River Bend Ranch - Patty Van Dorin

seeing faces in clouds

fabric has always had that kind of hold, capturing me in a web of warp and weft
time and days slip by as I work my way through the fabric journal
 
using all those special little scraps of fabric that I have been setting aside, collecting for something special like the small sample of a lovely textured dupioni silk
this is a textural journal, running my fingers over the bumps and lumps caressing the silk
 
 
playing with color and patterns then finding combinations that are pleasing to my eye
 
last week, I tacked pieces of vintage 60's wallpaper from my collection to the studio wall and I have been finding inspiration in the colors and the psychedelic patterns
I think I may add a shelf to this wall with a strip of wood to make it easier to switch out papers and fabric
 
and it has not been all fabric, all week
at night, I work in my daily visual journal
playing with some color combo's and finding faces in the globs of paint

this morning as I was preparing the photos for this post, I remembered a photo of Ralph the Dog and one of his favorite babies.  The picture below was taken a couple of years ago.  I think I see something familiar in last night journal page and Ralph's froggie baby. 
How funny is that!

a good truck

 
busy in the studio

this is what happens: a new project emerges and I become so lost in it that I forget about everything, including updating my blog

sometimes I just don't want to stop what I am working on

the days where I am away in my studio, I will post pictures of just random stuff that catches my eye

who turned up the heat

another day of triple digit temps, so what better way to beat the heat than to stay inside and play with fabric
 
the fabric book is getting thick
who knows when I will call it done
but I think there are at least 10 more pages in it's future
not counting the cover
 
 
 
a mix of vintage and new fabrics
one of my favorite pages
lots of hand stitched big fat french knots
 
an old quilt block I had been saving
love sitting in the AC doing repetitive hand stitching
and machine stitching is also good

Please Come Forward

I decided to give away three free classes this morning and the following were chosen by the Random Number Generator for their free class pass.

Lisa W.

Barb T.

 

Tammy | July 27, 2009 at 10:24 PM

 

Lisa, Barb T. and Tammy, check your email as I have just sent out your class pass.

 

Thanks to everyone for entering in this giveaway and leaving all your nice comments.

 canning season officially began this weekend
36 pints of salsa

be sure to go here for the fantasy folded book class giveaway.  If you haven't had a chance yet to enter your name, it's not too late.  Drawing is tomorrow morning.

Fabric Graffito

pages were made today in the fabric journal

what started out as crazy quilt has turned into fabric graffito
a fabric graffiti journal - I like that
this page may be finished or maybe not
I am thinking it may need something

some may appear plain but my eye needs a break every few pages from the craziness
this one has an old mock up that I made years ago for an embroidery monogram that I was testing on my sewing machine

glittery beaded fabric from a vintage dress
my skin was scratchy and crawling by the time I finished with this page
I think who ever wore this dress may have gone insane by the end of the night
who could wear such a fabric

 

Hey!!! It's Giveaway Time

 
It's that time, time for a giveaway.  To get your free class pass to the Fantasy Folded Altered Book Class, leave a comment on this post between today and Monday the 27th. 

If you already signed up, play along and leave a comment. If your number is drawn, I will send you a refund.   I'll  be using the random number generator to select the comment that wins the "get into class free hall pass". 

AND to make this on-line class giveaway a bit more interesting, for every multiple of 25 comments left on this post, I will give away one free class.  Do I have you completely confused?   Here's how it works:
25 comments left = one free class
50 comments left - TWO free classes
75 comments left - THREE free classes
and so on.

You get the idea. Link this class to your blog, tell your friends, tell your mailman...the more comments left the more chance to win. 

Tuesday morning bright and early I will use the random number generator to draw the lucky numbers for this on-line class.

You may use the image below if you would like to link this giveaway on your blog.
 

small little projects

Rainy weather the last couple of days has kept me inside and I have been spending the time going through the studio making little projects and finding long lost treasures
Here are a few of the little projects I have been working
 
another curious little journal
available on etsy - click here for more photos and details

 
love how this tag album turned out
also available on etsy
 
and I sorted through tons of supplies that I will be listing on etsy for sale
vintage optical lens available on etsy along with a couple of others