You know how the song goes. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.
I just watched a webinar on dyeing fabric from natural sources, including onion skins, Marigolds, Daffodils, and more. The instructor was very engaging, enthusiastic, and informative. She did a demonstration with onion skins. The skins turned the fabric into some beautiful colors. I became very interested quickly!
I was all excited about trying this process. Then she talked about collecting all the bits and bobs from her yard/garden/trees, putting them in Ziploc bags in the freezer or her pantry until she has enough to make a vat of dye. Well, I keep thinking about ALL the stuff in my house NOW, and think, “I am not starting a new pile of “stuff”! I will likely attempt a very small version of dyeing with onion skins just to say I did it.
I share this story with you because I am still dusting myself off, and trying to get started again.
Last post I said I would share a couple of pictures of what I have done in the past 6 months.
Last Christmas season I wanted to make Megan and Andy a special gift. (we sometimes try to make each other cry with outstanding personal gifts). Anyway, I had started a fabric painting of Megan holding Caleb (firstborn). It is very Madonna(ish), but when COVID hit, Robin’s stroke hit, I put it aside. I still want to finish it, but knew I could not do that in 4 days! So, I started looking at photos and came across a darling photo of Caleb and Ruth (second born) from a trip to England. I got excited and knew I could whip this out in a couple of days. That is exactly what I did! I did a watercolor of the photo. As you can see from the photo it turned out pretty good. When I gave it to them, I did not get the expected reaction, but they liked it.
And I did manage to get one fabric painting done. I decided to do a floral, thinking it would be a no-brainer. It turned out to be more difficult than I thought. Zoom in and look at all the different patterns I used. It is called, IN THEIR GLORY. I really like coneflowers!
I am almost done with another painting, that I made quite a few years ago. I really didn’t like the way it looked previously, so I ripped off the lower part and changed the view. I will show that to you next month.
It is Memorial weekend starting tomorrow, and the weather is supposed to be great, so get outside and enjoy the beautiful world that God has given us to live in!