Two more shots of Project Blehm

Two images - one quilted, one before quilting. Contrast and compare.

The Blehm Project Continues!

Back in the saddle for a couple of days between vacations! (Tough life, huh?) I do miss working on this, though, while I am away. All of the background in quilted and now I am filling in the details.

Vacation Inspiration

I love the the play of light, texture of rocks, the patina of old paint. All inspiration for the next project

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3 week vacation

Wow. Three weeks of vacation. More than we've ever done before. France and Italy. Fantastic. More later. Here's just a few photos...

Let the Quilting Begin!

I started quilting on Monday. Here are some details.

Final Design

Well, here it is! The top is pretty much fused. I realized I needed larger elements in the center to balance it (the yellow and purple circles). The colors aren't totally accurate in the photo - at least not on my monitor. The background is really more turquoise than blue and the little row of squares in the center look white, but they are really yellow. But, you get the idea.

Now to start quilting...after I clean off the sewing table.....

Have I gone too far?? Now What??

Is this too much?








I'm stuck. This is what we artist call being blocked. But you don't sit around saying "Oh dear. I'm a little blocked today. No worries! I'll just get on with life, pay the bills, clean up, buy groceries, trim the cat's claws, then I'm sure in a couple of hours I'll have a brilliant idea!!"



Crap - that's not right either!!






No your thought process is something along the lines of "Oh, god! Why did I agree to do this job? I'm a total hack! I'll never have a good/artistic/original/creative thought again! Can I back out? Can I pretend I forgot I agreed to do it? can I leave the country? Can I say the dog ate it?!"

It seems to be part of the process. I work with out a net, so to speak. I have and idea and just start. It builds and I get excited and I'm lovin' it! The piece practically designs itself..for a time. Then I manage to create myself into a corner and can't figure out how to get our of it. So I panic, I curse my empty mind, I curse the artwork, and why did I ever staqrt doing this 12 years ago anyway....

But then I breathe, let it sit for a few days and resume. Thing perculate, I stop obsessing, then it gets fun again. So now I am breathing and cleaning and otherwise distracting myself.