–verb (used without object)
to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty: A gunboat wallowed toward port.
Ever feel like you are wallowing?!
Well......
I have been plodding along with the exercises in the workbook.
How about you?!
I must admit some are easier than others
and this week's activities posed some challenges.
Continuing with the theme of shadows in chapter 3,
I attempted to copy (a term I use loosely here)
from a photo and 'try' to capture the shadows...
and these are just a bunch of wee sketches from my brain
or copied from another source....
This past week, I also tried some of the fabric exercises from chapter 4
including exercise #1, using three organic shapes.
I fiddled with their placement...
and settled on this arrangement....
(notice the cactus-resembling shape!)
and had some fun with the quilting...
For exercise #2, the collage, I tried to create my own fabric
using the limited number of 'mixed media' tools I have.
I started with a Versamark Watermark stamp pad ...
and some recently acquired cacti stamps...
I stamped some cacti on my hand dyed fabric
and sprinkled it with the embossing powder...
shook off the excess powder back into the container....
and used my heating tool to try to emboss the stamped cacti...
It isn't really embossed like it would be on paper
but I like the effect....
I am thinking now that cacti on fabric might be an exercise to try with this book...
Stay tuned!
I printed a cactus flower on a piece of fabric made especially for the printer
(which I purchased some time ago at Joann's and I know that it is not top quality fabric,
hence not a top quality photo)...
and this is my attempt at a collage...
I don't love it but it was fun to try.
I hope that you are moving along in the workbook too
and would love to see what you have done.
Shoot me an email with photos!
Interestingly...
wallow can also mean
to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality
So....I borrowed these wonderful books from the library
as inspiration for another project...
I am part of a flickr group of 10 quilters and each month,
we make a row (60" wide) for one of the quilters
using their theme/colors/ideas.
This month is mine
and I chose a Gee's Bend inspired row.
I just love it!
I have been pondering my solid fabric piles
and auditioning color combinations.
Not sure yet....
Will it be....
Door #1.....
Door #2...
or door #3...
Where is Monty Hall when you need him?!!!!
Upstatelisa... who will, one way or another, wallow through Wednesday....(P.S. did you see this giveaway???
)
Hey there! I have to say it's a joy to read about all the projects you are working on. I too feel like wallowing. Just can't seem to get out of it. Oh well,..
ReplyDeleteThe more color the better, I love door #3 :o)
Wow, you've got so much going on! I feel I'm just plodding through... There has been so much going on here, that I've only just made my way through chapter 2. Sorry I just uploaded the photos to the Flickr pool - would you rather I emailed them to you first? (I tend to get to the instruction-reading-part more as an afterthought...) It was good to actually get to the sewing and playing with fabric bit, though, and I look forward to going straight on through chapter 3during the rest of the week, so I don't lag too much behind. I'm having fun with this :-)
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