Lavender sachet

The wind is blowing as she runs through a field of flowers.

Holding onto her scarf to keep it from blowing off her head.

I am a big fan of Pre-Raphaelite art. The women are absolutely beautiful in the art works.

I decided to use this picture in a lavender sachet.

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I like to add bead work to some of my designs. This is another Pre-Raphalelite picture. Original designs.

Fabric collage quilts

I have been making small art quilts in the past few days.
It has been some time since I have made any of these as I have been working on larger quilts.
To take a break from a large quilt, I feel the need to go smaller.
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I love these small pieces framed. They can be hung in a small area that calls for a small work of art.
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I never know what I am going to make when I start. Sometimes an idea will pop in my head before I get out of bed in the morning.
Morning is the best time for me to think. My mind is refreshed from the worries of the day, at least most times it is.
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I first choose my picture and then I look for fabrics that go with the picture.
I lay everything out on a table and start adding different things to get an idea of what my quilt or art piece is going to look like.
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Sometimes I will leave quilt over night if everything is not coming together right.
At times I have had a quilt to go together perfect the first time and other times yuck!!
If I am not happy with a piece that I am working on , I take it back a part and reuse the fabrics in something else.

Collage art

One of my favorite things to make has always been collage work.
I started making collages when there was no word for them. Back in the dark ages.

My sixth grade teacher kept a lot of my collage work, even after she had retired.
She invited me to her house one day and was showing me the things that I had made. I ask her to give me the art work but she wanted to keep them.
I was hoping to get my work after she passed away but never knew what happen to them.

It is still one of my favorite art works to make. I am now adding paints and canvas to my works and starting to sell in gallery’s and shows.

mixed media art picture

I made this picture today using scrap pieces of mat board that I had painted some time ago.

I did not know what I was going to make with them and today they seemed to just fall in place as I layed them out on my table.

I painted a small canvas board to put pieces on.

I had a copy of a vintage sign about spitting that also went just right on picture.

I am showing picture framed and a close up.

I thought it turned out nice and looks good in a the frame that I put it in.

I also showing another aceo today and still working on making 100. I need to count them and see how many I have already made.