Fixit Friday #52

ORIGINAL
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This week's picture over at I Heart Faces was a beautiful and artistic image to begin with. It didn't require any work. It was just a chance to use your imagination and play around. I decided to use some of the presets that I created in Lightroom to edit the picture. Other than that, the only editing I did was to crop, clone out the signs, and in two pictures, I added a lens flare.

I call the above preset "Aqua Light". That's because it brightens the image and highlights the aqua tones and saturates the greens. Then I added a lens flare and texture for interest.

I call this preset "Boystown". The tones are brown and golden.

I call this preset "Purplelicious" because it brings out purple tones in the shadows. I think it gives the image a wintery feel.


This final version was a variation of "Boystown" with a copper brush texture and a sun flare. I cropped it on an angle just for fun.

To see other great edits, go to I Heart Faces.

My First Sewing Project in Over a Year

This past weekend I was eager to try out my new sewing cabinet and cutting table. My husband had been complaining for several weeks about the lack of curtains over a pair of french doors we have that face the street. While I have never made curtains, it sounded like a fun project, so I did a little research and came up with a very simple design. As it turned out, I made a mistake with the length and had to omit a top layer that I planned on including. I was frustrated, but I think they turned out just fine anyway.

I wonder what this coming weekend may have in store.

I am Back

Not much has happened design-wise in the past year or so. I became sidetracked with my day job (as an engineer) and we have been trying to sell our home. I had a fantastic room dedicated to sewing in my previous home. It was an entire wall of counters and storage space. The space between the counter and the ceiling was a continuous sheet of glass looking out into the back yard. It was amazing.

Aside from that special gem of a sewing room, I had been desperate to sell that home and start anew. Two months ago, we moved into another home in the same town and just a few blocks away. It's still a large and comfortable home, but I don't have a set up to accommodate sewing or design.

This weekend I began a project to change all that. I purchased a sewing cabinet, unassembled, and then began the long slow process of putting it all together. Now it is complete and I am one step closer to getting back into the saddle. I think I will take it slow at first. I have a couple of projects that I need to knock out (curtains and clothes for the girls) before I get back to original designs. The good news is that I still have some designs in my head that have been waiting patiently for me to bring them to life. Hopefully, this is the year.