What HAVE I been doing? HOUSE WORK!

 I have been busy with home renovations over the past year... a different kind of creativity than my usual painting, beading, sewing, weaving, knitting, writing... Milos and I designed it together. 

I made many drawings (as did Jean) and over twenty short videos to document the process of adding a great room to the north side of our house. 

In between I have made bracelets, spun and knit, painted. 

My hands have not been idle.

Painting in the new room

Here is a sample of the kind of movies I created. This one shows the douglas fir floor installation.
A Douglas Fir Christmas

In order to render our 1950's cabinets more modern so as not to "swear" with the new interior look, I painted out  the knots. I felt like one of the Queen of Heart's men in Alice in Wonderland - painting the roses red. I think I have painted out about 100 knots! I used acrylic paint, but has to use oils for a few that had wood grains that were hard to blend into with the milky when wet acrylic varnishes. One of these days husband Milos and woodworker supreme will replace them all. But for now....

Link to video:
No More Knotty Pine

Before:

After:

I made three sets of new drapes and 14 new seat covers:

SEATCOVERS

old

new

my design seen flat

my design seen folded

DRAPES

cutting table

Drapes done

New Gallery Wall
now featuring six illustrations
from The Moon in the Morning

A thank you to Milos for all his hard work.
This will hang over the piano.
It is a rendering of his grandparents' home back in Czech Republic.