Something About Nothing

I really had a great time in Carol's class however by the time Thursday afternoon hit I was overwhelmed with all the new information I was learning.  I had to step back and just watch for a little while. There were so many beautiful colors and patterns all around! I just had to sit and soak it all in! That afternoon we also learned how to discharge and over-dye a t-shirt using a shibori pole.  And how to make this cool design using thiox immersion discharging. I pulled myself together after a good nights rest and did a little more work on the last day.  One of my favorite things I managed was this piece.  I had discharged it earlier in the week with thiox paste but the thiox wasn't strong enough.  Notice the lighter round shapes in the back ground? So I pulled it out, threw some of the same washers on top along with some other circle shapes and sprayed it with DeColourant mist. I think it looks like a ...

The other night I attended a night meeting for the women of my church.   The theme was "Create." We have a LOT of creative women in our ward so I knew the meeting would be fabulous.  After dinner we had three demonstrations.  The first was a brief lesson in drawing a flower from a photograph and then filling it in with a little color.  Some of the women haven't drawn since they were in junior high 50 years ago and they were amazed at how much fun they were having.  I didn't bring my camera so my friend Rachel, who taught the drawing class, took this photo of everyone's creations: She laid the drawings out like a beautiful quilt. Great work ladies! The other two demonstrations were on how to frost a cupcake with a decorators tip, and we got to eat our cupcake after, and we were given a decorators tip and frosting bag to take home, and then we were taught how to make flowers from old t-shirts.   The cupcakes were delicious!   We have som...