March A Blur

 March A Blur

March flew by in a blur ... lots of birthdays to celebrate, a bit of sock knitting, quilting, a little doll making, watercolor painting, and spring cleaning.

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Adventures in Art - Watercolor Painting

 Adventures in Art

Watercolor Painting

In 2024 I took a watercolor painting class with my daughter. Since that time I have been reading up and watching YouTube videos in order to learn more about watercolor painting.

Above is an attempt of a desert photograph I found online. There are a few more details that I would like to add before I finish but I'm not unhappy with the results thus far.

I Think I Have A Problem ...

I think I have a problem ....

This past weekend I completed 5 quilts.

Sometimes once quilts come back to me from my long arm quilter,

they sit and sit until I get motivated to put the binding on them.

Which usually leads to a weekend devoted to doing just that,

... binding quilts.

Moda Love Christmas Layer Cake quilt

72 x 72

Feather Bed

72 x 72

Red / White Quilt Collection

Orphan Block Chaos

72 x 81

Red / White Quilt Collection

Red Brick Road

93 x 97

Red / White Quilt Collection

Moda Love So Ruby Charm Pack quilt

37 x 37

All of this leads to the problem ... quilts ... lots and lots of quilts. Quilting is my joy, my creative outlet but, I (and all of my family members) have more quilts than we need or will ever really us. I should probably sell some of my quilts but I tried that. I had an Etsy page and after a year I only sold one quilt. Having an Etsy page (shop) costs money and it just wasn't worth the expense to keep it open. I also have a few of my quilts and things in a brick and mortar shop, with no real success there either. So ... I now have a closet full of completed quilts and quilt tops that still need to be quilted. I'm not sure what the answer is but I'm sure the problem is only going to get worse because I have no intention of giving up my quilting habit.

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Although, I won't be giving up quilting ... I've been considering other avenues of expressing my creativity. Such as watercolor painting, sketching, making my own clothing, luggage, and handbags ...

lots to think about!

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Vacation Mode ... Art

I have been wanting to try my hand at watercolor.

I decided that there is no better time to

begin than while on vacation.

Watercolor

Vacation 2019