traveling threads block for september

traveling threads block for august

I am part of a virtual quilting bee called "Traveling Threads". There are 12 of us, and each month we make a block for one of the ladies. My month will be November, that is when I will send out my fabric and the other eleven ladies will be making a block for me! Here is the block I made for August, a simple design, but I really loved stitching the birds.

art journal

I started a new art journal. After finishing Wreck this Journal, I knew I wanted to keep going and have a little book to add doodles and things to, tickets, stamps, whatever I felt like! I picked up a little sketch book and started painting the cover with a first layer of colour, this will be a work in progress.
I added the left over of a stamp sheet, instead of throwing it out, I really like the colours. The marker test page was a lot of fun to do!

DQS7 finished!

I am ready to send this little quilt to my secret partner. She mentioned liking bright colours, so I hope she will enjoy this one. Even though it's not what I would prefer, I did enjoy making this little quilt. It's about 15 x 15 inches and the bird fabric has some gold in it that is hard to see on the photo. All fabrics came from my stash, the blue and green ones from Adrienne's butterfly quilt and the bird one was given to me by one of my aunts, from her stash.



DQS7 is a group on flickr who organizes this swap. There are over 500 members in it! This is my second swap with this group. I am not sure how many signed up for this round of swap, but there are many creative and beautiful quilts being made for this project. Check them out here.

quilting ~ work in progress

I have been working on these blocks since the beginning of the year. They are part of a calendar quilt challenge. I have been trying to keep a colour theme for each month...

• January : top left corner in blues and whites
• February : pinks and reds
• March : greens
• April : pale yellows and greens
• May : pinks and purples
• June : rainbow
• July : beach and ocean theme ~ bottom is supposed to be the sand for the beach, then all the blues for the ocean.

Another quilting project I am currently working on is a doll quilt for the DQS7 swap. It's not necessarily for dolls, but just refers to the size.

alice in wonderland quotes

I made this little collage and painting in answer to Daisy Yellow's Prompt: Booked.
I used watercolours for the background and watercolour pencils on the printed paper.

Look who is guarding our front door!

yes...i like spider webs

bee caught in the spider web ~ august 3 ~ outside our window

I had to do this one in the largest format so you could see the bee detail :)

a new beginning

favourite morning walk path ~ july 2009

I am so glad you came to visit me in my little corner. Create corner is my spot for all things creative.

After finishing the excellent adventure of Wreck this Journal, I decided to split my main blog into two separate ones. Serendipity is still my home, but more for the family and homeschool stuff.

I am creating this new blog to keep all my creative work in one spot and all my links too. Because through the wrecking that I did this summer, I have learned how important it is for me to be creative.
It is so important, like water and air.
I have always enjoyed looking at art, on the internet or in the real world, but I know now that is not enough.
I need to do it, get messy, get right into it.
I need to let my creative juices flow. I am not too picky, being creative for me could be playing with fabrics, trying to plan a new quilt, or sewing it together, adding a bit of embroidery to something, using my kids' colouring markers or pencils to doodle, playing with my camera, creating mandalas or zendalas, painting with watercolour pencils...I am not too picky! I enjoy many different creative outlets.
The point is that I need it.
This coming school year will be a great adventure for my kids and I as we resume our homeschooling experience and I am really looking forward to that. Last year, while they were trying out public school, I had a lot of time on my hands, time to reflect. I learned that I had given myself completely to homeschooling the previous 3 years. Which is wonderful, I am not regretting that. But when last September came around, and the kids climbed in the big yellow bus, I had no idea what to do. I was lost. It took several weeks for me to feel fine. To find things that I wanted to do. So many personal interests that I had put on hold while I concentrated on my children.
I have learned that I can't be a good example if I continue to do that. There has to be a balance. My children love to see what I can do, not just for them, but for myself. My children will come first, and especially their education, but I am making time for myself. Just as it is important for me to take the time to jog or walk every day and watch what I eat, it is just as vital for me to take time to explore my creativity.

I hope you enjoy my new little corner, and that you come back to visit often. You can visit some awesome places by looking at the right side of the blog where all the blogs I enjoy visiting are listed.

Don't forget to drop me a line to say hello! I ♥ comments.