SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT...

When my daughter was small she loved Madeline who lived "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines,..."  She especially loved to emphatically state the line of Miss Clavel, the nun who watched over the twelve little girls, "Something is not right!"  Miss Clavel always seems to have the instinct to know when something was not right and set off to investigate exactly what it was.

I had a "Miss Clavel" moment while working on my fabric nature journal page over the weekend.  I instinctively knew that something was not right.  After spending some time with the page I came to the conclusion that the page was actually not a page after all, it was just a pocket, or a series of pockets, meant to tuck things into.  This was NOT the fabric nature journal I envisioned making so with a little more fiddling with the design it is now a fabric wall pocket...

That still left me without a beginning journal page.  I found a snippet of something in my OOPS Pile that I started a while back and decided perhaps it was a journal page.  I played with stitches, swatches, beads, and color with this idea rolling out of my head...

Perhaps it is not a page but a book cover?

After thinking it over I thought, "Something is not right!"  This was also NOT the fabric nature journal I envisioned making.  Oh dear!  They say the third time is a charm, a sun print and a bees wax bird...

That is as far as I have gotten with the third.

So...

In a small cottage all ringed with trees,

Lives an artist whose imagination runs free,

Inspired by flora and fauna and creatures of the wood,

Making art whenever she could,

Creating with whatever is handy,

The artist name is Sandy...

Perhaps someday I WILL have that perfect idea for the look of the book I want to create and perhaps the above can be my version of the Madeline opening lines.

I hope that each and every one of you have a happy and safe Thanksgiving week!