My Mary Poppins bag of tricks...

When I'm on the go

I grab my Art Tote

It's like Mary Poppins' carpet bag

It's got just about everything in it that I need for an art outing

...Beginnings...2013

 This is a piece from several years ago. Still one of my favorites. There was a shift in my approach to some stuff in my personal life....Beginnings.

...free-motion stitching on my Janome sewing machine... 

...then painted with acrylics....

...loose and sketchy...

...acrylic play...

...layers and layers and layers of paint...

Mixed-media collage...paint...stitch...

...hand-painted papers, telephone book pages, deli paper...

...collaged and  free-motion stitched...

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...small art quilt for the SAQA auction fundraiser...
...hand-painted fabrics...
...free-motion stitching...
...applique and piecing...
...rough and scratchy...