I have finished up most of my WIP's and was rather bored this week. Of course when I am bored I usually end up in the kitchen baking something. I remembered that I had made recipe cards from all the recipes I received at my bridal shower (24 years ago). Since I am a bit of a compulsive tidier I don't keep stuff around if I don't use it - so off to the storeroom in search of the recipe cards (hoping that I hadn't actually thrown them away ???)
A couple of years back when the kids were little we discovered that the best way to store their keepsakes was in those big plastic crates with the click on lids. I have since been using them to store the things I don't use but don't want to get rid of.
Yaaaay! Found the crate with the recipe cards - and in it a couple of smallish table cloths I had painted back in 1998 when I first started fabric painting - Oh my goodness!! I had packed them away because they were my first attempts and as my skills improved I was a bit embarrassed to use them. Well looking at them now 15 years later I feel rather sentimental - so I decided to give them a wash and use them on the kitchen table:
A couple of attempts later and my technique had improved quite a bit!
Also found one I had done using one of my favourite poems "The Sea Gypsy" - I think I had planned to frame it at some stage and use it one of the children's bathrooms
I don't have any of the items made after this - most of them were given as gifts or sold. I fell out of love with fabric painting about five or six years ago and have only done a bit of odd painting here and there (mostly teaching projects) - don't know why actually because it was really something I loved doing - (adding this to my TO DO list along with all the old recipes)
First recipe I tried out again is the one for Pita Bread with some yummy fillings.........
A couple of years back when the kids were little we discovered that the best way to store their keepsakes was in those big plastic crates with the click on lids. I have since been using them to store the things I don't use but don't want to get rid of.
Yaaaay! Found the crate with the recipe cards - and in it a couple of smallish table cloths I had painted back in 1998 when I first started fabric painting - Oh my goodness!! I had packed them away because they were my first attempts and as my skills improved I was a bit embarrassed to use them. Well looking at them now 15 years later I feel rather sentimental - so I decided to give them a wash and use them on the kitchen table:
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| First Attempt |
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| Second Attempt |
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| Sunflowers - quite a few attempts later |
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| Corner Section View |
A couple of attempts later and my technique had improved quite a bit!
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| Colourful Vegetables |
Also found one I had done using one of my favourite poems "The Sea Gypsy" - I think I had planned to frame it at some stage and use it one of the children's bathrooms
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| The Sea Gypsey |
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| Seashells |
I don't have any of the items made after this - most of them were given as gifts or sold. I fell out of love with fabric painting about five or six years ago and have only done a bit of odd painting here and there (mostly teaching projects) - don't know why actually because it was really something I loved doing - (adding this to my TO DO list along with all the old recipes)
First recipe I tried out again is the one for Pita Bread with some yummy fillings.........