Dear Tanglers!
As some of you might know, not only do I love Zentangle. I’m also a passionate quilter and sewer (and knitter, and crocheter, and painter…). If you’re interested, take a look at my first try at Zen Quilting here.
Unfortunately, my lovely sewing machine has been gathering a lot of dust over the past year, since I just didn’t have any time for sewing. About half a year ago, I did cut out the fabric pieces for a sweater I wanted to sew for myself. So when I finished working on my third book last month I decided I’d give myself a treat and finally sew my sweater. And it turned out lovely!! Yaaayyy!!! And it’s even got chameleons!!
But what, some of you may be asking themselves, does this have to do with Zentangle?
Easy: Just take a look at my right shoulder… Yes, right up there! See it? Look familiar?
Here’s the story: Unfortunaltely, when I was adding the cuff on the neck and hood, some of the shoulder fabric slipped under the serger… and I can see those of you who’ve used a serger cringing. You see: The serger not only does beautiful seams, it also cuts off the excess fabric. To make a long story short: My lovely sweater had a little whole in the shoulder when it was finished.
What to do? Fix it, of course. In the best way I could think of: add a Zentangle pattern. So I hand-embroidered this beautiful pattern right over the whole. Lovely! There you go. Zentangle just makes everything more beautiful (including Helmets)!!
So. Now for the best part: I’m giving a way a tile from my second magazine to a lucky winner! Just answer this question: Which Zentangle pattern inspired this embroidery? (It’s somewhat of a tangleation). Just write the answer in the comments section (by June 21st, 23:59 p.m.) and maybe you’ll be the lucky winner of this tile:
By the way, this magazine will be, again, published as a book. And as far as I know, there will also be an English version again!
Anyhow, good luck and keep tangling!