Sunday, 27 February 2022

Paint box colours


I bought a few more markers recently, some from Art Shed online ( they had ale on Jo Sonja acrylic paint & I needed to replace a couple of tubes that were nearly empty, so I figured since I was already paying postage anyway…) . And I also got a couple more from an online seller. 
But more colours meant that my colour chart and marker storage needed an update!
I drew up & stamped a new chart last night, it is a bit crowded to fit onto the one sheet now! Realised too late I should have used 2 sheets of better quality paper, taped together. Oh well. And yes I got ahead of myself writing out the names & numbers in the second row and I missed one & had to white it all out! Dang it!

For storage I have the original 36 box and the lid, plus a clear box with 3 dividers I found in a $2 shop. Looking for marker storage inspiration online, I realised that I just needed to cut more dividers - and make some taller- and there would be plenty of room for all the markers plus my black & highlighting pens. I cut up an ice cream container to make the dividers, and found a basket that is the perfect size to hold all 3 boxes, yay!

I also found a Touch New printable colour chart, which I played around with to make it bigger ( 4 pages taped together nice I don’t have an A3 printer. I like that the colours are in families on this one. I can use my home made chart to check the names & numbers, all in number order; then the Touch New chart  to look for a particular shade more easily. Now I just need to get onto some more drawing!

 

another "special birthday" quilt

Finished another “ special birthday” quilt just before Christmas, finally got to hand it over a few weeks ago after hot weather and COVID got in the way!
Disappearing 9 patch with a bit of extra length added, super happy with the colours! 
Sewed the whole thing on my vintage Singer, handled the quilt layers sooo well, plus the extra room in the throat makes it so much easier to feed through the machine, I don’t have to roll it up in a bundle like I do with a Janome, that is a bit of a tight squeeze at times!

  I have another one in progress that I must get a move on with!