House portrait done and ready to ship

I finished the house portrait for my sister. It’s painted and stitched on one of our dad’s vellums. 

The photos are not great. I’m getting reflections when taking the photos. 

Now onto the recycle project  

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Ready for stitching

My sister’s house on our dad’s vellum is painted and ready to stitch. I back the piece with a Pellon stabilizer and machine and hand stitch. That process will start tomorrow. I’ve done this on several pieces so I know it will work. 

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Chris

House portrait started

 I’m making a portrait of my sister’s house for her birthday later this month. I got an image of her house from Google Maps. I added her cat and dog. They are not longer alive, but I felt like I needed to add something to the portrait. 

So far I’ve traced out the image on one of our dad’s drafting vellums and I’ve started to color it in. I’ve also played with how to address the bricks. Siding is so much easier.

This is what I have so far as well as a photo of her house.

I’ve done 2 other house portraits on our dad’s drafting vellums. One for our daughter and one for my other sisters.

Once I finish coloring it in I will machine stitch on a pellon stabilizer and do some hand stitching.

Thanks for reading..

Chris

Looking back and looking ahead

Another year has flown by. I did get a lot done this year. 

I made 3 gnomes for gifts.

 

I made my recycle piece from plastic bags and won first place. 

I made my piece for the word challenge at a local art museum. My word was wonder and it sold.

I pretty much finished my city collage. I still have to go back and fill in any quilting that came out. 

Then I did my sister’s house on my dad’s drafting vellum.

I finally got back to the Halloween quilt. My goal was to finish it, but that did not happen.

Finally I made the yearly ornament for our daughter.  It’s of her cat.

So looking back I would say it was a busy year. I do have some things on my list for 2026. 

Make a portrait of my other sister’s house on my dad’s vellum. (January)

Create the recycle piece (February and March) based on this image. 

Finish the Halloween quilt and fix stitches for city collage quilt. 

Make a small quilt from a kit I received a few years ago. The pieces are wool and based on this pattern from Buttermilk Basin. The fabrics I have are different than this photo. 

Knit a scarf for our daughter.

Determine what art quilt I should make next.

Make 2026 ornament.

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