Originally Posted by raptureready

Thank you all so much for your kind comments. I do really enjoy most forms of art and creativity. Yes, fabric painting counts too. At least I hope it does because there's a lot of beautiful work out there. I've got Indian portraits I did in oil on pigskin--that was rough because you can't use much medium with it because it will bleed and the leather sucks up the paint and dries it almost immediately. I've seen the pencils used on fabric and it's beautiful. I haven't tried it yet though. Post some pix of you work, I'd love to see them. I belong to Illinois Heartland Decorative Artists and we have a HUGE craft show/sale once a year in the Assembly Hall in Champaign. We raise money for local charities such as women's shelters, Crisis Nursery, etc. and also to fund a couple of art scholarships. One of our big money makers each year is a hand painted quilt that we raffle off.