My bunny slippers

8 x 10, acrylic on Fabriano cold press watercolor paper, available

"Friends Forever"

Created on Fabriano cold press watercolor paper. 8 x 10.
Available in my shop here.

Doodle pods

When I need to get new ideas for an illustration I doodle. Sometimes I just need to fine tune a nose, see where eyes should be, a new body position etc. Doodling allows freedom to explore without judgement (on my part). I call these doodles my doodle pods. This is on heavy card stock paper measuring 8.5 x 11.

Fabric story book

Here it is all finished. I thought it would be great to show it in a slideshow.

Fabric book, finished

He met a girl...

...walking her cats with a box for a hat.

Some more pages

A change of pace

I meet with a rug hooking group every couple of weeks. It is so much fun to get together and hook, and talk. I somehow feel like I am part of a historic craft that women/men have done for over 100 years. Each of us have a different style, some traditional and some not. We exchange ideas about colors of wool, how to dye, where to get wool, and what our favorite tools are. We spend several hours together, sharing, and solving the problems of the world, of course!

This one is mine.

Here is one of Sharon's.

This one is Shirlee's. She prefers to hook in a quilting hoop.

...another one of Sharon's.

This one is Vickie's. Sharon designed this pattern. I'd like a pattern like this but the piece is so large, I'm afraid I'd never finish it.

And this one is Ann's. She finished it tonite.

Don't forget to click on photos to get them large to see all the wonderful details.

And another page

...and there were some birds with Beanies...

Fabric book, another page

....."and he met a woman with a small HAT that told a BIG lie".
Remember the cover of my book,,, Mr Pea Hat? Well, he is looking for strange people like him who wear strange hats. I finished up this page tonite in my fabric book.


People always ask me where I get my ideas from. Well,,, 99.9% of the time they just come though my head. This time was different however, I found this photo in a magazine, and just couldn't resist using my creative license. (obviously someone else used their creative license too) How could I pass this up! Perfect inspiration for my Pea Hat book!