Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression

I’m heading into a depressive episode

I have bipolar disorder. My moods have a mind of their own. Without medication, I have mood slams. With medication, I have mood swings. It’s an improvement.

There’s nothing in my life at the moment that would necessitate a depressive episode. In fact, things are going remarkably well. I got into a painting class that I wanted. My brain is going into overdrive coming up with ideas for paintings. I drew out on canvas the first painting and I like what I am seeing. In class today, I’ll work on color charts. I want to work with one color plus white and ivory black. Ivory black has blue in it so when it’s mixed with yellow and white, interesting greens appear. I’m curious to see what happens if I use reds, violets, and yellows. Do the reds make violet when mixed with white and ivory black?

I got into the writing class that I wanted. This is going to be an interesting class. Much younger than the creative writing classes I’ve taken in the past. I’m looking forward to writing some of the scary stuff I’ve been thinking of. What I’ll be writing is what’s inside of me.

So why am I depressed? I have no clue.

Posted in Fiber

Designing Fabric

I put six new designs into my Spoonflower shop. These are the original drawings. Once they got uploaded, I could arrange them on the fabric several different ways. It’s amazing how different the designs look on fabric and on the original drawings.

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You can find these and other Log Cabin variations here: https://www.spoonflower.com/…/735809-log-cabin…

My online store, Deb Thuman Art is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

Posted in Embroidery machine, Fiber, Photography

Been Making Art

I finished another bra. This one has free standing lace that I made on my embroidery machine. Even after washing out the stabilizer, the lace is pretty stiff.

I was having a depressive episode, so I made Brady some bandanas.

I finished sewing this one this morning but I haven’t yet photographed the finished bandana.

I made another wild moon shot by taking several shots and doing a focus merge.

This is what the moon really looked like.

I woke up in pain at 4:30 AM. The only reliable pain killer for neuropathy is art, so I went out and shot the sunrise.

Going outside has caused a major allergy attack. I’ve taken two decongestants and an antihistamine and I’m still feeling miserable. Bleah.

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My online store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman