Janeys Journey

Last Part 2

The last

 

Last drawings for tonight

This 1st one was drawn in a NY hotel room.  The window looked at a steep hill with lots of trees and at the top was a radio tower.  I sat looking at it and all I saw was the line.

The 2nd is my mom from a photo mid 1950's I think.  I have lots of photos from the 40's and 50's.  Mostly my parents and their friends.  They'll be great to draw from.

 

 

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More from 2014

I have a new scanner - Epson Perfection V600 Photo and upgrade to PS Elements 13.  Super easy to use and very little adjustments needed.

2014 Draws

It's sure hard to get back into the habit of posting everyday. I've been going through my drawings and there's a whole batch that weren't signed.  They're probably from last year.  Since I always sign and date everything I probably never posted these.  So I finished the unfinished and signed and here's the 1st batch.

 

 

 

Quilt or Rug?

I think it's a quilt.  It's amazing how much faster this technique is than actually quilting.

Quilting Frenzy

I was on a quilting binge when I was off line.  First for my 3 great nieces, especially the newest one.  So many quilts were made that my niece very politely said NO MORE at least until they have a house.  But I just couldn't stop.  Fortunately I was able to sell the last 4 I made.  

Here they are, 3 pink and 1 not.  Front and back.  All 4 are lap size quilts.  Blocks left over from the front are included in the back and each quilt has a personalized label.  Each quilt is washed and dried several times to get them nice and soft and to give them a crunchy vintage look.

#1 is my favorite.  What's yours?

Quilt 1 front

Quilt 1 back 

Quilt 2 front 

Quilt 2 back

Quilt 4 front

Quilt 4 back

Hi there

I retired and that's one thing that happened since I've been gone.

And the girls are very excited about it.  Well I'm sure they'll be very excited once they wake up.  Pretty sure anyway.  Well ok so they probably won't care.

A lot has happened since I've been gone.  There's been births and deaths.  I have a newly minted great niece.  

There's been a 2nd operation on my foot to fix what the first surgeon did, cataract surgery on both eyes (I forgotten how bright colors can be) and hearing aids (I'm sure my neighbors are happy about the lower sounds coming from my TV).  I can actually get a hearing dog now but I don't think Gracie would like that idea.  Violet would just sleep through it.  

And I have a new car thanks to a really bad 19 yr old driver (she didn't pay for it but caused me getting it).  She went through a red light, hit me, caused me to swerve away from on coming traffic and roll over.  My surgeon said that if this didn't disconnect my broken collarbone then nothing would.  Very comforting.  I stopped being angry.  That's what karma's for.

I'll just post my new drawings here until I get a hang of the new flickr and restart my Etsy store.

So I'm back and I hope you'll come back too.  Lot's of drawings and quilts to come.