3 generations and 8 place mats later

 The little piece you see around the edge and a couple of much smaller ones are all that remain of that fabric so this project worked out just about perfect.

 Yes,those are the place mats. This fabric (which seems to be some sort of canvas or heavy twill) was just printed on one side. It would have been great in a sun room, porch or on a patio if there'd been more of it this time around.

 The last time I had this fabric out I made tote bags with it.

I'll be finishing those place mats today, there are still 4 of them at the sewing machine. Getting that project done cleared out almost 1/2 of the box I'd stored the fabric in so I'll be sorting and re arranging some of those smaller plastic boxes and should come out of this with one or two that I can use for other projects as I move on through the debris field here. Each project leads to the next or builds on it but I'm so busy sorting it out that I can't really see where it's leading, I just know that I'm moving forward and even slow progress IS progress.

Project Updates

We're back to work carving and sanding wooden horses to paint. A friend is looking for some information for me on more traditional ways to paint Dala horses. It will be interesting to see how that influences me when I get ready to paint them.

I painted the edges of that dot painting so that it could be hung in the living room and be up out of the way around here.

I'm continuing to design products with my drawings and paintings on them and yes, I've even gone back to cleaning and organizing the house.

I'm considering doing portraits in colored pencil to see how that goes for me. Perhaps changing media and techniques will help change my perspective on the whole process.

Having that page on my lace vest turn up after all these years has made me consider dusting off my sewing machine and starting a few fabric projects.

As always "my hobbies have hobbies"

Last years effort

I did this small acrylic painting (on the left side of this shot) from a photo of last years plants up against the house. If you've been following this blog you already know that I've got a lot of photos of this years garden to work with, now can you guess which sorts of flowers or plants I'll paint next?