I'm calling this the halfway point. I emptied the shelves and put lots of stuff into bins. We'll be moving these shelves into the next room and then putting in some way deeper shelves.
Gotta find a sunny spot for my table. It all looks so spare and tidy now
But this is only some of what I have to put back in an orderly fashion.
Actually, I'm going to cal it the thirdway point.
There's more here. The quarterway point is starting to feel right. I'd better get up and get moving.
I finished the owls which means...time for a totally new project!
I don't know if you remember, but lately I've been playing with remaking tee-shirts so that they fit me. It's really fun but I had trouble figuring out sizing. To figure that out I went and bought a bunch of giant ugly tee shirts to experiment on. I knew it was a new way of sewing and I would need a ton of practice so I bought quite a few. But...surprise surprise...I figured it out by tee-shirt # 3. Not too shabby. However, now I have a buncha giant ugly tee shirts.
Like this one.
So I cut them buggers up.
They look like this until you stretch them out. Then they look like this:
Now there are many things I can make with them. I choose....jewelry.
But, until then I just want to say that this shirt:
was awesome.
Unfortunately, a really large printed area on a tee shirt doesn't stretch the way I need it to so I had to throw that part away. However, I still really enjoyed cutting up the word cancer.
I chopped it up real good.
On an unrelated note, I also fixed Mr. Floppy. He appreciates it, his face was loose. Now he can go home to my daughter; she has really missed him.
They have a salvaged art auction every year to raise money.
You might remember that I donated some stuffed critters a couple of years ago.
They just put my quilt on their website (scroll down) as a featured piece and I'm all aflutter. I'm not sure where it will be displayed yet but I'll be attending the opening for sure.
I also recently received an email from the WI Institutes For Discovery. They will be displaying the drawings from the last Lynda Barry workshop during their Public Humanities Conference. I actually think the drawings done by kids will be waaaaay more interesting than the stuff us grown ups made. The conference looks really intriguing and the workshop was crazy fun
I'm looking forward to attending that, too.
That's my spring social calendar filled.
Not bad for someone who doesn't actually have a social calendar.
On Thursday night, I took a screen printing class at Sector67. I was supposed to show up with an image ready to print so I spent a little time on Wednesday and Thursday coming up with something. I'm not used to doodling in a way that leads to something concrete so it was a new experience for me.
My first instinct was to draw a bird, but I coudn't get this out of my head.
Damn you Portlandia!
So, I dragged out my inkstone, ink and brushes to play with and see if I came up with any ideas.
He's a water pitcher.
But, even with this great company, after ten minutes of mixing ink, it was immediately obvious when I put the brush to paper that this was not the right medium for screen printing. At least not for my very first time.
They are fine, I guess, but birds and squiggles? I really wasn't sure how that would translate to the screen print since I had no experience with it. I wanted something super simple.
I looked up and saw that I had even more company than I realized, these guys were all lined up on the couch, almost as if they were posing.
Check it out! They were totally posing.
I also went back through my oldblog posts and found some other critters to draw. I was really happy with the combination of simplicity with personality. I stumbled upon my images. Next time, actually screen printing process pictures. I realize that a post about coming up with a doodle may not be the most interesting thing to people who have done it before but it's new to me, so thanks for humoring me. :)
I know. No posts for a month and then two in a day. What could I be thinking?
Look at all that floor. And, look! A table top that hasn't been seen for months and months.
I'm just so proud of myself. It's not done by a long shot but it's so much better. Now I know that I have way too much linen and have to make something out of it really soon. Also I have lots of awesome IKEA print fabrics that I completely forget about.
We got the giant cork board up and hubs is busy hanging art still; check out what he did with my denim quilt back there is the guest/game/workout/storage room.
I got rid of lots of wool and some pretty linen clothing that I was going to cut up but then I decided against it. So...whaddaya all say to a crap craft swap?
The going away pile.
I think I'll ask if Sector67 is willing to host one. Would you (local folks) come?
I might even give away some of my baskets - I haven't used them in forever. I do love me some baskets.
