peacocks and puses

 the peacock is getting closer to done just one more layer of feathers

here's the tail from a different perspective.

 a close up of the lower body



and head

 look how pretty from the side!

another 2 purses down!

I call this one "Drama Queen"


the little blue spider

 a close-up of the dragonfly

and the panseys

and here's mermaid

I'm pleased with how the fish came out but I'm not sure about the rest.

Now for the new year

Ms twitchy whiskers

This lovely little girl is Jubilie, our rescue kitty. and the newest member of our household.
she is still getting used to her new roost and is still looking for her fellow cast-outs.

every day she gets less skittish and more used to the noises the house makes.

cat ball

She has also decided several spots are now "hers"
My daughters bed is one of those spots


This little paisley is my first installment to this years BJP.
white for the missing snow of this winter

I've decided to make a paisley for each month this year.
each one 2-3 inches.











I have decided it's about time I did something with this dress.
so I am going to embroider things all over it, this peacock is the first.

closing out the old year

 closing out the old year by finishing off things begun at the beginning of 2011
I have 3 more little purses to finish, this one is the fist of those.

I love how the pansies turned out!





Here are all of the  2011 BJP's together,
My Mara is sanding in for "Beautiful you are my world"
which I gave to my friend Laura-Lee for her birthday.

the "moon" and "Time" are my favorites.

peacocks comment

 Peacock left a comment on myBJP2011
"I totally understand the frustration of something not turning out the way you envision it... but sometimes the way that it turns out instead has a different but equally important beauty. Is it possible that this tree falls in that category?" 

very definitely!
I started out with a slightly different vision and ended up with this tree which is not diminished by my inability to make it "right".

most of my frustration with this particular piece was how long it took me to finish!
I kept loosing interest in it.
then I would feel like i HAVE TO work on it and I don't think I have to tell anyone, how inhibiting to creativity that particular feeling is!

so now that it is done the question is, do I like it?
                                                                               yeah.
I know uninspiring answer but I do appreciate the things I learned from doing this project much more.

happy new year!

Happy Solstice!

Happy Holidays!

christmas stocking fr Lydia

in the beginning

 I started with Lydia's favorite color green

added jingles

it jingles!

 lots of sparkly and a turtle

there had to be a turtle

Add caption

Voila!


a stocking for Lydi!

with gingerbread and snowflakes

a poinsettia

 daisies and a key
(of knowledge, to my heart, part of the family crest)

more snowflakes and

Mele Kalikimaka!

all hung by the chimney with care!

taking advice

 
Especially Gerry's advice, when Cqing is always a good idea.

the more input you get the better your own ideas are in the end!

just think of what the golden age of reason would have been if there had been no salon's for the intellectuals to talk, argue and share idea's?

Think of what Art would have looked like if not for the coffee houses and bars in paris and elsewhere!

nice but not stunningly beautiful.-not that I am comparing my little things to any of this mind you I'm just ruminating.

anyway, I took Gerry's advice and added a fan to the yawningly empty brown patch and a nest with birds above it.

I give you the side-by side comparison

sewing and coughing don't mix!

looks like a cqshop barfed on it!

Ok, so, walking pnumonia isn't fun, especially over a holliday!
I have been trying to plug along through a stuffy nose, shaky hands and coughing myself insideout.
my friends sewing and coughing don't mix!

ort's jar

half the time you loose your place and the other half you loose the needle, it's just badness.
I'll live, that prognosis is good, though I'm still coughing, it doesn't make me want to take a nap anymore!)

I got my FFT RR#16  block back and is it lovely!
I'm just going to add a thing or two and it will be perfecto!
I also worked on the changes Gerry suggested for the blue/brown block
(Isn't she the greatest!)

I added a fan to the yawning empty brown space and added a birds nest with two glass lampwork beads, I got in my monthly embellishments package from Eveningstar designs.

those are great if you need a random stash boost!
Carolyne sends out a selection of ribbons, lace, beads, silk ribbon, buttons, charms, silkies and all sorts of fun stuff!


it's totally random and a lovely little surprise in your mailbox once a month!

I get nothing for promoting BTW.
I just love her cqclubs and she is a lovely person to have gotten to know over the years.

we put up the tree this weekend and it looks fabulous like it does every year! it does need one more string of lights though, i ran out of them at the top of the tree so when they blink the whole top goes dark!
I started a stocking for my DD she requested I make her a new one this year, in apple greens with a turtle on it! so far so good!

Happy Turkey day!

go get stuffed!)

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

BJP-Or mind can hide

yipes! I can't belive it's almost turkey day!
and it's been a LOOng time since I updated (or did anything with) my BJP stuff *bad Flora*
didn't we just start this year?

anyway this is my november contribution called
 "Or a mind can Hide"



as you can see her thoughts are spilling out all over the place!

 I liked the contrast of the sky blue and the crystal clear being like thoughts
sometimes we are lost in thought

or we lose our train of thought




very seldom do you have a clear thought with a good idea attached to it




and some Ideas are brighter than others

but we are always thinking

all day long or thoughts are cascading over one another in a constant flow

Sharon Boggins encrusted crazyquilt class progress

Not sure I'm done with this one yet.
 I have spent a lot of time lurking in this class and not participating mostly because i have been dealing with a "brain cloud" issue.



rife with muzzy thinking or just flat out can't manage to rub two good thoughts together and didn't want to inflict my incoherencies on any one else I didn't have to!


I was ,however, paying enough attention to follow along and I have to say these are a talented group of ladies!








I'm not very good at photo-as-you-go, as anyone who has read my blog will attest to! It's a failing.

I get into my "Zone" and the piece is done before I realize I haven't taken any pictures of it!


I did finally post pictures of what I have been working on as i lurked in the shadows. I would love a little advice on what to do with that bare brown corner.

I was thinking of putting a bird in a nest there to complimenting the bird button on the other side but i don't know!



 here's the whole thing so far I don't know that corner needs something!
Gerry Help!