How do you work?

I was just wondering how everyone approches thier work. I usually have some idea of what I want to do, I might even sketch out a rough copy of what it might look like, but in the end, I play. I find that if I plan out my work, it gets very stiff, very boring and doesn't have the impact that I wanted. I have also found that when I have my scraps of fabric all over the floor, the kids some time see something that I didn't. "Hey mom, why dont you add some yellow", " Mom, I dont like the black, change it to orange". Somestimes they are right. Sometimes my "adult" view, gets in my way. There also has been some discussion on one of the board I belong to, that one should remove their favorite fabric from the piece. More then once I have planned a quilt around an image or piece of fabric just to remove that piece in the end. So tonight, Im heading down to the living room to work (the studio is COLD). Here are a few of the things im putting together tonight. Feel free to let me know how you approch your work...

Tis the season...

Well it's less then a week until Christmas. The kids are wound up. I'm stressed out. I haven't started any of my Holiday gifts. I have a few more days, right? I did manage to get my tree up, and decided to put up my holiday glass village. I do love to get out the ornaments each year. The kids get all excited as they unwrap each one. My kids are given an ornament each year. They are expecially excited unwrapping the ones that are theirs. Other ornaments are old, from my grandmother's tree, my mother-in-laws tree or ones we picked up during my summer tag sale Saturdays.

This year I decided to put up my holiday village. I collected these little stained glass houses years ago and used to sell them to support my habit of buying them. They are made by a variety of makers, Forma Vitrum and Creative Craftsmen are the two that I have the most of. Well, time to get off the computer and get some sewing done. I have lots gifts to make and several art quilts just begging to get made. The kids and I have 2 weeks off, hopefully I will be able to get some sewing in. Happy Holidays to all.