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It has been very hot in our town. This means taking walks earlier in the day, drinking lots of water and staying in the cool basement studio getting stuff done.
Before I show you what I have been doing, I just want to say this. Why in heck would I give a rat’s patooty to know anything about Victoria (Posh) Beckham. I am sick of the hype!! (Edited to remove the suggestion of profanity!!)
These are Texas Bluebonnets, in honor of Lady Bird Johnson. I adored her. I remember when she started the wildflowers along the freeways campaign. Every time I saw them in California, I would say a silent thank you.
Today, I decided to use some screen printed bamboo with some of my antique Japanese textiles. The first one has a lot of pink and probably does not look very wabi sabi, but I like the combo of fabrics and colors. The screen print is done on one of my discharged fabrics from the class last week. I don’t know whether to face it or do a binding in black or green.
The next piece is fused to black felt. After I quilt it, I think I will do the satin stitch edging. There are two screens on this. One is a discharge which discharged to blue. I decided to screen over it with textile paint to look like a shadow.
Wednesday is my weigh in day at Weight Watchers. I am happy to say that I have now lost 5 and 1/2 pounds in my first two weeks. I feel pretty good about that because this past week, I did a lot of eating out.
Tomorrow, we are having our Stash meeting at Gale’s house. She lives in Astoria, over on the coast. So I have to get up and be ready to take off at 8 am. It will be much cooler there, so it should be a good day. Well, any day with the stash women is a good day!!
oh and yes…….I’m proud to know you, oh skinny one!!! ;-D
Oh Gerrie, love those pieces!!!
Yes, I had a certain passion for Lady Bird myself. The medians along our highways are filled with wildflowers. My license plate has a wildflower insignia meaning that a certain amount of $$ from my registration goes to the replanting and beautifying of our byways. It pleases me and makes driving a bit more calming.
Yesterday our weather was Portlandish, and I thought of you as Barker and I walked the golf course. It was almost chilly when we set out! Thank you for “taking the heat” for a few days for us! LOL
xo
Good luck to you having the ‘Team Beckham’ bandwagon in the States – I’ve been mighty sick of Victoria for years (I’m in the UK) – she looks like a petulant head on a stick, and is completely talentless. Well done on your weight loss by the way.
CONGRATS on the weight loss!!!
And, you are so right………first off – who the HE double hockey sticks is Victoria Beckham and why do we need to know about her???
Your wabi sabi pieces are great. Love the screenprint of the bamboo. I also like your bamboo fence piece.
I feel the same about Lady Bird. Every time we would be on the highway in spring and the beautiful flowers wee in bloom-I would think of her. I can’t imagine having a nicer memorial to someone’s life.
I really like these wabisabi pieces-especially the second one. Have fun on your outing and Yay You!! on the WW
Way to go Gerrie – 5.5 lbs is great! I hope you have some treats planned for doing so well. I really like the screened bamboo pieces, especially the one with the shadow. They are wonderful. Have fun in Astoria!