Crafty Month

I was feeling like I hadn't done much in the last month or so. But then I started actually looking at all the things that have come out of my little garret art room.

I made a bunch more Holland Pouch Bags. 
I never intended to sell them, but surprise surprise
friends wanted them to use as Christmas gifts and asked.
*Note the cat trying to be in the photo...

I haven't given up on watercolor / mixed media.
I'm getting better.

And... I made even more of those little bags. 
No, I don't have to even think any more.
I can just sew them on autopilot.

Any excuse to use the palette knife is a good day at the easel.
True my blue heron's neck should be longer and more graceful,
I just decided it was a baby whose neck hadn't grown yet.

So, of course, I made a few more.
Perfect little special gifts when I need one.

Making a quilted fabric collage from a painting has become my newest favorite thing.

Finally, after making nearly a hundred (that's not an exaggeration) of the other little Pouches, which I discovered on Wendy's blog a couple of years ago, she had a post about another kind of bag.  I think it's time to move on to a new bag. I got the pattern and gave it a try. This one's called a Japanese Rice Bag.