Tag: Fabric

Posted in Fabric, Fiber, Photography, Quilts

Auditioning Fabric

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Frequently, I can’t make sense of what is going on inside of me until it comes out of my hands. The murder of a mother by storm troopers in Minneapolis left me numb and crying. I needed to put my feelings into a quilt.

Once I had the design, I had to think about a background. So far, I’ve gone through 5 different background fabrics. This one, I think, will work.

Next, I looked for red fabric. The only red fabric I have in my stash has tape measures printed on it. Not appropriate for what I want to show.

I was surprised that this one kind of worked. Both are lights, but maybe having what I want to say blend into the background would be a good idea.

Maybe this will work. The print is big and I’m thinking of using small pieces. The print would be broken up in a strange way. That might say some of what I want to say.

Maybe. There’s enough contrast to make the design pop, but I’m not sure I like the fabric.

I’ll leave the background and the fabrics I’m auditioning on the table for a couple days. I may use one of these. Or I may reject all three. Or I may decide to use a different color for the design.

We had some wild weather the other day. Here’s what I could see from my back yard.

The Robledo Mountains to the west of my house.

The Dona Ana Mountains to the north of my house.

On the other side of the barbed wire fence looking northeast.

I have been having good luck with my Spoonflower shop. I had a couple sales this week. My shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

My online store featuring one of a kind jewelry, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

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

Posted in anxiety, Brady, Emotions, Fabric, Photography

Filling the Bucket

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There’s something weird growing on my arm. It changed colors. It grew larger. The border is erratic. The thing is scaly. All the stuff that indicates cancer. I saw the dermatologist. He said it wasn’t melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer. He did a biopsy. I will have to wait at least a week for the pathology report to find out what this thing is.

In the meantime, I find myself making a bucket list. There are two trips I want to take. One is to New York City to shop at Mood. I want to fondle fancy fabric and buy the kinds of fabric I’ve never worked with. The second is a Hawaiian cruise. I’d like to spend a couple extra days and see Volcanos National Park. I want to see flowers and green in the winter. I want to swim in the ocean again. I will take Brady on both trips. I will have to have some forms filled out by the vet for the Hawaii trip.

My iPad is from 2017. It still works, but it does’t have all the bells and whistles the new iPad Pro has. I ordered one this morning from the campus bookstore. Along with educational pricing, I get a free iPencil. I need a more powerful drawing program in order to design more fabric. I also need to work on the second novel. I’m at the point where stuff gets written only to get pruned.

I have a few bra kits in my sewing room. I need to sew them. I need to sew slacks to wear to school. I’ve got a free pattern from Mood and need to make a muslin.

I am frozen. I’m finding it hard to get going on projects.

I still have photography. I got my first SLR for Valentine’s Day 1980. I took that camera everywhere and shot everything. I got my latest DSLR for Valentine’s Day 2020. I take the camera everywhere and shoot everything.

I did some landscape/outdoor photography today. I’m able to walk farther and stand longer although I still have limitations.

Fall in southern New Mexico doesn’t look like fall in New York. Instead of reds, yellows, oranges just before the leaves fall, we get green. We don’t get rain in the spring; we get rain in the summer. This is one of the wildflowers that grow and bloom this time of year.

These are chocolate flowers. You can’t eat them, but they smell like the finest chocolate. Because it’s cooler, I could take this shot after lunch. In the summer, the flowers go to seed within a few hours.

This is one of the desert sage growing in my yard. The shrub is triggered to bloom when there’s sufficient humidity. The bushes will bloom several times during the summer. The flowers only last a. couple days and then the ground is purple.

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

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

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