Fiber Art of Loretta Alvarado
  • Home
  • About
  • Artwork
    • Thread Paintings >
      • Cobblestone Pathway
      • North Main Beach
      • Sailing Lessons
      • Dreaming of Faraway Places
      • Point Loma Lighthouse
      • Red Boat
      • Perfect Day
      • California Poppies
    • Fiber Sculptures >
      • California Seascape
      • California Dreamin
      • Pacific Seahorse
      • Piano Piece
      • The Red Violin
    • Art Quilts
    • Bags, Scarves, and other stuff
  • Freebies
    • Tutorials >
      • Christmas Wreath Greeting Card Tutorial
      • Tips for Using Metallic Thread
      • Easy Quilt Binding Tutorial
    • Calendars
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • NFTs

We Interrupt this broadcast…

8/2/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
Sometimes things just don’t work out the way we planned. I had all these grandiose ideas about how I was going to complete the Catalina Island piece by the end of July. I got it to a certain point and then I stalled.
 
I just wasn’t feeling it. I don’t know why. And, I have found that when I get to a place like this, it is best to just step back from the art. So, I rolled it up and stuffed it in a corner of my studio.
 
But, that doesn’t mean I have given up. I’ll get back to it eventually. For now, I am moving on to something else.

I’m calling this new one “The View from My Favorite Restaurant.” (It’s Peppino’s at Lake Mission Viejo in case you’re wondering.) I took my best friend out for dinner here when she was visiting in June. We just sat out on the patio and watched all these little sailboats going by. I think they were having a sailing class. Then it dawned on me, I should be taking pictures. Duh! I got several good ones. The one above is the one I am working from.
Picture
I have been posting my progress on my Facebook page. You can go there if you want to see all the work-in-progress photos. I started this piece on July 17. Here’s where I am so far. I finished the water and the sky and have started working on the trees. I had to stop here because I ran out of green thread for the trees. Time to head off to the fabric store. Again.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Fiber Artist and Author, Loretta Alvarado

    Categories

    All
    Newsletters
    Work In Progress

    Archives

    February 2022
    September 2021
    May 2020
    February 2020
    October 2018
    September 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016

    RSS Feed


If you'd like to learn more about my work and my process, subscribe to my (sort of) monthly newsletter. I'll send you information about what I am working on and where you can view and purchase my latest creations. I promise I won't send you too many emails and I won't use your information for any other purpose.
Picture

Subscribe to my newsletter

* indicates required
Email Format
  • Home
  • About
  • Artwork
    • Thread Paintings >
      • Cobblestone Pathway
      • North Main Beach
      • Sailing Lessons
      • Dreaming of Faraway Places
      • Point Loma Lighthouse
      • Red Boat
      • Perfect Day
      • California Poppies
    • Fiber Sculptures >
      • California Seascape
      • California Dreamin
      • Pacific Seahorse
      • Piano Piece
      • The Red Violin
    • Art Quilts
    • Bags, Scarves, and other stuff
  • Freebies
    • Tutorials >
      • Christmas Wreath Greeting Card Tutorial
      • Tips for Using Metallic Thread
      • Easy Quilt Binding Tutorial
    • Calendars
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • NFTs