Drawing and Painting for Fun

The paper towel paint blotter made into fabric on Spoonflower is pretty cool.

I am enjoying the whole process of creating my own fabric line and

I am looking forward to sewing it altogether to make a usable quilt! 

Watercolor painting of a pink house surrounded by leaves that have been 

made by using my own stencil designs from Stencil Girl Products. 

I used watercolor paint to give the leaves designs and texture. 

I love how it turned out. 

Look at this gem! Mirror image on fabric using Spoonflower. 

This will be a fun hand sewing project!

A self portrait of me in my element. Houses, garden, cups and saucers, 

overalls, happy! It is rather fun to challenge myself to draw in a 

larger format and then paint it! I am enjoying the process!

And made into a fabric panel on Spoonflower! 

I am super happy how it turned out! Bright, colorful and fun!

Next up - tale of the two houses with quilting patterns.

My painted dining table underneath. It makes a nice frame! 

Another great fabric panel made on Spoonflower of my

watercolor painting. Not sure if I need to lighten the blue

polka dot stripe. Still mulling it over.

My iconic houses and some with objects on the roofs. My logo is

a house with a cup and saucer on the roof. Love the dog one and

the house with the iron on top. 

And the fabric. The colors are a good match to the original!

What a great border these will make in a quilt! 

This is the first one that I made and on Spoonflower the background

came out gray on the first try. Then I painted the background a light 

shade of blue to make it more printable. I love stacks of cups! 

Me, houses and cups. In hindsight, I should have cropped this first.

Oh well. You can see the cups and the houses together on

Spoonflower. I am learning as I go. Just me. 

Harris Walz 2024

Happiness is a Rainbow of Joy! I focused my attention on the Presidential race for Freedom vs Fascism

Me and what I am fighting for in this country

I choose freedom. I choose Kamala Harris.

Let’s go forth and conquer! 

There seems to be a total war on women coming from the other camp. Equality is imperative!

Decoy Ducks re-do

Bought these vintage duck decoys at my favorite antique store ‘It’s About Time Antiques.”

The first two are being prepped by painting them with white Gesso. Then adding some purple acrylic paint

Next layer on the smaller duck

She’s looking good

Using a Sharpie Creative marker, I added some fun details

I really like how she turned out!

Details up close

Second duck is all about flowers

This one is definitely in my signature style

She has been glazed with Liquitex Gloss after adding the black outlines


Could she be contemplating a swim? 

My Life on a Cup

I have enjoyed this series so much and it keeps me focused on drawing and painting. Wearing my Duluth overalls for gardening

My favorite Sweet Pea variety this year. I probably bought the seeds on Etsy

A great find at It’s About Time Antiques in Orange, CA. Perfect for Sweet Peas

Seeding takes place over a variety of days, picking and choosing the right seeds/plants for certain parts of the garden

I also picked up these funny ducks at the antique store too. They will get repainted and put in the garden

These Cosmos are over 6 feet tall now. They are a marvel!

Cut my finger gardening, so it’s back to wearing gloves for me

Love this color of pink! This Hollyhock is over 12 feet tall

Brought my own coffee to breakfast at Norm’s and it made everything better!

Hydrangeas 


Got a much needed haircut! 

The painting desk

Bainbridge Island in May

We flew to my happy place on Bainbridge Island to honor the life of our dear friend, Sue. It was very emotional to say the least. Dear friends and family surrounding one another in love. Gone too soon. I am glad we had one another to lean on to share our grief with. It was hard. 

We had beautiful weather until Sunday when it rained all day. Two words Cottonwood Trees. They were shedding their cotton into the air. The streets looked like snow drifts and the air was filled with tiny snowflakes of cotton. Female trees shed cotton, but male trees shed dangerous pollen. I definitely had a bad reaction to this pollen. I am still recovering and taking it easy. 

Vineyard Lane is where we stayed. The development is so peaceful. Paths for walking, a bridge, water, birds and green! 

My friend Sue took me to Esther’s in 1986 to look at fabric and buy antique buttons! So many great memories here, as we shared the love of sewing. She had a line of children’s clothes. I still have the jacket she made for our daughter when she was young. Then she became an upholsterer. Needle and thread. We both enjoyed embroidery too. 

Eagle Harbor Book Co is always a stop for us. We took our kids here. We all love to read

This bakery finally got a brick and mortar location in Winslow. We enjoyed ham and egg croissant sandwiches for breakfast and a big latte, which was so delicious! 

Daily walks through this calming paradise

Some flowers from the Celebration of Life. Every arrangement was absolutely gorgeous. Sue loved to grow flowers and veggies. We were all given envelopes of Zinnia seeds, her favorite flower!

A beautiful quilt in the church. There was a matching on on the other side

One of Sue’s stitching projects on the window

This artwork is on the wall in her kitchen. She loved it. She also lived by this code to hold others up. So, hold others up. Do what you love. Hug people you love. Send a letter or a card to tell someone how you feel about them. Sing a song. Have joy! Love and be loved. Make a difference that you lived