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#118 ideas

I had an idea.

And then I had more ideas.

And now I don't know.

It's easy to get paralyzed by ideas. 

Maybe tomorrow I'll know.

#101 mood changer

It was a struggle tonight. 

Tired following a hard day.

I thought spin a little yarn.

Think about tomorrow's to-do list (I have the day off work).

I went out on the back porch to take a picture.

And then there was so much more.

#85 less than

I was thinking... less than 5 minutes can keep a project going.

And then you stop, and look, and can spend a lot more than 5 minutes considering whether what you were going to do is what you still want to do.

The indigo fabric was dyed by someone my Mom and Dad know.  I was going to use it for the border on a top but that left piece...there is an eye there. 

And maybe it can just be a secret eye, looking out at the world.

#80 sliver of light

It's been over 10 years since I hung crystals and bells from the ceiling fan.

I still love it.

#78 enough

This weekend I spent some time looking back over the last 77 posts.

Thinking about enough.

Enough time.

Enough resources.

Letting things be good enough.

(After 7 or 8 dips this is blue enough)

Enough as in "all done".

(Hazel says "Enough, time to cuddle.")

 

What is enough to keep children safe? To keep each other safe?

So much depends on...

Enough.

 

#75 sky cloth

I love indigo because it is like the sky (that's an eagle there between the trees)...

Cut and applied more bias tape today.  I'm kind of "out of control" with the jackets and robes...but that is another story.

#61 cutting cloth

Scissors were applied:

These are going to go into the walnut vat I think, to tone them down a bit. There is something in the stitching that I really like. 

A sketchiness.

My stitching is as illegible as my handwriting.

These are not.

They are being pieced again in a different order and made into a bucket style bag.

#44 losing the leaf pattern

A year ago, maybe two, I experimented with pounding indigo leaves with a hammer on to a shirt I'd made. 

Some leaves turned out crisp and others smudged a lot.

It didn't really make a pattern I wanted to wear.

In to the indigo vat it went this weekend!

Problem solved!

#32 dandelion stem cord

Inspired when I saw this.

#28 blink

Don't forget to play...

 

The photos are layered in an app called "Image Blender" and the filters used are either in the same app or "Hipstamatic." 

Filters can be helpful to soften edges depending on how photos are layered.

Sometimes just layering one image on top of another and adjusting the opacity is nice, other times I layer image over image. Or the same image with different filters. 

There are classes. I signed up for one but never really spent much time on it.  I started to play and well... never went back. What I am sharing is what I've learned by just playing.

The class on animation (a Carla Sonheim presents class with Kara Kramer)that I took awhile ago was lots of fun and a place to spend more time. I've been playing with the app used in the class in lots of ways other than animation (mostly as a slide show)...maybe it's time to actually try that.  There is an upcoming film festival!

Field note: First dragonfly sighting in the garden.