Before, After, and Now

My studio was in a pitiful state 

recently so it was time to tidy up. 

BEFORE

The painting/collage/journaling corner.

 I intended to redo the coffee table near the dog crate but my muse took a detour so I tossed it in the trash which made hubby very happy!

AFTER

We all know that it won't stay this way 

but it's ready for the next time I paint.

BEFORE

I have storage all over but 

this is a handy supply corner.

I sometimes do journaling here too.

AFTER

This clean corner makes 

my heart go pitter patter!

I bought fabric to cover the underneath area but, 

as you can see, I haven't tackled that project yet!

BEFORE

The sewing table and surrounding storage.

AFTER

Oh the joy!

 I'm getting ready to quilt this rail fence quilt.

It's the first quilt I ever attempted to make, 

and that was about 12 years ago!

Being new to quilting at the time, I was extremely cautious about quilting it.  I was afraid I'd mess it up.  I studied it, overthought it, stared at it, and I could never quite make myself quilt it.  Then, in a cleaning frenzy one day, I stashed it away and it's been there all these years.  

With fall fast approaching, it occurred to me that I would like to use it.  All my fears about the quilting have dissipated now so I dug into my tub of UFO's and pulled it out. 

The colors are much milder than the

ones I choose these days but I like them.

I plan to stitch in the ditch.

Tootles All,

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P.S.  In the UFO tub, I also found a couple other quilts that I started back then.  I even forgot about one of them!  I'll be sharing those with you sometime down the road.

Couture Cove Style

Our A/C is out!  The parts are ordered, however, which makes me very happy.  In the meantime, we're living in two areas where we inserted A/C window units; one cools the bedroom and the other takes care of the kitchen and living areas. Unfortunately, my studio is much too hot so I gathered up my watercolor supplies and hijacked the kitchen table.

This page, entitled Couture Cove Style, is 9"x12".

I must have Project Runway on the brain.

That's one pitiful oyster but who cares.

This is all about having fun! 

Materials used:  

Master's Touch watercolor paper, Artist Loft Pearlescent watercolor pan set and the regular pan set, Twinkling H20's, tissue paper, white Signo uniball pen, pencils, and Sharpies.

Could this be the beginning of a series?

It's a thought but don't hold me to it.

Tootle Loo,

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