Update on Embroidered Zentangle

I successfully digitized the zentangle, however, it was going to take over 3 hours to stitch it out. On top of that, the thread kept bunching up under the machines throat plate & making a thread nest. I stopped the machine & pulled out the project. So much for experiments. Back up & try something else. I think the long stitch time was because the stitching would be so dense, but I think I'll shelve the project all together. I tried.

New Tangle

This is the tangle of the day. I scanned it into the computer, digitized it & have plans to embroider it on the big Bernina. Its amazing what one can do with tangles.
BTW, my new computer had now cost me a new printer as well as newer software. the old one would not function completely with the new system. After 2 hours setting it up, the new printer works fine.
I'm also waiting on the latest snow storm, scheduled to hit later this morning. I have to get to the store for a few things before it gets here. Once it starts, I won't get out unless its an emergency. After all it "is" January & snow storms are prevalent this time of year. Stay tuned . . .

New Zentangle quilt

I've begun a quilt from a zentangle I drew. The original post is on my other blog at http://stichesandstrokes.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-project-begun.html. Have a look. I'll post progress reports on this.

New Tangle Art

This is the newest tangle art. I call it tangle art because its bigger than an average zentangle, which is only 3 1/2 inches square. This one is 8" about. Again, it was done with a Sharpie ultra fine point pen on an 8" square sketchbook page. Since zentangles are not supposed to have any erased spots, I decided I'd skip the pencil underlay & go directly with a pen, that way it couldn't be erased.
The yahoo group is doing well & catching on. I've been doing zentangles, working on the group & quilting. If it ever quits snowing & the roads clear up enough to get out, I'll get to the copy shop to have some of these enlarged enough to make quilts from them. Stay tuned for more.

Today' Tangles

Here are the day's tangles, actually they've been done over a few weeks.These are the materials I most use to "tangle, a small sketchbook, a micron pen & a mechanical pencil. Most begin with pencil & are finished in pen. This one is in color.

This is a simple closeup of a b&w tangle.

Another tangle, began in pencil, finished in sharpie fine point marker.

These are done in both black & white & have color added.
BTW, there has been a very good response to the new yahoo group. I'm pleased.

Today's Zentangle

This is the zentangle of the day. I began the project before Christmas, but just finished it. The house is cardstock cut from a Cricut cartridge, twice, the zentangle was done in Sharpie Ultra Fine point pen. Once finished the piece is simply taped together.

This picture shows that the project is really a 3-D house.

This photo shows some of the detail. A few of the patterns come from Tanglepatterns.com, a website that teaches about the zentangle.
Since this blog is called "the daily zentangle" it implies that one will be done & displayed each day. I hope to do so, but I may take a day off now & then, so don't hold me to it. Most of my daily zentangles are drawn in a small sketchbook, used for only zentangles. That way I can keep them all together. I begin with a mechanical pencil, then go over the image with a pen, either a Micron 01 fine point or a sharpie, depending on the amount of detail I need. Some contain color, most are black & white. I've done a few with colored pens but they don't have the impact of the black & white images. Stay tuned, there will be more . . . tomorrow.

Info From Other Sources

When ever I post information from sources other than my own, I usually try to give credit to the source from where it came. Occasionally I forget to do this, so my apologies to those whom I forget to mention. let me know who you are & I will immediately correct the error & give proper credit. Also as most of you who read my blogs know I'm not the greatest typist in the world & do make spelling errors from time to time. I try to correct as many as I can, so, please over look the spelling errors on my posts, here, other blogs & on the group. I'm only human & doing the best I can.