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What I am Working on a Whacked Out Folk Art Quilt using my Landscape Photos

 This will be a wall hanging quilt and its one of favorite ways of quilt making, which is called whacking.  I am whacking out the decor around the photo which is one of my nature or landscape photos.

 I printed the photo on fabric and began adding the sides and top, then I decided to add the leaves, which are cut from felt. The trees are also being cut out free hand using no patterns but just cutting the fabric and the trees are a pretty brown decorative felt.

 I am adding all kinds of different designs of stitches from my Brother Sewing Machine

 This is a close up of one of trees and the design in the felt, I creating the quilt on the sewing machine because I love crafting quilts using the machine it is just lots of fun for me and I am using a white cotton thread just because I wanted quite a lot of contrast in the leaves and trees.

 I cut small squares for the top and altered the squares, down below is more of the trees and leaves as I am adding them.  I soon will add the backing which will be a dark orange-brown and I have also signed the photo and put the year it was made on it.  I am not using any stabilizer because the felt does not need it.  I love working with my photos and the felt and I plan on doing a few more quilts like this one and some that will just use some great great I have been working on.

A Little Something for Mother's and Mothers Day

Oh boy! I am running way behind so I thought I better get busy and do something for Mother's Day. I decided to paint this little chalkboard of a little owl, who is a mother and a baby bee and larger child bee and I guess I was thinking about being different in that moms are many different things and this little owl and decided to adopt abandoned bee's and raise them.  I guess I was thinking about nature and how sometimes there are odd ball friendships in animals and I thought why couldn't a little owl raise a couple of busy bee's.  I admit my thinking was strange but I think mom can be anything, do so much and lots of love to give!   I did paint in the acrylics and and I wrote a few things that moms are to their children or in this case how these little busy bee's feel about their mother the wise little owl.

     In the second picture is my grand baby girl Joey celebrating that big TWO birthday and I just love the look on her face in this photo, I have been sharing it lots and there is so much said in the look she is giving everyone!  So here she is again....

 Joey I love your look....HOORAY FOR TURNING 2!!

Crafting Tuesday, What I am working on,

Yes I am still painting away!  I did a small painted chalk board and I am painting on a red tin box.   I am using oil based acrylics.  The chalk board is for Mother's day and tin box is just for spring or summer time.  I am learning some about painting on tin, its a bit harder to with with the paint, it needs quite a bit of building up as you go along so I am having to stop and let the paint dry very dry before I can paint on it again otherwise the paints just seem to smear around on the tin box.
The chalk board was a bit easier to do and I have done several times and love how each one has turned out; I like how the acrylics pop a bit on the chalk board I think that' the biggest reason why I love painting on the chalk boards.

Two New Finished Painted Wooden Trays A few Crows and Some Happy Little Pigs

 Good Afternoon to everyone! I hope Easter brought lots of family and friends together, mine was quiet with a simple brunch out at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arnies-Cafe/330351107006
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I have just finished painting these two small wooden trays with oil based acrylics and the designs are mine and were created freehand so I can't duplicate exactly the same.  I love crows there is so many fun ways to draw a crow! and these two are for celebrating the 4th of July.  I found the trays in a second hand store and they had nothing on them so I thought they would make cute home decor for summer and the 4th of July.  You can't eat off of them now because of acrylics and the sealer which is an acrylic sealer applied after the paint dried for a couple of days.  I love the dark wood it made the acrylic paints just pop! I think.  This is my very first time drawing pigs and they came not to bad, it was lots of fun to look at lots photos of pigs and come up with two of my very own!
Today I am working on finishing a wall hanging quilt and I am thinking about doing a giveaway around the middle of May.  I am also working on a doll and more painting a few different items that I will be sharing soon with you all.

Happy Easter to All!

HAPPY EASTER!!