Something About Nothing

FYI: In an attempt to catch up the blog with the last year AND stay up to date, I'll be attempting two short posts a week. One that will show what I am currently working on, and one that will be back dated. Hope it doesn't confuse anyone too much (myself included!) A few years ago I took a class from Victoria Findlay Wolfe called Thunderstruck . One of my bucket list quilts was to make a star quilt, so of course I jumped on the chance to take this class at Craft Napa. Victoria taught how to piece Y-seams, and she made them so easy! I only finished a fourth of the quilt at Craft Napa . After putting it aside for months, I finally finished the piecing. The best part was that Victoria's instructions were so easy to follow that finishing the piecing was a breeze. I then set to hand quilting it with 12 weight thread from Wonderfil . This took a lot longer than it should as it kept getting put aside. I found it in a pile during quarantine and determined to finish it! Some of the...

I have a dream of creating some larger carved stamps which look more like a carved linoleum or wood block, and after creating this photo of my cat using the Prisma app, I thought it was a great image to try out a more print looking stamp. I really have no idea what I am doing and so I made a lot of random marks to lighten up the background on the left hand side.  I wasn't happy with it.  It looked too organized. So. . .I took a deep breath and carved more away! And after a few more little bits here and there I decided to call it good. This is giving me courage to try more prints like this!

I've been working on a few projects that I can't completely share yet, but I've been working!  Here are a few sneak peeks I've shared on Instagram and Facebook.  If you don't already, please feel free to following me on both social platforms!  I am Somethinglisa on Instagram and I have an artist page on Facebook called: Lisa Chin, Artist .  I know, it's really a clever name don't you think?! Anyway - I have been working on a baby quilt for my grandson who is due in June.  The top and back are all pieced and it is much larger than I originally planned.  I guess he will be using it forever. *grin*  I just need to baste, quilt and bind it by the end of March before the baby shower.  I also put together a quilt that will be published in the fall issue of Fons & Porter Quilting Quickly magazine: (Can you find the helper?) I really liked this quilt a lot more than I thought I would! And lastly I started a free form quilt ...