Last weekend I happened upon the website for the 100DayProject. This year’s project starts tomorrow. It sounded like a fun idea, so I’m doing it. I’m going to focus on making monoprints and using them in collage and in my art journal. On days where I have plenty of time, I’ll make a bunch...
Escape Velocity
I started this piece well over a year ago, shortly before I broke my wrist. It started out as a tiny doodle in a notepad. I constructed a big honking spiral, transferred it to the back piece of an old army shirt (it doesn’t fit me anymore, might as well recycle it, right?) and...
Slow projects
I’ve been doing a lot of hand stitching lately, which doesn’t make for particularly enthralling blogging. I’ve been avoiding posting photos in which I’ve made only a tiny bit of progress, but that’s led to a lack of blogging lately. I probably mentioned before that I’ve switched gears on the hexagon flower quilt. I’ve...
Make Needle Threaders Last Longer
When I started doing a lot of embroidery, I tried pretty much every needle threader there is. But for threading stranded floss, I kept coming back to those cheap little threaders that come in a 3-pack for a dollar with the little wires that break at the drop of a hat. I find them...