I feel like I was really brave with this drawing, because I tried to draw hands.
Sketching #37
Tag: Group project
Quilt for a Cause
I heard the most recent CraftSanity podcast, which included an interview with the Directors of Margaret’s Hope Chest, a Grand Rapids Michigan nonprofit that provides quilts to people in need. Their mission is: “Our mission at Margaret’s Hope Chest is to bring hope, comfort, and warmth to persons enduring hopeless situations in the Grand Rapids area through the gift of a beautifully crafted quilt.”
They have committed to providing a quilt for each homeless child in Grand Rapids for Christmas, which will be given along with a toy and a book. The organization that provides support for homeless children already has the toys and books. This means that Margaret’s Hope Chest has committed to providing at least 400 quilts!
They need help. I am providing some free ‘advertising’ for them, because I think their reason for being is really great. You can hear the whole story on the CraftSanity podcast, but the short version is that they created Margaret’s Hope Chest as positive way to deal with the grief over the death their mother / grandmother. She died of wounds inflicted when someone tried to snatch her purse.
The organization needs quilts and tops to arrive by November 15. If you have a quilt or top you are willing to send for a homeless child ages 0-17, or you are willing to make one, please send all donated quilts to:
Margaret’s Hope Chest
630 Griswold SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
For further information feel free to call or e-mail:
Carin Vogelzang
(616) 855-2862
margaretshopechest@yahoo.com
One thing they pointed out is they need quilts for male teenagers as well as little girls who love pink. Think of a child for whom you would like to make a quilt and make that quilt.
The quilt can be made from any pattern that involves squares.
I know this organization is probably not in your area, so if you want to do something, but want it to be local, send something to a local charity. They can always use a quilt or a crochet afghan or a knitted scarf.
Thank you!
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Calling all quilters! 
Sketching #35
Here is the “purple” response that I worked on before I posted the previous response.
Creative Prompt #37: Gracious
This is a tribute to my friend, Pinky Davidson, the epitome of kindness, a gracious, well mannered woman who took a genuine interest in all of her younger friends.
Gracious definition: marked by kindness and courtesy
Good gracious!
Gracious living.
Gracious me!
He is such a gracious host.
Sew Gracious Blog – lots of ads for her Etsy Shop, but the Wordless Wednesday is interesting.
See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project.
Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. It will keep all the artwork together.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, now, has a Flickr group, which you can join and where you can post your responses.
There is more information on the recently updated Creative Prompt Page.
Response #35
This isn’t the response I wanted to put up. The prompts are stacking up, however and I was starting to get anxious. As I looked through the journal pages from the A Work of Heart session/class, I found this page and thought you might enjoy seeing it.
I worked really hard on the studies for a drawing response to Purple that I can’t just let go. Look for another Purple response some day.
Creative Prompt #36: Feather
Wikipedia definition: one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates.
Light as a feather.
Peacock, ostrich, hummingbirds and pheasant feathers.
Feather River, Quincy, CA
Feather boa.
Plume
Quill.
Pin feathers.
Fly tying.
Down pillows.
See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project.
Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. It will keep all the artwork together.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, now, has a Flickr group, which you can join and where you can post your responses.
There is more information on the recently updated Creative Prompt Page.
Sketching #34
Summer was a difficult prompt. It is hard to draw (my mode of expression in the CPP, mostly) an expression of summer without people. I do find a few people or parts of people starting to creep into my studies for the CPP responses. Hhmmm. Let me know what you think and I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Check out Kathy’s Bliss Initiative, which is on Creativity this week.
Creative Prompt #35: Purple
SURPRISE!!!!!!
I am posting a special creative prompt to coincide with her “virtue of bliss” for creativity week.
Kathy, my long time friend, is doing a year long project on adding more bliss to her life. You can see her blog, Everyday Bliss, and learn more about the project on her blog.
To inspire you….
Purple has always been a royal color
Kathy thinks of purple as a magical or fairy color
Julie‘s favorite color
Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
Purple People Eater
Jessie has a pink and purple monster that lives behind her house
Abby Kadabby from Sesame Street
Purple Rain from Prince
Barney the Purple Dinosaur
Grapes
Purple is the color of the font that Kathy uses for her Monday post font color
McDonald’s character, Grimace
Purple is a general term used in English for the range of shades of color occurring between red and blue (Wikipedia)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Violets (color and flower)
Iris, Orchids and Crocuses
I have never seen a purple cow I never hope to see one… by Gelett Burgess
MTA Maryland has a purple line
Lavender
Purple Cafe and Wine Bar in Downtown Seattle
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
When I am an Old Woman, I Will Wear Purple
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Creative Prompt #34: Summer
Summer may be over, but this prompt will give you the opportunity to relive it. Summer is one of the four temperate seasons, marked by the warmest time of year with the longest days, and lies between spring and autumn. (from Wikipedia)
Beach Boys
Endless Summer
Summer Session.
Summer school.
Summer stock.
Barbeque, cookouts, picnics.
Summer jobs.
School’s out for summer!
Donna Summer
Summer Solstice
Summertime lime
Indian summer
Summer camp
Summer internship
Summer Olympics
Summer abroad
See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project.
Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. It will keep all the artwork together.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, now, has a Flickr group, which you can join and where you can post your responses.
There is more information on the recently updated Creative Prompt Page.
Sketching #33
After working so hard on the detail on last week’s response, I find that this one doesn’t have enough detail. I did a number of studies and couldn’t figure out what else to add so I am just posting it.
On one hand, the art on the wall of the dining room has a lot of detail. Perhaps it balances the sparseness of the rest of the drawing?
Creative Prompt #33: Spiral
You should all have fun with this one!
Definition from Wikipedia: In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a central point, getting progressively farther away as it revolves around the point.
Fibonacci Spiral.
2007 movie directed by Adam Green and Joel Moore.
Spiral anime.
Nautilus shells.
Spiral notebook.
Spiraling out of control.
Fermat’s spiral.
Periodic Spiral is a unique redesign of the Mendeleyevian periodic table
Spiral of Archimedes.
Death spiral.
Spirograph (see www.samstoybox.com/toys/Spirograph.html)
See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project.
Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. It will keep all the artwork together.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, now, has a Flickr group, which you can join and where you can post your responses.
There is more information on the recently updated Creative Prompt Page.
Sketching #32
After looking at a few of my recent drawings and I realized that I hadn’t been adding as much detail as I had in the past. I had some bits of time this week, so I decided to try and add a few more details to this one. This is the second attempt, but I am pretty pleased with how it came out.
Yes, I am moving furniture around. 😉
Sketching #31
I looked at Jill’s response (Quilt Rat) as soon as she posted it and I was lost. Her response was so perfect that I couldn’t think of anything. I tried different ideas and nothing seemed as perfect as her response. Finally, the next Friday’s response appeared and I knew I just had to do something and not be a slacker. That slippery slope is so easy to get on….
So, for better for for worse, here is my response. It is inspired by a magazine picture I cut out years ago. The inspiring picture is a close-up of a tea tray. I tried to incorporate some of the elements from other responses into this one to keep up some of the continuity.
Creative Prompt #32: Even
Are your bangs even?
Level; flat; without surface irregularities (from Dictionary.com)
Even or odd?
Even steven!
On an even keel.
Even weave.
Pearl Jam’s Even Flow.
Even numbers.
David Trevellyan thriller.
Get even.
Even more.
Break even.
With an even hand.
Even handed.
Even worse
Even better.
Even color.
Air Supply’s Even the Nights are Better.
See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project.
Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. It will keep all the artwork together.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, now, has a Flickr group, which you can join and where you can post your responses.
There is more information on the recently updated Creative Prompt Page.
Fusible and Paintable Glass
One of the things about creation is that you never know how your pieces will come out.
At the beginning of August, I went with a couple of other CQFAers to Create It! Studio in Palo Alto for a glass fusing creation session. I wrote about the whole session at that time. I also showed pictures of all of the pieces pre-firing/fusing.
Diane, one of the CQFAers, was kind enough to pick up my pieces since I live far enough away to make it a pain. I thought I might get down to her house, but, alas, it wasn’t to be. As you know I was chained to my sewing machine for weekends on end. 😉
I finally got my pieces back on Saturday and I am really pleased with how they turned out. I am especially pleased with the divided dish, which will be part of the series I started my first time at a painting place. The red of the dish really came out well (4 coats!). There is only one little spot on which I should have put more paint.
It is fun to do something different; it is as though it doesn’t matter and I can play, because it isn’t my primary work.
Enjoy!