New flannel!

My flannel showed up from my JoAnn's order! They sent me extra yardage for free and all of it is really nice!

I spent yesterday pre-washing the fabric and drafting a pattern for pj's. I've lost a lot of weight since I last made them so I made a new one. Freezer paper works great for me because I hate pins and I just iron it to my fabric and peel it off after I cut it out. Reusable and not near as flimsy as tissue. 

I must have channeled my auntie because I made a muslin pair to check my sizing.

John helped me measure my body the other day.  I put on a pair of long underwear so I wouldn't freeze and we measured everywhere! He enjoyed it more than he should have, ha. We have been married for thirty five years and this old gal is showing the age. (Life is tough, but so am I.)

With all that done yesterday I spent today ironing the fabric and got all four pairs cut out and ready to sew! Trying to make them in an assembly line so I can get them done quickly so I can spend the rest of the winter all warm and cute and cozy and play with my new watercolors and alcohol inks! They haven't all arrived, but should be on the way! Merry Christmas to ME! If they get here before the pants are done it won't be good. 

 It was so warm on Christmas day I opened all my windows and doors and cleared that stale energy of 2016. That was good.

 Had to add a Happy New Year message to my Christmas cards because they did not go out in time.

Is it wrong to have fifteen different blue gel pens in your studio? If so, then I am going to hell in a hand a basket! AND, I did not find the perfect match for the manganese blue Archival Ink I had used with the gelli plate!

Gelli printing

 Made some cards from some gelli prints. Not done.

The clematis were really beautiful this year.

Gelli printing

Had some great fun playing with my new gelli's.  Trying out different color combos and making notes,  Maybe I will learn what colors not to print together. Don't use complimentary colors because it looks BAD! Love the blue and greens together.

Glue stencils for the gelli plate

My little gelli plates got here today, better late than never, I picked out my own Valentine this year. (he picked out the card) Also have a leather wallet for my new phone on the way from Amazon.  Too  bad I skinned it up the other day.  I'm just lucky it still works.  Didn't take any insurance. YIKES! I hung on to it for dear life as I was falling but fumbled it when my hand hit the ground.

Hmmm, my spider web looks like the spider on drugs...

Used Traci Bautista's glue stencil idea. She is so generous to teach us her tricks. I love her style but tried to use my own ideas for the designs.

Gelli Tine

Any excuse to gelli print.

fall gelli printing

Sorted and filed my gelli prints by color, I have just a few.  And check out all that paper and card stock waiting for color!

Fall's last blast of color inspired an entire day of gelli printing with the last few leaves from the yard.  The weather was so perfect 60 degrees, windy, too dry.  Roses blooming, lavender confused along with the california poppies, sprouting new growth.

Had so much fun and then spent the evening using my favorite print for a page in my 1924 yearbook journal.  I obviously didn't plan the page, it was more about purging some bad feeling with all the text.  Art heals.