Landscapes, and a Birthday

I have been playing with some simple fabric landscapes.  It is always fun to try new things.  As I have lots of fabric to play with, I thought "why not?"  

Here are two landscapes that I made using hand dyed fabrics and one fabric that I was challenged to use as it represents one of my first quilts. 

The first is all hand dyed fabric. I dyed some of it and I got the other from an internet friend. 

Next up is the one with the challenge fabric.  See if you can find it in the photo before you read anymore.

The big clue is that it is the one that isn't hand dyed. 

The Red/Pink? dotted fabric has been in my stash since my early quilting days. 
I think it adds a bit of whimsy to this imaginary landscape. 

In other news, a certain lady in my life had a birthday party. 

She is 89 and she means the world to me. 

Happy Birthday, Mom. 

And with Mom's lovely face, I link with the Friday Face Off. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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AI Quilted Faces

I had planned to "get ahead of the curve" and have a post ready for this Friday Face Off.  Guess what?  I failed.  

So, I used Canva AI - one I haven't used before - to create some quilted faces.  Then I put them into a collage. 

I think these came out quite nicely.  It is possible that I will look at there for  ideas for more quilted faces. 

Linking up with the Friday Face Off

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Friday Face Off

Today I am going to show you a painting that I did long ago.  Then I am going to show some photos of myself and explain what happened and why. 

First the painting.  

Honestly the background is my favorite part of this painting. 

Now,  for the photos of me. 

First is from many MANY years ago. 

My eyes and particularly my eyelids are the reason I am sharing this photo. 

(yes, my eyes were "dreamy" in this photo.) 

Year later, those lovely eyelids were sagging as the tissue aged. 

The one on your left (My right eyelid) is particularly saggy. My eye doctor told me that if they were disturbing my vision, we could do a  blepharoplasty.

 And we did.  

For a few days after that I looked a bit like a raccoon. 

Yes that does look horrible, but it healed nicely and my upper lids are nice again. 

Sadly, insurance will not pay to fix the lower lids, so they are still saggy and baggy. 

If you are thinking "You could use Plexiderm."  Well, I tried it. The results were great ---for about an hour and then it failed. For me, it isn't worth the effort. 

I am linking to the Friday Face Off. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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A Short Trip and FFO

Last weekend I went on a short trip to get away and recharge my mental batteries.  I went with three friends and we had a good time.  

While on the trip, we went to a restaurant and enjoyed some good Mexican food. My favorite thing is that they made the guacamole right at our table. We got them to put only a little cilantro in it because I am "one of those people who dislikes cilantro."   But as we walked in the door, I saw this and immediately thought " Here is my picture for the Friday Face Off."  

Thus I am joining the Friday Face Off for May 2, 2025

And just for the heck of it my "porch version" of 

Hard Times Come Again No More

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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