Progress

....making progress on my coat collage!

I Got My Heart Broke

i broke my own heart today....

i cut that awesome lining out of my barn coat.

 

i LOVED that lining...but...

 

 that wool was seriously itchy!

 

also...i'm really hot natured and the more

i thought about it the more i realized it would

have to be extremely cold for me to be able to

wear this coat... and once it's tricked out i'm gonna 

want to be styling and profiling.

i've saved the lining to use in other projects and

will probably add a little to the outside of the coat.

the batting between the lining and the denim was

all wadded up and...as you can see...looked like

something that came out of a rat's nest.

life lesson #......(i've lost count!):

next time you want to cut up a vintage wool

material...DO....IT....OUTSIDE!!!

(what a mess...)

Blessed.....

we've had an unusually cool day today compliments of

hurricane hermine. i love nesting on a rainy day! got started

on my coat...

i really need to go junking for some old funky looking

clothes to repurpose. i've got so many ideas of things that

i want to add to this "canvas". 

spent some time in the studio today prepping papers for

 my heat sealed collage play. i can't wait to begin.

it's such a blessing to be able to putter around instead of 

working for a living! people often ask me if i get bored 

since i retired. the answer is NO....i love every nanosecond.