I have hardly done any sewing for the last couple of months. I am the Convenor of the Victorian Quilters Showcase which is usually held in July but it was cancelled twice and now it is finally going ahead as a virtual show. Instead of sewing, I have been on the computer with my head in spreadsheets.
I actually find it quite overwhelming at times and when I have a break I cannot concentrate on any sewing. I have gone back to the sketchbook that I was playing around with last year and adding to the pages. I had made the sketchbook a few years ago and finally started filling it in during lockdown 2020.
I wasn't happy with some of the pages and didn't know how to fix them. I had started this page with some yellow and orange paint and added some collage paper to the edge.
I decided to try and emulate the collage paper with some green ovals in paint. I wasn't happy with that so I tried to add detail with a felt tip pen.
I didn't like that and so I left it that way for nearly 12 months. I have been on so many Zoom meetings or have watched so many on-line interviews that I felt I must do something else as I listened. I reached for the sketchbook and thought I would try again, I had nothing to lose.
I found that I really loved adding the detail and that page looked so good, I thought I would add to the next page as well.
Here is another failed page.
I didn't like what I had done, so I had painted over it and finally added a stencil. That didn't improve it and so there it sat for 12 months.
Last week, I covered it with some collage paper, added some circles and painted around them.
Probably not as successful as the first page but still a vast improvement.
Here are another couple of pages that I've done, I did them as little 30 minute classes on-line.
So much fun. At least it's something arty to do when you are a bit stressed and pressed for time.
I am looking forward to doing some sewing again though.
Bye for now,
Linda