Zen Lady Is Really A Spanish Lady

Hey, things change!

You never know where your quilt will go when you are working on an improvisational art piece. If you have even worked on one, you know exactly what I mean.

often, what  is in your mind's eye is not what the finished art piece looks like at all.   While you are working on it, it is a malleable flowing entity, sometimes with a mind of its own.

This is what I started with

this was where it was going in the design stages.  I kept trying to get that vintage piece in there.  But it just wasn't falling into place.

I got it to this point.  The problem was the piece I really liked was a dark dark navy.  I didn't notice that until I got it to a strong light.  I sometimes have a problem seeing darks; my father was color blind and I probably have some of the dark end spectrum rods and cones missing.  Who knows.


The other one looks like tiles and I love it, but it just didn't look as good as the blue one.

So I texted my friends Carol (Quilted Fabric Art) and Leeanna (Not Afraid of Color) and they helped me work out the thought process.

And of course I was working the last minute thing, since I needed to be at my Fiber Group by 6:30.......

So this is what i brought to them.

They loved it.

thanks, ladies, you guided me to the right choice.

When you dig down deep, it is amazing what you find!

I needed to clean those blinds in my quilt room.  They were like, caked with fibers and dust.  And dog hair I am sure.  That is the window the Boyz fight over.  So I got some Lysol all purpose cleaner that kills 99.9% of whatever it comes into contact with, and sprayed that sucker down!

It actually cleaned   Up pretty nicely. There was a box at the bottom of the window in the corner I hadn't noticed lately. When I stuck my hand in there I came up with this amazing find.  I think it will be perfect for the Zentangle Lady.

What do you think?

Now I need to soak it, but I'm almost afraid to.  It looks to be so delicate.    And the piece I am making is not something that will be used.

It is handmade, most likely linen.  There is no tag on it so I'm not sure who made it but I think it might have come from a bunch of stuff my cousin gave me from her mother. It could be something Aunt Evelyn bought on one of their travels.

I do remember my Danish grandmother forcing me to sit down and do this cut work stitching where are you pulled the threads on a linen handkerchief and then went back and caught the threads in interesting patterns. The tablecloth/runner does have this on it.  But I'm not sure my grandmother would've been someone who did this.

I have to ask my cousin what she remembers of it.

But first I think I'll wow her with it in this Lady piece.  She needs  nice Spanish lady's name.

Oh,  I know.........Ana Sophia, La Duena del Poeta

Ohhh, bad, bad girl!  Maybe that is why she is glancing around so guilty looking and all. 

Now I need a love poem.......