Other than Padillies, A Wasted Week

When we returned from the last Road Trip, I'd received a Jury Duty Summons.   I suppose it was about time; it has been about 6 years since my last visit to the Jury Pool.   So, Monday, exactly as requested, I made my appearance and dutifully sat around all morning.   I was assigned to a Jury Pool starting Wednesday.   Tuesday, Beau and I completed a whole list of chores, which have been patiently waiting, and then, again on Wednesday, I returned to the Jury Pool, only to have the plaintiff plead out at the last minute.  

Then, I was happily strolling back to the car, when, for no apparent reason, I fell off the edge of the asphalt (which sits a couple inches higher than the easement) and severely sprained my ankle.   Ouch.  I inched back to the car, made it home and hence, have been mostly sitting on the couch, foot elevated, every since.    Talk about boring.   Why is it that sitting around doing little to nothing can make one so tired?    I've watched television (of which I' not that fond), work on the computer, read and sew on a Padilly.   Oh, and yes, sleep and eat; way to much of the later.  

But, I did make some good progress on four Padillies.   These are in stage 4, now missing only beads and accessories.   

The current plan is they (12 total) will be combined into two wall hangings, which will be called Padilly Family Tree.  I'll also write a story page for each of the characters, along the Family Tree theme.  That will be, I'm sure, quite awhile down the road. 

The ankle is make good progress; the swelling is coming down and it no longer looks like an extension of my calf, but still very bruised and tender.   Tomorrow I plan on moving off of full time couch duty and perhaps, assume a schedule of 1 hour on, 1 hour off.    I'll have to see how it goes.

12 Silly Pidillies for Lilly

The last couple days I started putting together a set of 12 faces, which are resulting from the Dippity Doo Workshop (awaiting arrival of lesson 4).     I thought I'd like to do some kind of finished project to commemorate taking the Workshop and continuation of a more fabric creative line of thinking.    So, what better than a set of 12 faces, which I've taken to calling Padillies, which will eventually become a wall hanging for my beloved granddaughter, Lillian.  (Gosh, that word eventually sounds daunting ... let's change it to 'next month' .... much better ... )

So here they are ... 12 sandwiches created and adorned with faces.    Beau and I are taking a short road trip to see the Space Shuttle lift-off later in the week and the stitching on these will be a good car project.     I'll show you my progress next week. 

Dippity Doo Workshop; Lesson Three

Lesson Three for the Dippity Doo workshop I'm taking is  to create texture using a variety of stitches .... which I did!.  Quite a fun step and the options could be limitless.   I think that I could have added a whole lot more, but want to see what the rest of the adornment steps are so I have appropriate space.   It's the Salt line of thought.   You can always add more, but you can't take it away.   Suppose that doesn't really apply, I just dislike removing stuff ... from my Corporate America days ... rework.

I've started calling my little faces Padillies and I'm thinking about making a quilted wall hanging with a set.    Next week we are planning a short road trip over to Cape Kennedy to see the Space Shuttle Launch and this would be a great time to work on hand stitching.   It's probably a 12 hour drive over, then back ... plus time sitting around waiting for the launch.   So, in preparation, I started putting together 12 sandwich sets.   I'm just going to secure the edges (machine stitch) instead of the binding overlap and will decide how to put them together for the wall piece after they are finished.

Dippity Doo Workshop ; Lesson Two

The second Lesson for the Dippity Doo Workshop I joined came in last Tuesday.     Basically, the Lesson Plan was to create facial elements and handstitch them to the fabric sandwich.

Here's mine .... they are starting to take on a little personality.   I'm thinking about calling mine Padillies  ... as in a Padilly Family and having thoughts as to what I would do with them.   

Lesson Three came in last night; I haven't looked at it yet; on my Calendar for Thursday.

Dippity Do Workshop

Beau's been lovingly chiding me lately about the amount of fabric and related stuff I've been collecting at yard sales over the last year.   When I show off my yard sales Saturday finds, he might say something like "what are you going to do with all that fabric?      Now really, do you think this is too much?

Okay, you got me.   There is more stuff in a couple other places (you know, thread, ribbon, needles, fusing, etc. etc. etc.).    But, I have this feeling that I'm going to need it.   Under distress, however, I have cut back dramatically on what I'm dragging home.

A couple months ago I joined the Fiber Arts Mixed Media Ning Group thinking I might find some inspiration and a starting point to create.    That didn't work, but, a couple weeks ago I received an email about upcoming classes and decided to join on for the Dippity Do Workshop.     This is the first time I've ever participated in an online workshop and, I'll post my progress and let you know how it goes.

The first Lesson Plan was very simple, to make a totally hand stitched sandwich, which, I decided to make Two since it really takes a very short period of time.       So, here were are, Lesson 1 complete.

So, I'll be the first to admit, I've not made much of a dent in the overall fabric, but one must start somewhere.   And, if you are reading this Beau, I love you.