Buying Spree

I have to work on my piece that will be in the Livingston Arts Council Show in September.  It is due this Sunday at the CFAL (Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana) meeting.  I have it finished but it needs quilting.  All the pieces in this show need to be available for sale.  I love the piece, and I sucked it up and used some pieces I can no longer get.  But it is really cool and I like it.  And, hey,  if I do sell it, I can buy more. 

I asked Carrie about pricing art, and she kinda ticked me off.  She said, keep the price low because you know a lot of people don't like quilts as art.  Huh?  Really, child?  This is not a quilt, it is a small piece of fiber ART.  So I guess I am on my own with what I have read in Quilting Arts mags and such.


I looked at our bank account the other day.  And there was this huge balance.  I asked Frank what he planned on doing with the money........and he said, "Invest it". 

I figured it would serve Carrie right if I could spend part of her inheritance so I told him I was going to replace some of my sewing and quilting stuff again.

So this is what I bought.........Sit back, buckle up, here we go!

36 Prismacolor pencils.  And today  bought  a brass sharpener made from a valve of some sort.  It was expensive at $5 but it was so cool!

Can't go  wrong with Jane and Wen. I hope to really take my art to the next level.  I have photos upon photos upon photos!  If I can work on digitizing some of these I could justify a larger printer and better quilts!








  The ladies at my Fiber Group were impressed with this book today.  I have been seeing it since before the flood and have been totally lusting after it, mostly because of the fox, maybe.  When it arrived, it had  that suede, velvety cover.  Now I just want to stroke it!

Maybe I will make you a fox collage one day.  Wouldn't that be nice? 

There are a lot of really interesting things in this book.  When I really delve into it, I will have to show you some of them.

This was totally a fun thing.  Off the wall pages tell you what to do.  Like one says, tear this page out and sell it.  One says poke holes in this page.  Another says write one word - over and over and over till you fill the page!

What fun it will be to be creative without boundaries!  Talk about expanding your mind and your creativity  confidence!

This looked really fun.  Sometimes we  just need exercises to ignite our creativity, right?

And it has a crow on the front, and a fish!  You know I had to buy this book!!!!











Ok.  I have no idea how this happened.......again.  I bid on one, and won two.  I somehow bid on two auctions.  Geez.

I  love the book, I had the first edition before the flood and she has improved it, added some photos and quilts.

Do you have any of these books?  Do you like them?  Do you see anything you might buy for yourself? 

 I was at Pier 1 buying another C Table for the den when I saw this.  DOGS and specifically BASSET!

It literally screamed, buy me, buy me!

I found a sale on this black.  A good solid strong black is hard to find. This is actually called Amish Black. And it is SOOOOO black!

I bought 15 yards of the stuff.  I love black.  So many uses for it.









And, finally,  this WHOLE box of fabric from the 50% off at Delta Patchwork's Clear The Warehouse sale.

Lots of black  and white, lots of modern, lots of texture. 

All amazing.


Tomorrow I hope to have some photos of my show piece for you.  Or at least the block sections.