Unlocking the Mystery of Creative Play

I had the privilege last week of spending 5 days at Drewshearne Barn Studio taking part in a workshop called Unlocking the Mystery of Creative Play led by Leslie Morgan.  I was going to blog about it day by day but I've decided to do it by project.

This collage started with the above.  The piece of paper had been cut from the page of a book I made.  I'll blog about the book another time!   I suppose I could have left it at that and maybe stitched into it but i decided to echo the negative space flames but in a different size and colour.

I used some painted paper thast I had taken with me.   The rest of the photos show how I tried out different layouts until I came up with the one I liked best.

And when I had found the design I liked I used an orange Sharpie to put in the faux stitching.

Which one of the layouts did you like best?

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

A short update

Just a short post - and only one this week.

Here are the pages from my Everyday Journal.

I have found it very satisfying to list 3 things to do each day and then tick them off.  I know it might look as though I'm cheating by putting Creative Jumpstart in every day but at lease I've remembered to watch the video each day.  Last year I forgot that I was signed up for it!

This week I'm going to Committed to Cloth to do a 5 day course: Unlocking the Mystery of Creative Play.  I am by turns thrilled to be going and very apprehensive.  I am planning to write about each day on the right hand page.

I'm still writing things that I am thankful for.

I am considering adding another word for my year:  Joy.  Either instead of Gratitude or to run alongside it.  I'll let you know what I decide.

Have you got a word for this year?  If so, how are you getting on with it?

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Art Cloth update

In November I told you how I had cut up my art cloth and then pieced it back together with some bought fabric.

I took it with me to Littleheath Barn and used a thermofax screen to print over the whole thing to try to blend the bought fabric into the made fabric.

I had enlarged a Michelle Ward stencil on my computer and then traced over the images with unwanted dress pattern tissue.

I laid out the tissue stencils on the art cloth. Sorry about the quality of the photo.  I was standing on a chair using my phone!   Now it's ready to sew.

Here each of the large stencils have been stitched on one of the circles to the cloth.

A closeup of the pattern completely stitched.

And here the stitching with the tissue pattern removed.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice