Just some fun. However I did learn a few things . . . I think. I used my own hair (from a photo) to get the nice hair texture for the beard on the gnome in the back. I may see if I can do that for the other three. Maybe. There are lots of flaws in the automated processes, but I learn from them and, I’m not going to hold my breath, but maybe I’ll be able to apply…
… and some unstitching, too. This is a really bad photo because I took it on the kitchen table in mid-late afternoon sun. The shadows are horrible. (Well the shadows are actually great, but they make the photo horrible.) I don’t have any idea where I’m going with this. I picked up the center scrap with the intention of trying Jude’s multi line stitching. Rather than split stitch, I’m using stem stitch. For some inexplicable reason (probably just the first…
Wonted is a new word to me, but I like it. It fits. I have been reading . . . Blogs, but not commenting much because I’m so OCD [grammar check, typo check, spell check, sense check, politeness check (don’t want to be a troll)] about writing anything that it takes too much time. And books because, well, BOOKS! All summer I didn’t have glasses that allowed me to read comfortably. I missed reading. I read mostly literary fiction, but…
Well, actually this afternoon, but as a night person it was this morning for me. Anyway, I was making my breakfast and movement caught my eye. I looked out the window and there were birds everywhere, flying in and out of the bush across the street. Of course, by the time I picked up my phone to record it, there were fewer birds coming and going. At first there were two or three times as many as what’s in the…
Since I mentioned it last night, I took a picture of my progress on the Afghan. It is far, far from perfect, but will still be warm and cozy when done, so I consider it not bad for my very first. I put the green pencil on it to give an idea of the size. This is approximately 3/5 done. I just started on the fourth jumbo skein Sometime in 2023 I might start a flower granny square Afghan. I…
Yes, I know it’s over now, but I only just got to this digital collage tonight. This was created with GIMP. The frame, mat and lightning were created with the G’Mic add on. I painted the clouds with a couple of basic GIMP brushes. The rest of the images came from Creative Fabrica. I didn’t have a picture in mind. I merely had a feeling I wanted to express. My favorite part is the cat. She seems to be serenely…
. . . going on here. At least not much really interesting. I got more RAM for my laptop. Lack of adequate RAM was indeed the main cause of the constant folder crashes as I tried to file. Windows 11 is still not as good as Windows 10, but at least I can work now. Weird! When I wrote the title of this post, I looked up (out the window) and saw a white plane, possibly having taken of from…
I spent this afternoon stitching and was reminded why I haven’t done much stitching (or reading) this summer. I can’t see worth beans! My eyes are so slow at focusing. Today I used the magnifying glass on my craft lamp. That’s a pain in the tush. I had my glasses on, but had to have the magnifying glass at just the right distance. Too close or too far was blurry. Just right was great! I threaded a small needle on…
I haven’t really lost all my stamina–only in over 80° heat. Today was in the 70°s and I worked outside for four hours. I could have continued longer if I’d started earlier and were more organized. I think I will work outside tomorrow if I haven’t pulled my back. (The hardest thing I did was water all my large pot garden, but sometimes that’s all it takes.) It’s so amazing what working outside does for my mental state. Besides watering,…
I spent my afternoon auditioning fonts. I have so-o-o-o-o-o many fonts. I need to go through them and sort them into types–script, regular, decorated and monogram. Maybe others. Anyway, I did that to update my header and background for autumn. The winners were Green Farmhouse for the title and Butterfly for the tagline. I like how it looks on my laptop. I looked on my phone and the most there was a flash before it focused on the words. Here…