I simply like to make things …
Sometimes with an end in mind, as with this bit of Inktense block doodling that is destined to be torn apart …
for collage …
But mostly I just love getting lost in the making …
for its own sake.
Tag: Stitch: Patchplay
Out of sight
It’s that time of the year, when I can’t show you what I’m up to without revealing someone’s gift.
Fortunately, I’m still puttering around with this cloth (although I honestly have no idea where I’m going with it) …
and our tree has been decorated, so there’s that to show …
The grandkid “bunk” room is ready and waiting, with three mattresses stacked into an erstwhile sofa (or trampoline, more likely) …
Don has been working his usual holiday magic on the front porch, but it’s raining, so I’m taking a pass on photographing the garage for now …
And I’m well-pleased with how the stitch/guest room is coming along. The closet doors have been removed to make my “pantry” more accessible …
I’ve hung a bunch of pictures on one wall …
but the facing wall is blank …
Waiting for another day …
Takin’ it easy
After slamming from high-summer 90s into full-on winter 20s, the weather has come back to something near normal for Texas. So with an old Eagles pop-tune playing in my head, I took my barefeet out onto the back porch to dry my hair in the sun …
while enjoying a through-the-looking-glass view of my stitching window.
I even managed to piece a few patches together …
after auditioning a couple of iterations …
The latest strips are not as visually interesting, so they are soon to be dyed with tea and windfall lichen, gathered with the help of Griffin and Parker yesterday …
And while I don’t have pictures of our lichen gathering activities, nor of the rollicking game of soccer that followed, I do have a fun shot of P trying on Don’s boots …
I could get used to this …
