Friday Face Off July 11

I am posting this on July 10th for Friday July 11th.  For this Face Off I am sharing a couple of old family photos in remembrance of my sister, who died in a medical tragedy many years ago - and also my father who died in 2011 (fourteen years ago.)  

First up is my sister.  This is one of her school photos. 

Next up is my Dad. This is picture is one of the earliest ones I have of him. I am guessing he was an early teen in this photo as I don't see any signs of facial hair.  

You may notice a strong family resemblance in these two.  

I think I don't look "just like" either of my parents but I look like both of them in some ways.  I have been told more than once that I have my father's walk.  I also have a few of his facial expressions. (for better or worse.  LOL) 

And just for a more cheerful photo,  here is one of me at a cooking class in Cancun. It was an excursion that we chose to do . I have to say that it was a very fun excursion.  We cooked, ate what we cooked, and then had the run of a day resort at the beach (open bar and more food - if we could bear to eat anything else. 

 

We took this photo before the class started. My pan is actually empty.  

I have to admit that this was years ago, but I still wear that shirt. 

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Friday Face Off 7-4-2025

For today's Face Off, I am featuring an AI created elephant face.  I used Night Cafe to create this image.  FYI that link to Night Cafe is my referral link.  I get "credits" if you sign up to use the program.  It is free OR you can purchase a membership. I am using the free version.

Have a great weekend. 

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Pattern Clash Notebook Cover

Early last year (2024)  I was playing with some fusible applique. I had some scraps and made a smaller piece - just for fun.  I had  no real plan for it. As far as I can tell, I never shared it.  In fact, I didn't even take a photo of it.   It went into the "I'll do something with this someday" pile. 

I am participating in a scrap challenge and the June prompt got my mental gears in motion.   The prompt: 

"A Clash of Ideas a clash of patterns, June is about challenging ourselves to design with unexpected pattern combinations."

I had assumed that I would finish this piece with all hand dyed or batik fabrics.  But how about a "pattern clash?"  I saw some red and white polka dot fabric on my shelf.  Hmmmmm....promising. The red will go with the color scheme, but the evenness of the dots clashes with the abstractness of this piece.   Next there was a piece of black and white batik - to tie in the small black and white bits in the fused image.  I made a "frame"  around the piece with those two fabrics.  And then, I  decided that it needed more blue.  So I added another frame. 

 

Somewhere in there, I decided to make curvy pieced lines as part of the design. And I also painted some blue on the back and white batik as well as some blue dots in the red fabric.   The decision to make it into a notebook cover was an easy one. Except!  The piece was too tall.  So I cut out a section and finished making the "quilt top" for the notebook cover. Then I layered and quilted it.  And started constructing this notebook cover.  Above is the front of it closed.  The collage shows the block prior to adjusting (top left) Closed notebook (top right)  The notebook opened out so you can see the batik strip that was cut out was not wasted (bottom left)  And The inside pocket with label.  (bottom right) The "pattern clash" doesn't clash in a bad way but it certainly changed the piece and make it more interesting.

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Friday Face Off - Re-Do edition

 For the Friday Face Off,  I did a re-do on last weeks drawing.  I think the skin tones look better. 

I also have this AI creation of an alien in the woods with hot dogs. 

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