Expanding My Horizons Instead of Maximizing My Gluteus

For those of us whose winter exercise alternates between huddling and shivering, January encourages a butt load of weight.  I needed a diversion.  What better diversion for anything that ails you than learning something new?  The way my blood vessels turn tail and cower at just a hint of mercury recession, that something new ain't gonna be on a ski slope, no matter how tantalizing the tales from another.  I surfed through bloglines and found a delicious something I'd been drooling over for a while.  A Sue Bleiweiss  online class.  Tissue paper fabric, brown paper bag journals, decorated boxes - what fun!  I got the first lesson on Tuesday.  Since I'm still trying to carve out work surfaces in my jumbled cave of chaos, I have only done part of the first lesson.  I turned tissue paper into decorated fabric.  Sorry, no tutorial nor photos of the process.  That's what Sue sells so my revealing techniques just wouldn't be right .  But this is my result: a piece of fabric ready to be turned into ... well, whatever I can dream up, I suppose.  I made some progress with the space carving last night and  hope to take a big step with that today because I really want to get my hands into more of this surface design stuff.

Comments

[michelle]

I love all the courses you can now take online - nothing like the comfort of your own home :)

That came out so cool looking. The tissue paper looks as though it could pass for a wet felted piece almost. Now that I'm thinking about it - no wonder yours came out so nice :)

[Laurie]

Yes, baby, it IS cold out there.

The fabric is very intriguing. I just bought my origami books (in the same vein).

[Dave Daniels]

Hey, your first piece is looking great. I'm enjoying it, too. I spent a couple of hours tearing tissue paper, too. I can't wait to see what you make. I'm thinking of a journal for the class lessons.
OH!!! I finished the yarn from the Simply Delicious, and it's GREAT!