. I've made cute bunting and H's dress. Bit of a snag with Mr B's outfit: the pattern was incomplete. Off to exchange that tomorrow.

The power of the net

It is simply fantastic, that when you are in the middle of a project, and unsure of what to do, you have access to a huge collection of resourses; they are simply a click away.

Today I was making a tote for Miss H's lunch box, and could not quite remember how to do boxed corners. I did not want to spend (more) hours with Mz QuickUnpick, so instead I did a quick search using Google (or "googled" it - an age where even a search engine becomes a verb).

My search rendered this very nice explanation, complete with photos Craft apple

Within 5 minutes my problem was solved. Viva l'internet.

ready for school

Back into it...Part 2

I wanted the journaling for this piece to be juxtaposed. I wanted vibrancy and whimsy. I decided to try my new Derwent Inktense pencils (I was inspired by a recent article by Tam). All that remained was the layout. I was considering several, when I received a message from Kelly regarding a Tangle post I had done.

WHAM! the idea hit me. I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

So I sketched out the design with a 3H pencil, then erased all but a trace with my kneadable. Then I added colour (note the cunning placement of a heart over a bleed through)



I then went over the pencil with my paintbrush.



I added more pencil. The Windsor and Newton paper had burred from the application of water. The paper could not handle anymore, so I blended the new pecil layer with a Dove blender pen



I then added some shadows and the text.

Back into it

Today is a beautiful sunny day. The family are out. A perfect reason to pull out my journal.

I didn't feel like doing anything pretty today. I decided to do a graphite drawing based on what I'm learning from the 5 Pencil Method.

I am going to journal on the opposite page...but for now taking a break...

Pencil on Windsor & Newton Paper

My mamma said...

there'd be days like this


Pencil on Strathmore Bristol Smooth

Lucy Jordan

I have taken an hiatus from the sewing frenzy and worked on a journal page. It's inspires by the Dr Hook song: The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

Here she is (until I can take a better photo)



I was going to finish the picture in colour. I think perhaps I shall leave it in monochrome...

Frog!

I HATE unpicking, but when you've been a goose and sewn the wrong sides together...there isn't much choice.