My Original Acrylic Portrait Paintings - Not Knitting

Just thought I'd throw in some artwork. It's one of my hobbies. Hope you enjoy it.

Another one of my favorite things to do is portrait painting. I hand paint the photo portrait on heavy watercolor paper or stretched canvases. I paint the portaits in values of black usually but can do any color. They look great set up on an art easel, also. They're best viewed from a distance but you have to move in close to check out what's going on.This particular one is of my Mother and her siblings. This photo was taken back in the 1930s.

This one is my Mother. Isn't she beautiful!? Reminds me of the movie Titanic. She was probably around late teens to early 20s in this photo/painting. This one in particular looks 100% better if you stand back so your eyes let the colors blend.
This one is of my Mother-in-Law when she was in her early 20s.

The next one is my Father-in-law obviously in his WWII uniform. It's fun to do other types of paintings as well.

If you're interested in having a photo painted of your loved one; Mom, Dad, Grandparent or favorite pet, let me know. They can be done on heavy watercolor paper and framed very nicely. Usually, I charge $89 for 11" X 18" on heavy watercolor paper. That includes shipping priority. ALSO, if you'd rather paint it yourself, I can easily create the pattern for you and you can transfer it to your own canvas and paint it yoursel!


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Not Knitting but Fun Stuff

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These are the quilts I decided to make when I was in the quilting mood. My sister is a wonderful creative quilter and has been encouraging me for years to try it. My first attempt was this borgello quilt! That's me! Try the hardest thing first! This one has no handquilting. Sorry about the fuzzy photo. I'll try another one and change it later.

This quilt is the next one I made. It was a gift to my Mother for her birthday several years ago now. She just loved it. There's photos of us three kids and one of the house she grew up in and one of her and her mother. I always use large pieces and fabric with checks or stripes so I can

follow them easily when doing the hand quilting. There's no need to draw lines. All in all, my quilting experience was fun.

I have two twin size quilts I made using the crazy quilt technique......so easy. Not pictured here.

This is my latest quilt. I love birds so I used large blocks of the bird print and handquilted around the leaves and birds. It's framed with a red and black check and so is the back. Another very very easy fabric to handquilt since you can follow the lines!

My Knitting and Loom Knitting

This is a little childs hat I knitted on a Knifter Knitter loom. It's for my friends little girl.

This next one is for my grandson. I haven't seen him for awhile so next time I do, I'll get a picture of him wearing it. Here he is wearing the sweater and mittens I made him for Christmas. Little kids are confused when you attach their mittens to string! Rememer your Mom doing that? I grew up in Minnesota and my kids in Monata so they knew why the mittens are on strings. Ethan is going on 2.

These are my wristwarmers knitted with needles not on a loom. The pattern was on the Net someplace.
This little hat was done with needles and is called the Julia Roberts hat. I added the fun fur instead of using regular yarn just to make it fun and match a purse I made.
This is a shrug made on the largest Knifty Knitter loom. It's hard to wear it and take a picture at the same time so I had to lay it down. It's made with a yarn I picked up at JoAnns without a label or at least I've lost the label but I do know it's got some wool in it.
I have lots of crocheted thing to post one of these days. So come back often.

Orange Boucle Acrylic Knit Drawstring Purse

Orange Boucle Acrylic Drawstring Purse~Handwash or delicate cycle~Tumble dry low


This little handbag or really a wonderful little drawstring hobo bag is made with a wonderful autumn colored yarn that is a boucle acrylic yarn. It is fully lined and even has a little pocket on the front.

Shiping and handling will be USPS priority

PRICE: $ 19.99

Purse only
no pattern available
each purse is one-of-a-kind as it's designed as I knit






All my designs are copyrighted and not for reproduction without my consent. You may use my idea for your own use but not for resale. copyright 2008

Teal Green Blue Illusion OR Shadow Knit Drawstring Tote

This tote is knitted using my own illusion knit pattern I call Double Diamonds. I used a combination of two acrylic yarns and crocheted the top ripple edge for the drawstring. Drawstring is adjustable and was crocheted. The tote measures approximately 18" X 13.5". The back and lining is a navy blue polar fleece fabric. Completely machine washable in cold water, dry low.

Price: $25.00 Shipping: USPS priority Click on photos to enlarge

All my designs are copyrighted and not for reproduction without my consent. You may use my idea for your own use but not for resale. copyright 2008

Illusion Knit Drawstring Purse

This brown drawstring purse is one of my favorite designs. I used an illusion knit design and built it as I went. I used Lion Brand Homspun yarn and a dark brown Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn. I knitted in a twisted tassle top edge and used a drawstring I-cord strap. It is completely lined with a 100% cotton fabric. Measurements are approximately: 13" X 10.5" It is completely washable and low temp dry.

Price: $25.00 Shipping: USPS Priority Click on photos to enlarge

All my designs are copyrighted and not for reproduction without my consent. You may use my idea for your own use but not for resale. copyright 2008

Pretty Little Hand Crochet Tote

I used a combination of white and baby blue acrylic yarns. I lined it with a 100% cotton fabric. Completely machine wash and dry.
Tote measures 10.5" X 10.5" Handle measures 11" X 2"
Snap closure

Price: $14.99 Shipping: USPS priority Click on photo to enlarge



All my designs are copyrighted and not for reproduction without my consent. You may use my idea for your own use but not for resale. copyright 2008

Illusion Knit Tote Bag

This is a darling little illusion knit tote using a strand of yellow and a strand of white acrylic yarn. You can see the fleur di lei pattern at a slant. I lined it with a pretty little yellow, green, pink line plaid. It is 100% cotton. I used cute large button to attach the handle. Measurements are approximately: 12" X 11" and handle measures: 21" The back is knitted in garter stitch. Click on photos to enlarge

All my designs are copyrighted and not for reproduction without my consent. You may use my idea for your own use but not for resale. copyright 2008