The Gypsy on Adventure

Sewing...Flags!

I have been getting the itch to sew and I then I saw this! There is some thing about this that I love! And espeically like the ones I posted...here is a link to the blog challenge.

They are small, portable to work on, and I love the face I can do my crazy quilting techniques on them.

 

Satisfying Day!

Well I have been painting paper which they are coming out WONDERFUL, cutting out photos, I am going to get the book together for the retirement!It is a perfect 74 here but VERY windy! I have had to tape all my paper down! I have been on my mini patio outside and it has been a challenge!  But it drys much faster and with less mess in the house! I was doing laundry, went out to the yarn store, I want to try my hand at a purse, and hit a sale! And I did some sewing. Whew!

What would have cost me $70 cost me $40! AND I bought a set of size 17 LARGE needles! I am going to do a scarf with some really funky yarn I just bought on Friday!!! And the artist Holly, suggested I use big needles to show off the fun and funky yarn! It hasn't come yet! Today, I bought MORE pink and orange! I just LOVE those colors! AND it will match the handles that Mary got me! So in between working my boney fingers to my secret project for my boss who is retiring I will try to knit!

I even did some gardening! I planted some of my ferns that were waiting for my pot that broke to be fixed and dry! Michael fixed it for me and now my ferns are very happy!

I had crackers out with me as well, in her outside cage, and the bitchy cat Vanilla is in my boys cage on the deck as well watching the crazy woman paint! DON'T let that sweet face fool you! She tries to attack me! She scratches! She cannot be in the house because she goes after the two other cats AND the bird! Can't allow it.

Thats been my day! Yesterday I did food shopping so I am stocked with fresh fruit and veggies! Plus a little bit of goodies! My son left Reno yesterday...coming home to California. I haven't seen him yet but I am sure he will land on my door step soon. I have no idea where he is going to live. But he couldn't take being by himself there and I hope he continues collage!!!! It took me SO long to get him started there!

Anyway, that is my life today.

Mini Class

Well today I got up early cleaned the house up and took off to be with Loretta and Sharen for the day of teaching silk ribbon embroidery on their almost finished crazy block. They are making book covers out of them! They are turning out REALLY awesome!

They are really quick students...and easy to teach. I don't feel like I am floundering teaching them...they are very generous!  I think we will do the silk ribbon one more time we only got one rose and leaves done today...

Loretta is walking us through how to make one of her fab magazine books! This is so much fun because you take cool pages from magazines and then make a book and collage all over them! Fun fun fun! Clear as mud as far as working on them! I do great when she explains it and then I get lost! LOL

Day of teaching and friendship

What a fantastic day! Seriously fantastic! I got out of the house on time despite the fact that I woke up with a bladder infection that I tried to ignore ALL day! 

(Note: When I called the on duty doctor, she got mad at ME because I didn't know what antibiotic I COULD take...sigh...so I worked with the pharmacist and we finally found the one I could take! I have now at this late hour FINALLY received the meds and started to take it! I hope it kicks in soon! I guess I have to get TWO more med bracelets in order to put ALL my allergies and now WHAT I can take! Sigh)

Any way, I left on time and got to Loretta's house...all excited about the day! We had a great convo about thyroid issues! I love talking to more people that live with this too! And we got lost going to Sharen's house even though we had been there before! Giggle

So we got there around 11 even though we left an hour earlier! Sigh!  Giggle Snort!

We started to eat a little bit and then started right to work, and we made some great progress! They are doing great! For never having done crazy quilting before they are going lightening fast! We got to some beading today...and next time we are going to do some silk ribbon! 

Teaching and Friends

Oh! Today was a good day! I got off work an hour early, and drove to my friend Loretta's house so I could do the second phaze of crazy quilting teaching...ah, the embellishment! The part I LOVE to do!

So tonight I tought them 4 basic stitches and I thought that was moving! from about 6-8:30 so that was good I thought! I left them with their goodie bags and another meeting scheduled for next month to work on more skills and add the beading and charms! This is so much fun!

I haven't played in fabric in a long time or embroidered...so this is great for me!  And I really enjoy their company! This is a lot of fun sharing each others talents! I was also able to give Sharen her AB book back with my contribution, and she liked it!! Whew!

Mini Art Party

Ah...today was MY turn to teach...

Well it WORE me out...I am exhausted...but it was nice to do...I have to have some good stuff along with the bad! I am invigerated in one way and tired in another.

This was different because "I" was the teacher! Giggle... I was teaching crazy quilting...and they BOTH finished their "pieceing"...so next time we get together I can teach them the stitches!!! I was pleased...we started at 11:30 and they finished at 4:30...so not bad! I was expecting two days of pieceing! this was wonderful... The hard part is always deciding how big to make it! So that took some time. They were quick learners and by 4:30 pm they had their first crazy quilt pieced AND ready for embellishment!

Scoping Crazies

Who knew you were so talented, Gypsy? Creations done long ago suddenly take on a life of their own. A short story, written and submitted long ago, is pulled from the bottom of the slush pile. Or a portrait you painted gets a second admiring look. Whatever the circumstances, you will enjoy the recognition. Your work is not the only thing receiving admiring glances. Your partner appreciates you, and not just for your talent!

Excited!

I received an email from Pallie, the woman I adopted as my mom over 10 years ago...I just LOVE her and wished she was my mom! Well she may not have given birth to me, but I still give her grey hair! Giggle*snicker*Snort  She calls me Greedy because I want EVERY THING!  I made her a Crazy Quilted piece to make into a sewing garbage bag!  I just can't tell you how wonderful I feel knowing that she loves something I made! AND that it is something she will use almost every day! : )

Greedy,
Tell Michael the only way I want my picture to be taken from now on is with someone standing on a ladder looking down at me.  Last night I finished my garbage bag.  I just winged it.  I didn't have too much trouble doing the bag but got a little tricky putting the velcro on the material on the tile.  Finally got it done, it looks grrrrrrrrrreat and I Loooooooove it. Thank you again for all your time a love you put into it.  Read most of your blog and looked at pictures, you are just toooooooooo smart for your britches.  I'm going to show off my garbage bag at Bernina club next month.  Love ya, Mom

Glorious Day!

My gawd it is ALWAYS a glorious day when friends come to visit! And expecially when we are all baring gifts! Wow...what a fun and fast day of it! This made me happy...and sad...because I miss Pallie so much when she leaves after our holiday festivities! I just want her to move in next door...so I can see her all the time! Look at that angelic face (the one in the middle) you would NEVER know that she W H I N E S !!!! Giggle

Nice People

One of my friends, a retiree's wife, Julee, put me in touch with one of her friends. Her friend's mom passed away and she was a seamstress for a living. She was kind enough to let me take some fabric, thread and a Bernina serger, and an industrial iron! Maria was very nice, and felt better that some one that sewed was taking some of her mom's items. Which made me feel good too. I am hoping that one of my friends will help me take the rest to Raft.

With Linda passing some of her treasure to me yesterday, and Maria passing down her mom's stuff to me today, I have decided that I better figure out what goes to who if I should pass without warning. That is going to be a large task...like Maria and I were talking about our animals as well...to make sure we provide for them as well.

Today I spent most of it looking for images for my next round of altered books...Hands...so I have been trying to come up with a design. Or at least an idea...