Beautiful Sunday wishes!

Enjoy your Sunday and new week ahead! 

Debra

Which do you like the best? 

Hand Painted Marble Fabric Quilt Top

Years ago I saw a show on television where they marbled

some fabric with acrylic paints... I thought it was a really cool

idea so I decided to try it out myself. I had a small tub of water

and put some thickening agent in the water, I think I used 

plain gelatin. I didn't have the right supplies at the time but 

I was too anxious to try the process out... so I improvised.

After the water is thickened you add the paint and swirl

it around on the top of the water...then you place a piece

of fabric over the paint to transfer the design to it. 

The colors didn't come out as vibrant as I would have liked,

so I ended up with some pastels. I had no idea what to use

these pieces of fabric for until today. I bravely cut them into

squares and added some pink gingham fabric for the border.

I have the basic top done, now I will decide what fabric to 

use for the backing and binding. I will be machine quilting 

this and maybe add some embellishments. I may keep it as

a small table cloth instead of making it into a baby quilt...

I will be adding some batting, perhaps light weight for sure 

if I decide to make it as a table topper.  Who knows,

I may just make it into a decorative wall quilt for a baby 

girls nursery. Whatever it will be, it will be fun for me to do.

Have a great weekend!

Debra

Loneliness - A new poem

Loneliness

I wear a mask of smiles

Inside the tears rain down

My heart can't be unbroken

Seems I'll never lose this frown

People say to live in the moment

But that's a big mistake

One must think about the future

And the decisions that we make

They say to forgive and forget

Move forward and don't look back

Yet somehow no matter how hard we try

Hearts continuously broken

Eventually fade to black

Loneliness is my only world now

All I have are the memories from days gone by

I'm lost in a world of silence

No one seems to notice the tears I cry

Wanting to break free from this hell I endure

Maybe life will be better next time

All I can do is hope and pray

That one day my heart will be fine

(c) 2013 by Debra Ann Beach

Caligrrl Poems

New Art

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you had

a great, fun and safe long weekend! I kept

busy with my projects, as always!! 

 I am never bored. Before I go to sleep at night,

I like to draw on my iPhone... here are a few pics

I've done lately... 

More Bows :)

Happy Veteran's Day and Remembrance Day!

Today we honor those who have served in the 

past, present and future. God Bless you all! 

I've been making more bows in the past week... here are some 

of them finished. I'm having fun and using up a lot of fabric

scraps! 

I hope you like them! I'll be putting some in my Etsy 

Shop to sell, soon!! Stay tuned! 

CaligrrlArts

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CaligrrlArts

Have a wonderful new week ahead! 

Debra

Hair Bows

November's arrival started with a light snow, followed yesterday

by a huge DUMP!!  There is so much snow on the ground and

it's cold in my sewing room... Nevertheless, I have been keeping

quite busy with my latest projects. I decided to make my daughter

some hair bows, since she likes wearing them to tame her

beautiful , thick and curly brunette hair.She likes the Sweet 

Lolita style and I had made her a couple skirts in this style. 

She has been liking a few bows on Etsy, so I thought I would

make her some. I don't know if she still wears her pink skirt

or the black and white musical note one, but I thought I could

use up the scraps left from these past projects. I have so many

embellishments and fabrics that I have decided to make some

to sell in my Etsy shop as well. I hope you like them!

Have a beautiful new week ahead... and be careful

and stay warm in this cold weather if that is the case

where you live! Last photo is my yard...with the DUMP!

LOL!! 

Welcome November!

Welcome November!

It's finally upon us, the colder days and nights of Fall. It's already

snowed here in Alberta. Seems the kids have to trick or treat in

the snow every year now! Well, I'm sure they weren't complaining

when they got home and devoured their goodies! 

I wish everyone a happy November and hope that all

of your wishes and good dreams come true!