Sew Sew Day June 21, 2010
Posted By drsao on June 21, 2010
Happy First Day of SUMMER Everyone…..and to celebrate Catherine and I had a Sew Sew Day today.
As always Catherine had creative SEW and TELLS….her sewing kit is amazing and you wouldn’t BELIEVE how many things Catherine has in this small case – EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED TO MAKE ANYTHING!
Catherine's Embellished Sewing Kit
AND…..TA DA…..this is Catherine’s PORTFOLIO TOTE……a stiff carrier with internal elastic straps to hold very special works of art……stay tuned….
Portfolio Tote
Catherine finished her Challenge Quilt for WHAT QUILTING ADVENTURE HAS MEANT TO ME…..it is beyond words……the work that went into this embellishment is unbelievable. Catherine not only DESIGNED the gate piece by piece, but she also printed it…..I could go on and on. The gate opens…..look at the four layers of fusing that went into the super-imposed figures….. I think this is surely going to be a winner. The three artists featured in this mini quilt were folks that taught classes at QA and they have inspired and enriched Catherine’s creativity.
Catherine's Challenge Quilt
Catherine and I both worked on our TOTE BAGS that we are making by wrapping fabric around cording and then sewing it into a braided wonder!! You may note that OREO THE CAT is snoozing nearby. I don’t think that cat got very far from Catherine all day! She CLAIMED Catherine’s tote bag as her own special napping mat.
Bag Weaving
OH MY – Oreo loves Catherine….it is a wonder Catherine could get anything done with all of the adoration going on! And we even took our CREATIVE ENDEAVORS upstairs to get away from Ruby – the dog – who also loves Catherine!!!
Oreo is in love
And speaking of major distractions – Grandangel Cooper came in to introduce Catherine to the world of BAKUGAN and believe you me, it is not easy to understand. Catherine and I were wondering where we could snatch a calculator to keep up with Cooper’s addition of his power, energy and SUPER Gs that went into winning. I mean just keeping straight who has gear and who doesn’t is a major feat…. (Note how beautiful Catherine’s Tote Bag is – lying untouched in the foreground in the picture below – Catherine only has so many hands you know!)
Cooper and Catherine play BAKUGAN
Catherine Won
After Cooper left the room, Catherine assured me that she had won the battle……I have my doubts……you should have seen Catherine’s eyes glassing over as Cooper explained the RULES to her!
It felt good to be a little creative today – it had been a whole month since I have had any creative juices flowing. Who knows, I might even do a bit of quilting tonight. 🙂
And you know, however much I don’t care for myself in pictures, I would never, ever imagine editing any of the photos that Shirley takes, regardless of how silly or crazy or how much fun and creativity is happenin’ as I know that the person on the other side of the camera is having just as much silly, crazy fun and being the best of friends wanting to capture it all, just to share it with you…………………. So bring on the dogs and kitties and zany antics, I AM sooooooooooooooooooooo ready, click and shoot, click and shoot………………