Thought I would add close ups of the pages that Mark used in his article in the Jan/Feb issue of his magazine Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home and talk alittle more about WHY I do these, etc.
My Inspiration Journals are places I can just glue all kinds of stuff into……recently I went thru some of Mom’s old magazines & found GREAT colour combinations, or there were vases with GREAT designs on them which would make either FABULOUS lines for quilting or just designs on fabric.
See, the possibilities are endless – you just have to look around!
The above sample was on one of the journal pages – I put yarns and threads between two pieces of used bounce sheets, then free motion quilted over top….I just wanted to see how much you can see once the quilting is done. I had forgotten about this sample & now I just had an idea pop into my 
head as I was typing this……notes written to self. YES, I keep a notebook everywhere – one beside my bed, beside the computer, on the kitchen table, in my tote bag.
This right sample was actually supposed to be a fabric postcard, but I was alittle ticked at myself for the satin stitching on the bottom, should have used brown there & the background quilting was alittle too loopity loop. Anyway, its a GOOD sample for showing a baby wipe that had been used to wipe ink from a rubber stamp, ironed and then free motion stitched…a January day out my studio window. I usually date my samples & sketches, so I see this one was January 2006.
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