"CREATIVITY"

"Creativity is the mind at play with

the materials that it loves."~Carl Jung

                     A friend inspired me when she gave me a "Mini-quilted Birthday Card"       

to get out my fabric and ribbon embroidery basket.

I had made a ribbon embroidered crazy quilt pillow for my

grandaughter for Christmas as shown in a prior post.

I had some scrapes from that project left and could not bring myself

to throw them away.  So I was delighted with the idea of this little quilt.

I decided to use my scrapes to make some 4" sachet angels with lavender

seeds inside for a delicate lavender smell.

Below are pictures of two angels made from the

crazy quilt scrapes and one made with raw silk and embroidered flowers.



 

Pictured below is my "Mini-quilt Birthday Card" and some

others that my friend has made.

@ 5"x7"

I finished another crocheted baby quilt, white with a blue edge
for a friend  who has a new grandson.

 

That's it for now.  I have enjoyed keeping my hands busy making these items, now

I need to get back to painting!!!!!!!

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Ribbon Embroidered Pillow, Croched Blanket and A Baby Bootee!

RIBBON EMBROIDERED HEART PILLOW

 A Christmas gift last December for my granddaughter, Ella.

I made this crazy quilt with ribbon embroidered flowers

on pretty white and off white fabrics including

silk, taffeta and satin. Of course I made all the

flowers PINK!  Ella has it hanging on her bed post.

A good friend had a baby girl in December.  I finished

a crocheted  baby quilt for the new arrival.   I also painted

a 5"x5" pink baby bootee with her name and birth date.

I'm working on some ribbon embroidered angel sachets

and will post them when I am finished. 

Also, I am crocheting a white baby blanket for the next

friends baby or grand baby.  I am getting smarter in

my old age.  I will finish off the white blanket with a

border of blue or pink whichever I need.  

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Crazy Quilts & Zentangles

 "CRAZY QUILTS & ZENTANGLES"

Crazy Quilts and Zentangles are a lot alike.

I have done quilting and I especially like "Crazy Quilts"

because of the different patterns and colors ot the

material used.  Also I use ribbon embroidery in some of the

spaces and tie it all together with embroidery stitches.

"Zentangle" drawings are much the same in that you draw

patterns and designs in the spaces.  I have enjoyed this new (to me) but

old art form.  The round "mandala" designs are another type of

design with pattern in a circular form.  A friend pointed out

 to me that she doodles in her sketch book with the

"Mandalas"  form of doodling.

Eventually I need to get back to painting but am

enjoying this diversion of  doodling and drawing

"ZENTANGLES"

Below is a Crazy Quilt that I stitched several years ago.

Below that is a Zentangle I drew while watching the

Olympics on TV.  I was

"multi-tasking"

Crazy Quilt Box Lid

with Ribbon Embroidery and Embroidery Stitches

Zentangle Ink Drawing

 in a 9 square motif.

Both art forms deal with pattern and design.

"LOTSAFUN"

Here are links to more interesting Zentangle sites

http://www.zentangle.com/

http://blog.suzannemcneill.com/