Breakfast Pepper

I think, this winter, I will be painting peppers each morning after breakfast.  There is something here, in this red pepper from my garden that is saying "hey, paint me".  I chopped the other half up for this morning's breakfast.

The next 12x12 challenge is "Sweet" and I have an idea already.  Magical to have an idea before the night before the deadline.  I will be continuing with my experiments on the backside of that black fabric.  Drawing on the surface with chalk and wax crayons.  Then I will be adding something borrowed and new to my "tool box" of surface design.  I am excited.  I don't know about you, but when something works on fabric, I always say "sweet" to express my delight.  Let's hope my ideas for this piece turn out to be "sweet".

I think I will also be making a very large experiment on the backside of the black fabric.  I have wanted, forever, to actually draw and paint on the fabric and then stitch.  I managed to paint my own fabric a few years ago and mostly use the painted fabric in my work now.  I gave away 80% of my commercial fabric collection.  I was trying to be like every other quilter I knew.  It wasn't who I am.  It never felt right.  My work was always a bit "off" as I struggled to use commercial prints.  Now, using painted and discharged recycled fabric, I feel more comfortable.  Now it's time to actually be who I am and start drawing on the fabric.  This what has always been "missing" in the design.  The drawn line.  The topstitching on or around the drawn line.  Perhaps I will enjoy the work now????

I found a few items of clothing that had been "missing" and, in fact, had been in a big pile on top of my sock basket.  A large hand woven basket full of socks.  I was looking for the other green smart wool sock and in doing so, uncovered the lovely, soft wide wale cord pants I had gotten from Goodwill.  JJill.  So dreamy.  And the pink hoodie.

I ventured into "stylish" yesterday to go grocery shopping.  Rolled leg jeans, red ballet flats, white shirt with tails hanging out under a navy knit top.  G was home already when Riley and I carried in the groceries.  He said I looked cute.  It's almost too chilly here in Maine for ankle baring rolled jeans.

My groceries included sausage for a breakfast casserole recipe, an on sale beef pot roast for tomorrow's dinner, a large box of baby kale for my breakfast omelets and sugar free canned peaches to eat with my yogurt.  The last of my friend's peaches grew grey and fuzzy and are now compost.  I could drive over there to get more but it's a scary drive on a badly paved and curvy road.  I even purchased potatoes for mashed potatoes alongside the pot roast.  I never made pot roast for my birthday this year.  I missed having it so I am going to remedy that.

Time to leave for work.  I have the last container of vegetable soup to take for lunch.  The dog is ready to go.  He's been "ringing" the bell on the back door with his nose for  the last few minutes.