Would if help if I told you that I'd been really, really busy? Truly? Just suffice it to say that there has been lots of sewing around here. And, frankly, I have trouble getting dinner done, let alone design and blog, when I'm in a sewing blur!
In the last few weeks, I've made:
2 embroidered, quilted Christmas stockings,
one baby quilt,
four pairs of PJs for The Littles,
one pair of jammie pants for moi,
inserted four invisible zippers (three in bridesmaids dresses with three, yes, three layers of fabric, one in a mother-of-the-bride dress),
roll-edged 10 flutter sleeves,
and made one bridesmaids dress in its entirety.
And,
one family calendar,
one custom-order calendar,
one story book,
one photo book,
and a partridge in a pear tree.
All the while trying to keep up with family visits, those pesky holidays, church events, and squeezing in a little design and scrap work here and there.
Today, I just finally crashed on the couch and read for the simple pleasure of reading. I realized that sitting and staring at the computer screen wasn't accomplishing anything. But, now I feel better, thank you!
And, as if I already didn't have enough to do, my dear, sweet Male honored my request for a Christmas gift and got me Tangie's 2012 Art Journal Caravan. I've managed to finish the first two assignments and I'm looking forward to the rest of the year.
For today's video (since I've skipped the last two), I'll show you how to use a fill layer with a gradient and a pattern. I've remembered to stop the dryer, too!
For Friday Features:
- If you have old books of any kind and a craft knife, you can create these beautiful works of art.
- John Piper has a great post, with an article about seeing the glory in the world around you.
- This is a great article about anger and justice and sin and all that. It's aimed mainly at moms and their children, but it could just as easily apply to to the guy who cut you off on the freeway or your husband or the IT person who just won't listen to your explanation.
- This is a great little tutorial on how to make a button look as if a string has been threaded through it.
God's interest is to magnify the fullness of His glory by spilling over in mercy to us. Therefore the pursuit of our interest and our happiness is never above God,
but always in God. God's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.
Thank you for the tutorial (I learned more new things!), and for the other links you shared - helpful & inspiring & convicting!
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