Sewing In Progress and a Hungry Hawk

    Hi everyone. Another Friday is already here. I hope everyone has had a nice week so far.

    Today I'm joining Nicole at Friday Face Off, Gillena at Friday Lunch Break and also Halle at Art Journal Journey. Today I have some art in progress  to share.

    I've been working on another cloth journal. My base pages are done, but I haven't put them together or added them to a rigid backing (like interfacing). After that I will stitch 2 pages together back to back to make a two sided page in this journal.

  My background is just an old yellowed bed pillow cover that I cut up. Then I die cut some circles from fabric scraps, and  I appliqued them onto the background.  The photo booth faces and  the slide are paper images that I  printed onto some white cloth. You can create your own cloth to run it through the printer (*instructions below) or you can use pre-treated cotton cloth sheets that you can buy. I happened to have an old packet of ready to print cloth sheets that had a few sheets left so that's what I did, but making your own sheets isn't all that difficult either.

  After that I took 2 little crochet-like flowers and 2 red buttons and hand stitched them down. I snipped these flowers off of something old a long time ago and I can't remember what they were on. I also took a small applique (again snipped off something old that I can't remember) and stitched it down. What I do to finish this page is something I don't quite know yet.

  My other face for today is this Cooper's Hawk. The other day I was driving into my driveway,  just a few feet from parking, when this guy swooped down in front of my car.  He/she then flew over and landed on my husband's workshop.

  I think he/she was interested in raiding the phoebe's nest which sits up under the eaves, but he couldn't get in there. I was down below in the driveway next to my car, and all I had on me was my phone. I zoomed the camera to max, and that means I can't really crop down these photos because they won't come out very clear.

   While I was watching him the whole forest was filled with songbirds in warning call mode. And then, it went very quiet.

  After that he/she flew off into the woods. I'm sure he was looking for another nest to raid.

  That's all for me in this post. Have a great Friday and start to your weekend.   

*Step-by-Step Guide for making cloth sheets for your printer

1. Cut the Materials: Cut a piece of freezer paper and a piece of fabric so they are exactly the same size as standard printer paper (8.5 × 11 inches). 
2. Iron Together: Place the freezer paper shiny side (the waxy side) down against the back of your fabric. Use a hot, dry iron to press the two layers together until they are firmly bonded.
3. Trim Edges: Snip away any stray threads or frayed fabric edges so the sheet will feed smoothly without catching on the printer’s rollers. 
4. Feed into Printer: Place the fabric-and-paper sheet into your printer's paper tray. Note: Ensure your printer is set to print on the fabric side, not the paper side. On most top-feed printers, this means facing the fabric side down.
5. Print: On your computer, set your print settings to "Best Photo" or "High Quality". This prevents inconsistent ink flow on the fabric.