I started sewing our kitty doll bodies today on my new sewing machine. I’m still getting used to the buttons I need to push instead of dials I need to turn. So far, it’s great. I really like the “fix” button that ties the thread off, and the “needle up/down” button, which I used a lot when I was pivoting around tight corners. I borrowed my mom’s Ott-Lite and put it right over my fabric so I could see better. The newer machines have stronger lighting, but that’s okay. It worked out fine. Incidentally, I hate that I look like I have big, old man paws in that photo! Foreshortening does some odd things.
Year: 2008
Santa would be proud
Thanks to Jennifer for including my “Lovely Lucy” in her “Santa would be proud” Etsy treasury today.
Fairies and Butterflies watercolor art by Elizabeth Ruffing
“Fairies and Butterflies” is an original watercolor painting of little girl fairies watching yellow butterflies.
I am making a limited number of reproductions of this image as a signed giclée print, on 8 1/2 by 11 inch art paper.
Two fairies are knee-deep in a field of pink tulips. Butterflies are flying all around them. One fairy is laughing and enjoying them, while the other seems somewhat disconcerted by them. I liked the idea of a meeting between the two types of winged creatures. They are enclosed in a border of pink columbines.
This is what the 8 1/2 by 11 print might look like framed without a mat. (A mat and frame are not included.)
Cool artists, snowflakes, and “after” shocks
My “Rabbit Dances” print was included in this “Cool Artists and Snowflake” Etsy Treasury today. Thanks, Iris, for including me!