I can’t wait for my mini version of the 3 Materials Challenge to be over. A wiser person would probably just have thrown in the towel by now, realizing that it wasn’t working and not worth the effort, but I’m too stubborn. It’s only a few more days, so I’ll just keep going until it’s done—but at this point, it does feel pointless. I’m not really pushing myself, and I’m not sure I’m learning anything from it, as implemented.
I have enjoyed seeing what other people did with this challenge, and I think it can be worthwhile for some—it just didn’t work well this time, on this paper, as I tried to do it. If I ever do this again, I’ll be setting my own personal rules and goals (and using water-friendly paper).
3 Materials Challenge: Day 25
Maybe less commentary is better. I have little enough to say. This was loosely based on a photo I found online searching for people in a park.
Materials used:
- Uni-ball Vision Needle micro (black)
- pastel highlighter (pink)
- pastel highlighter (green)
3 Materials Challenge: Day 26
Perspective is overrated! On of those jars with a clamped lid.
Materials used:
- Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencil (100 B)
- Crayola crayon (wild tangerine)
- Crayola crayon (mango tango)
3 Materials Challenge: Day 27
Laptop.
Materials used:
- Uni-ball Vision Needle micro (black)
- Hello Hobby brush marker (brown)
- Crayola crayon (shocking pink)
3 Materials Challenge: Day 28
Drinking glass and straw.
Materials used:
- Uni-ball Vision Needle micro (black)
- color pencil (green)
- Crayola crayon (purple mountains’ majesty)
Simple Collage
I needed a quick birthday card for a 12-year-old boy. I thought this old watercolor and ink doodle was neutral enough to work for a boy or a girl, and it worked well with my basic idea—just a simple card with numbers/words spelling out his age.
I took some light cardstock paper scraps and drew easy outlines of the letters and numbers I’d need, then cut those out.
Next, I used a glue stick on some pages from old books, then glued down the cardstock shapes, making sure they were oriented to read correctly from the other side of the page. I took care to use smaller font for the smallest shapes.
When the glue dried, I cut around the cardstock letters glued to each page, then arranged them on the background.
Finally, I used white glue to fix everything in place. (This is just the front of the card before I attached it to the card base.)
It’s simple, but I like how it turned out.
A New String Quilt
As I mentioned last time, I felt ready for a new quilt project. I wanted to sew strings on the treadle, so I went looking at my old Pinterest board and found a few interesting options.
After choosing one, I looked at my strings, which are divided by color, and settled on two bags that looked pretty full. This quilt will have a blue and grey theme, probably with white accents. (We’ll see when we get to that point.)
I think I need 42 string blocks and I have 6 done so far. I make two at a time, chain-piecing style, and I tend not to sew for that long at one sitting, lately, so it may take a while to make much progress. (Too much else to do, both for work and for play!) At least the Singer 15 seems to be doing fine after a long rest since the last treadle project.
