I would prefer to post my projects when they are done but that won’t be for probably another two weeks and that would not help my goal of posting more on the blog. So in the spirit of all that I’m working on three projects, two of which I actually have photos of.

First is the art journal exchange I’m doing with my art group. Each person picks their own theme for their journal and each person will make  page spread for that theme. This particular journal is about books. I had to think about this for a little while. Came up with retro cover art. Being a graphic artist and having designed a few covers, I love a good design. So with a little Adobe help I put together this and did an image transfer:

It has already been cut down to page size since I took this as well as had some interfacing stuck to the back. I’ve started markering the pages and we’ll see what else soon enough.

Then there is the fabric box challenge also with my art group. First time around with a fabric box project. I tried to keep it simple and use what I have in the stash. I knew I was going to do a lot of hand stitching so I had to get the foundation built. Here’s the beginning assembly.

All hand dyed fabrics from last summer. Stamp pad and Shiva stenciling. I’m getting to know my sewing machine a little better. Thank you Mary.

And here’s the box looking like a box. I know I should have waited sew the sides together but I was quickly getting board with it’s flat shape and needed to see it in box form. It needs more work and a lid (challenge requirement). But it looks like a box and that helps.

This weekend is the first photo shoot of the cataloging project. I got the photo umbrellas yesterday. Little nervous about getting it all done correctly but I’ve been reading up on my camera operation. The darn thing even tells me when my manual settings are going to take a bad photo and how to fix it. Yup, love my camera.

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