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January 2012

by Stephanie
January 2nd, 2012

Like many people, I have been reflecting on 2011 and what I want to accomplish in 2012.  I don’t think of these things as resolutions, but more like a plan of action. First I want to post weekly to my blog. It would be great to post more, but at least once a week is an attainable goal. Next I want to become a better quilter. This will mostly just take lots of practice–as any accomplished quilter will tell you. I also want to daily draw a zentangle–see my zentangle category for more information.

This year I purchased a chalk board calender. It is a paper calender that can be written upon and erased with chalk–just like a chalkboard. For those of you who have only used white boards, and do not know what a chalkboard is, please consult an adult over 30. Each month has a prompt for you to complete the drawing. January is a newspaper headline. Here is my headline for the 1st week of January.

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Christmas Card

by Stephanie
December 25th, 2011

Zentangle Christmas Card

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Merry Christmas to Me

by Stephanie
December 19th, 2011

I had just purchased some variegated holiday thread and wanted to test it on something before I used it on a customer quilt.  So, I decided to make myself a Christmas table topper. I thought the variegated thread would look good in a poinsettia design. Using white muslin fabric on top, I marked a center point on my quilt, then I marked approximate points in a circle to quilt the poinsettias. I freehanded my design onto the quilt. The flowers looked kind of plain, so I quilted a fill-in design to cover the entire area

poinsettias with background fill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the poinsettias don’t stand out very much, so I decided to color them using colored pencils. Here is a picture of the completed table topper.
Here is a picture of my cat Casper (of Black Tail Design fame) sitting on the table, next to the table topper

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