Something About Nothing

Keiko and I have been working hard. . .  . . . And sometimes hardly working. . .  . . .because when it's winter, sometimes you just need to stop and watch some Paul Hollywood .  The icicles keep getting longer. . .  . . .and longer.  Pretty soon they might be growing from the ground up!  Brrrr  But seriously, I am working, I just can't show you what it is yet!  I have an article coming up in  Quilting Arts magazine on creating carved stamp repeats. I'm looking forward to the warmth as well as the article being done. The worst part of this article is that they want a photo of me and my studio. That meant I had to CLEAN UP the studio, AND take a shower. Just kidding, I do shower regularly, sometimes. But seriously, I'm not a fan of taking photos of myself. First off, my face does not like make up anymore. My eyes tear up whenever anything gets near them.  It's okay to have a bar...

While working on repeat patterns I designed this little bunny and his yummy carrot. I couldn't decide what to leave and what to cut away at first. Once I stamped them, I knew I had made a few mistakes.   I did my best to correct them. and I think they are pretty cute! Perhaps another bunny from foam as a background?

A small repeating 1" square made on Christmas Eve.

As I've been plotting out what I can stamp on top or next to the polka dots,  I've been thinking a lot about swirls.   Swirls are harder to carve then they look - at least for me they are - so I made a few sample blocks. I'm not sure if I will be making a large repeat block of swirls yet.

My friend Shannon asked me if I could make a stamp that was "quilty." Perhaps this simple repeat stamp fits the bill? I want to make a larger version of this stamp and create a whole cloth quilt with it!   \ It has been added to the project list! Day 29 of Carve December.