Listen to Rosemary, Nancy - she is talking a lot of sense!.

rehak wrote: Have a drink, toss some pieces onto a background, have another drink, shuffle them around until you find some eyes etc. have another drink, another shuffle, nail it down (as my DH would say ), have another drink, chuck on some beads/buttons (literally) & stitch them where they fall - no don't move that one just to fill up the space! leave it empty! Finish the bottle, go for a little lie-down and see what you think of it in the morning

PS. extra shuffles & drinks can be added as required, but you cannot have one without the other

It will be hard to turn off the brain (both the thinking part and the judgmental part), but I will certainly give it a try. I'll share whatever I come up with.

Thanks!

Nancy

Nancy, I think you would be surprized if you just start fusing fabric to fabric and just snip and sewing and not think about it--it could be really fun for you.

Thanks Nancy. I just used left-over pieces of fabric that had steam-a-seam on them that I just couldn't bring myself to throw out. It is very liberating to not worry about shape or colour, and just have fun. I know you would enjoy it once you got going Nancy, give it a try, go on, go on, go on!

Hi Rita - I love your faces! These are one more thing on my to-do list, but they will probably keep sliding down since unleashing my creativity is VERY uncomfortable for me! It'd be a good thing for me to do, but very difficult to make myself do it!

Nancy

Thanks, Rita! I was going to watch it last night but was overcome by other events (nice ones!), but I have it on my schedule to take a break and watch it today. I could tell by how special your faces were that your creativity burst out from the seams, so to speak, because they are lively, colorful and just delightful. I really want to try and make one.

Renata, I had such fun doing these. They were so liberating. You will love the show it is so inspiring and so moving.

So cool, Rita! Bet you had fun making them!

Twiglet, the 'drum-head' portrait was for my step-daughter who is a musician and artist herself. She loved it! The funny thing is that there is a certain likeness to her in it that I did not do intentionally. I thought that I had these two on my profile as well but I didn't so here they are. The first one is of me and the second one is my DH:



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I too love Yvonne Porcella. Love your face quilt.

You'll enjoy it.

Rita what did you friend say when you gave her the drum face with spaced out eyes and a crazy look I've drawn a friend with leafy hair and a dog across her head. When I have my machine back I'll sew it.

Rita and Twiglet--how did I miss the Yvonne Porcella episode? Love the faces both of you did--so colorful, so much fun to stitch, I am sure. I just finished watching Melinda Bula; it will be Yvonne Porcella this evening for me. Thank you!

Twiglet, love the self-portrait - it's a work of art! And the Avatar is wonderful too. I just made a sheep quilt! Love sheep. Thanks BJ.