Whenever I start a new fiber art project, a graphic design job arrives on my doorstep. Victor’s comment was ‘well, keep starting new projects!’ And yes, I suppose he is right. When I keep both the graphic design and fiber going, both seem to do well. My fear has always been that I wouldn’t do well on either. Key word in that previous sentence is fear. Dangerous little word. It can keep me tied up for crazy amounts of time, more time than I want to admit. But recognizing it is a big part of the battle, right? So with lots of prayer and determination I am working through that scary little word and good things are happening. Never as fast as I want them to, but they are happening.

And I know, I know! I started the new year off with a bang on the blog and then disappeared. I was working on a volunteer design job for my church. I made several great new contacts, and possible future design jobs with this project. So all in all, not a bad deal. But it also deals with an area of the Catholic Church that has bugged me to no end, the graphic design, marketing and anything artistic for that matter has been visually pathetic for years. This person sums it up very well in his blog entry. So I am always happy to lend my skills to this area. Here’s a picture of what I developed for the religious ed department.

Then over in the fiber arena I’ve been brainstorming on how to produce more than one piece at a time. Maybe for an Etsy store, maybe a future art bizarre. Here I’ve set out several hand-dyed doilies on black fabric.

I then cut the fabric and I am working on embellishing the black fabric before I adhere the doilies. Eventually there will be six different pieces. We’ll see how that goes.

But in the meantime, I’ve got a book challenge to prepare for, a group challenge, a puzzle theme challenge from the 3 Creative Studios, plus a stack of my own ideas. And with all that I just got a new design job this morning. So if I disappear, don’t worry, I will return. But I will try not to disappear.