I haven’t been entirely devoid of creative bursts - I’ve been mini-blogging on Instagram and I’m very happy over there ... But sometimes I want to ramble on a bit more, or explain a process and that’s when the Insta platform feels a little claustrophobic. So, I thought I’d try an experiment and bring PingsAndNeedles out of retirement. I don’t know how often I’ll be using it or who will read it, but that’s not the point. It was really only ever for me to have a space to ramble on and document my creative process, so that’s how I intend to continue. Randomly! I have not spent hours crafting this post because the point is just to begin.
Let’s start with a little item I painted for a friend this Christmas ... and let me tell you the Origins Story:
It all started back here with this Ruby Star Rising and Andover fabrics quilt from 2010!
A few years later it needed a little bit of tlc where the seams were loosening up (prob wrong original tension, I’ve learned a lot since then!) So, having put it into my WIP pile I ignored it for a couple of years (whoops!) and then finally back in 2018 I decided to recycle and revamp the quilt into something new ... (adding more Melody Miller fabric along with some dots and solids, with a mustard tweed backing)
But that left this backing fabric unused ....
So I used some of it to make make up removal pads (for the same friend)
and then this Christmas at my annual @thepaintingpotterycafe visit I painted this tapas dish which I thought she could put in her bathroom to hold the pads ...
I like the story so far.
That’s all for now, thank you for reading.
Do any of you have the same kind of theme history behind gifting to people?
