Fabric collection almost done!

I am very excited to have the patterns almost complete! I have used a color pallette that reminds me of my gramma Helen... I miss her so much! These warm colors remind me of all the great things gramma's are: warm, loving, sweet, and caring. I can almost taste her chocolate chip cookies I have made the patterns a little more modern than she might have had in her closet... but it is such a fun expression of pattern I think she would like today!

http://www.spoonflower.com/collections/2489

After I finish one more design, I am going to do a line based on my gramma Betty's fabulous scandinavian design. I am so excited about this... I am not sure if I'll be able to keep the line to just 12 designs!!

Once I get these completed, I will be able to start adding these great designs into the Sketchbook. Which design will be able to grace the cover? You will have to follow my creative journey!

Gramma's Closet

I have decided to write about my Sketchbook project. I am hoping that the task of keeping up with my progress will give me energy and creativity abound... this project is so different and challenging than anything I have done before. There is no boundry to the scope of this project. And, what's more, it is something I am challenging myself to do. I am my own critic.

I am so used to things being black & white, right or wrong, recognized as clinical recommendations approved by scientific study. For me, the creative process feels like I am solving a problem that isn't even a problem. It is a new way of thinking for me... and it is so invigorating.

Filling up the sketchbook, for me, is a way to tell a story. It is my first real attempt to bring emotion and thinking to a piece of art. I must take Jackets, Blankets, and Sheets and let it mean something. Grandma's Closet represents many things for me. It will be a great way to play with texture and pattern. But most importantly, it will be a story of comfort, history, love, design, and family.

This picture is the beginning of the cover (not finished yet...) I have made a stamp using lino and block stamped using white to represent painted paneling. Fresh modern take on a vintage idea. I have glued pages together inside to make them thicker and give them more of a wrinkled, worn look. I can't wait to pull some of my fabric and paper designs for the "interior" of the closet.

I have many ideas... but the challenge is going for it. I don't want to make any mistakes. I just need to try things out and roll with the process!