New Year, New Projects and the Same Old Blogger Problems

Thank you to all that posted or emailed to let me know if they were or were not having problems getting my blog to load. I'm really confused now because some of you are having the same problem I am and others are not, it takes several minutes to load on my computer but loads instantly on my phone. As much as I love this new technology it sure is frustrating when you have no idea how to fix something.

On to new stuff!

I have one more of the 20" napkins that I have been using for my daily stitching so I'll have two daily stitching projects to start the year with.

2020 Daily Stitching#1

 I may use some fabric scraps on this one, but there are also a couple of other ideas floating around so nothing is definite yet except for the rainbow colored blanket stitch. These are the scraps they may get used.

Continuing 2019 Daily Stitching #5
The tree has all its branches now.

2020 Weekly Leaf week #1

I have several cyanotype prints of Burr Oak leaves so to start the year I'm stitching them. They may end up altogether in a larger piece.

I took a group shot of all of the 2019 Leaves. These will get mats and be ready to frame individually and will end up for sale if I get my act together.

SAQA Benefit Auction
I've done a small piece (6"x 8") for the silent auction that will be held at the annual SAQA Conference.

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching"

SAQA Spotlight and Benefit Auction

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) has two auctions a year, the Spotlight Auction is held during the annual conference and the Benefit Auction is held in September. I have both of the pieces I'm donating ready to go, I just have to go to the postoffice.

Oak Leaf

This will be mounted behind a mat with a 5 x 7 opening and is for the Spotlight Auction.

Pink and Grey Abstract

12 X12

This one is for the Benefit Auction.

72  days of Landscapes 

This weeks landscapes actually reflect what has been happening here. First snow, several inches, then melting snow and the last two are of the current grey skies rain and mud.

Day #39

hand dyed fabric and hand made paper

Day #40

A snowy day

cotton eyelet and hand made paper with botanicals

Day #41

White fabric, hand dyed tissue paper, dyed fabric and hand stitching

Day #42

hand made paper, one in blue the other with botanicals added

Day #43

dyed cheesecloth, handmade paper and hand stitching

Day#44

Hand dyed cotton and cheesecloth 

Day #45

Hand dyed fabrics and stamped trees.

2019 Weekly Leaf wk#7

A botanical print on a piece of vintage damask tablecloth

2019 Daily Stitching Days 39-45

I'll be linking up with "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching".

Week 8 of Seventy Days to 70

Only two weeks to go!

#50  Assorted snaps

 #51 Dyna flow background with lock stitch

 #52 Handmade paper with fabric bits, fused 

 #53 Rusted with buttons attached

 #54 SolarFast print with stitching

 #55 Notan inspired leave done with a Sharpie

#56 Straight stitches in red pearl cotton

Weekly Stitching

 Week #9 Signs of Life: Universal Shapes

Daily stitching updates

Shades of Orange  (only 2 weeks to go here also) #345-351

2017 Daily Stitching days 52-58

Did lots more french knots and some satin stitching.

Later in the week I'll be linking up to  "Off the Wall Friday" and "Slow Sunday Stitching" 

SAQA Spotlight Auction

I will not be going to the SAQA Conference this year but I've sent in a piece for the Spotlight Auction. I really enjoyed participating last year, although the prices went up beyond my budget. The piece I've sent in for this year was a sample I did before last weeks tea bag leaf. For this one the leaf was free motion machine stitched and the background hand stitched. When I read the size requirements for the submission I found that it was the perfect size.

I added the felt back because it needed to be 6"x8". Since it will be matted for the auction, the felt will not show.

The Weekly Leaf
This week I pulled out one of my pressed leaves (I have a box full)placed it on my fabric and traced around it.

Then added lots of stitches.

Week #4

Daily Stitching updates

Gelli prints #19-#25

Sari Ribbon #312-#318

I've also printed quite a few black circles onto white fabric squares, 9" and 6", then cut them into 3" squares. So far I'm a bit discouraged with my results of rearranging them, but it's helping me realize just what I do have to print to get similar results to the small piece I showed last week. Of course those pieces had been printed and cut up several years ago and where much smaller, so trying to recreate them has been a challenge.

Linked to "Off the Wall Friday"