This and that and some other stuff

The last few days passed way too fast. I spent a bit of time on the computer to get the Textile Tuesday blog going and we already have a first picture uploaded. I have decided what I will do as the family piece yesterday but still have to decide on the technique before starting. All I can say now is - it will be another abstract piece and I spent some time with fractals again...
Those fractals are really addictive and I am thinking of starting a new blog for fractals. Although fractals are a very good source for textile art. I saved dozens of images which I hope to turn into textile pieces sooner or later.

The Juki foot for my Janome arrived 2 days ago and I love it. Now I have all I could dream of. The Big Foot is perfect for working with felt and other fluffy materials and the Juki foot is great for free motion quilting/embroidery on a flat surface. So for a while I hope I don´t have to buy new equipment for my machine.
Got 2 new books about beading and found a bookshop yesterday that has a quite good assortment of textile books. As I already spent way too much money at a yarn shop I just looked at the books without buying. A horrible feeling!

Off to the vet again for another vitaminB12 shot. Daisy is much better now and it really looks like we can keep the problems under control with that diet. So far the only things she is allowed to eat are potoatos and chicken. Sounds boring, but she loves it! But she is still on cortisone, so we will have to wait if she will be OK after she stops taking the pills. Not sure when this will be, but right now I am thankfull that she feels good and the symptoms seem to be under control.

Tonight DH is on a business trip, so lots of time to work on my Family piece.

Fractals info

Beate asked about the software for fractals. There is freeware available on the internet and if interested I can recommend the class at Quiltuniversity.
The software I used is called Fractal Explorer and can be downloaded for free here: FE
It is a bit difficult to start when you don´t know what to do. I think on this site is a tutorial, too. And if you do a search on google for Fractals or Fraktale you will find tons of info and galleries.
I only know a tiny bit of this stuff, as it is quite complicated, but even with this little knowledge one can find stunning images which can be printed on farbic.

Fractals

Been playing with a fractals software tonight and here are some results. It is way too addictive to play with these fascinating structures.
Also did my very first print on fabric but won´t show you before it is quilted, embellished and all. Will be another little quilt for the abstract challenge group and the theme is "Structure". But no - no fractal ;-)