The ruminations of an artist on art & life...art quilts, beading, knitting, drawing, painting, printmaking, bookmaking are all my passions, I love to explore creating....

Friday, May 02, 2008

Of flowers and frogs

Lately I have been real busy with designing for my classes at the California School of Professional Fabric Design where I am "master" student---in my last class, and hopefully close to finishing.

Consequently, I haven't been doing much sewing or beading---only knitting--since it is easily transportable. At least that is what I have been telling myself---but when I got busy and really cleaned and organized my crafting studio space---suddenly I found myself sewing up a little project I had been wanting to try for months! So here is to organized studio space (!) and spring flowers....

a spring flower ! created from some ribbons, vintage button, beads....


and this flower using a vintage hanky and vintage button

these are a (surprise!) gift for one of the faithful attenders of my monthly Needlework Salon---she makes fabulous knit & felted hats---which these will trim nicely. She made the soon-to-be grandbaby these fun froggy felted booties--sized to fit a new born, aren't they fun?

4 comments:

Mieke said...

Just found your blog and I love it!!!!

Anonymous said...

mom the baby is going to be sooo groovy!

Timaree said...

Neat flowers and booties. The sweater you made turned out very nice. My knit things for babies always ended up too big. I have a real problem with gauge even if I make up my own pattern from my own gauge sample!

Mary Timme said...

Having been gone for a bit I totally understand your being too busy for anything but the essential. What darling booties and pins.