Nouveau Stitch

Whoa. I knew it had been a while since I’ve blogged, but over a month? Time flew because I’ve been having nothing but fun!

After three months, I think I have Adobe Illustrator almost figured out. I am indebted to my Yoda, Laura Coyle.

And pleased to say these are my new, spring-focused fabrics! I’ve learned to sketch {in a very limited, chicken-scratchy way} on my drawing tablet and then colorize and convert the sketches to images suitable for fabric printing. I like larger-scale prints. I’m thinking maybe for totebags? Speaking of, whenever I got a little frustrated with my progress with Illustrator, I’d take a break and go sew a totebag. I’ve made a gazillion totebags. Which I’ve been giving away almost as quickly as they’re made. And I always seem to forget to take a picture….here’s one I found from Christmas morning {the kitty-terrorizing granddog was guarding}.

Oh, and I’ve been designing logos for imaginary businesses….

And virtually living in my pjs in my virtual, online world. Perfect since it’s mid-winter here in Michigan, not that I’m complaining. My cousin posted on Facebook last week that he and twelve others played golf over the weekend. In mid-January. But to make you snow-birds feel better about maintaining two residences, we did finally get our second winter blast two days ago.

On another note, I’ve been forced to create a “To Do” list for the DH or risk the sofa permanently affixing itself to his backside. Project Number One? Wood magazine files. Stay tuned.