First it was all about quilting and then dyeing and then I started making books and zentangling and drawing. Now I have given up on limiting myself and this is all about my creative journey. Hope you'll join me on my journey and invite me on yours!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Second Baby Quilt Finished
This one is going to New Mexico to a great-nephew. By traditional definition it fails to be a quilt. It has a pieced top and a flannel back but no middle. How much heat do you really need in New Mexico?
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Promised Pictures from FIVE Play Date
Saturday the FIVE gathered and we played with embossing and making leaf prints. Here are my two examples of embossing. The material is a hand dye I made by pole wrapping. The first is an oak leaf embossed in gold. The second is a flower composition embossed in a clear sparkle, copper, and then black. I think you can only really see the black but then when you get closer you can see the other two. Makes a nice multi-level figure. (I didn't turn the picture so it is sideways in orientation. sorry)
After lunch we moved on to make paint prints of leaves. Here are mine. I printed them on a old clean-up cloth of mine--as you can tell from the ring on one of them! I will be enhancing these with fugitive medium.
After lunch we moved on to make paint prints of leaves. Here are mine. I printed them on a old clean-up cloth of mine--as you can tell from the ring on one of them! I will be enhancing these with fugitive medium.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Friday Favorites
I have been thinking about making a mobile with things I have found on my beach walks. I really like the design found in this blog for creating the frame of the mobile.
I adore it when an artist takes a class and blogs about it! Penny is taking a class with Jane and has a couple of posts that are exciting. Both are related to using shapes. The first is drawing the shapes and the second is fabric shapes. I do hope that Penny posts more!
Have you found this challenge group yet? Fiberactions is 12 artists who produce a new 16" x 20" quilt every other month based on a theme. This time the theme is Structure. Last time it was Texture and there were some really interesting quilts. Take a look at Sunset in the City. It is a whole cloth quilt. Would you guess it? But I think that Canyon Revisited is my favorite. Are you surprised? It is wonky and has hand stitching!
A thermofax screen give-away! You have till October 15 to sign up for it. C&T Publishing also has a give away. You need to enter by Sunday, October 9, to have a chance to win some architecture inspired artwork.
Lots of dyeing results this week. This one is from Deb who used oatmeal, rice, etc as resists. This one is from Constance Rose who used blackberries.
I adore it when an artist takes a class and blogs about it! Penny is taking a class with Jane and has a couple of posts that are exciting. Both are related to using shapes. The first is drawing the shapes and the second is fabric shapes. I do hope that Penny posts more!
Have you found this challenge group yet? Fiberactions is 12 artists who produce a new 16" x 20" quilt every other month based on a theme. This time the theme is Structure. Last time it was Texture and there were some really interesting quilts. Take a look at Sunset in the City. It is a whole cloth quilt. Would you guess it? But I think that Canyon Revisited is my favorite. Are you surprised? It is wonky and has hand stitching!
A thermofax screen give-away! You have till October 15 to sign up for it. C&T Publishing also has a give away. You need to enter by Sunday, October 9, to have a chance to win some architecture inspired artwork.
Lots of dyeing results this week. This one is from Deb who used oatmeal, rice, etc as resists. This one is from Constance Rose who used blackberries.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday Favorites
My life is starting to be a bit more under control, even if still under controlled. But that means perhaps I may have time to start cruise quilting and surface design blogs and restart my Friday Favorites. Keep your fingers crossed with me, please.
Friday Favorites
Here are some more of Lins Rolling Stamps I know that I have referred you to her blog before but I really like her rolling stamps. Maybe the next time FIVE gets together we can work on making some rolling stamps. I know that somewhere on Lin's blog she has a tutorial for how to make them. This post by Judi Hurwitt is old but is an excellent tutorial on making different types of stamps, including rolling stamps. It is worth bookmarking.
Check out the Fiber Art Society gallery show. I am particularly interested in Laura O.'s paper napkin and muslin piece. I want to try this technique. I know many fabric artists incorporate paper into their artwork. At first (coming from my traditional quilting background) I turned up my nose and thought "CHEATERS!" But I am starting to be won over to the idea. I mean, why not? We are creating art for the walls not blankets that need to be washable. Why not use any material that gives the results we crave?
An older post but I love it like I love most of what I find on Tanglewood Threads It is not just that she uses up the scraps of thread and fabric in her wrapping (appealing to my mother's voice in my head) but that the results are showcased through rusty metal. Really lovely. Wish she provided a bit of a tutorial. And here is another of Penny's techniques that I love. This post did include some instructions. This one absolutely is going on my to-do list. FIVE, you wanna play with this one with me?
I have been exploring a new-to-me blog named Fibreheart. I love this work in opposites. If you continue reading some of her older posts you will find that she also eco-dyes. And this is the post that caused me to become a follower. I love the softly dyed fabric and the stitching on top of it. That is just so what I want to do when I grow up. Currently I am still having trouble being that loose or free in my stitching design. ***heavy sigh****
Elaine Quehl has been dyeing a difficult request for someone but I think the piece is luscious! I hope the buyer is satisfied but Elaine is right; if the first buyer won't take it, it won't be hard to sell. And speaking of dyeing, here is why Judy loves to dye. That eye candy is also why I love to read Judy's blog.
Well, I am attending a conference for work meaning I am staying in a hotel. I am off to the pool to swim a couple of laps. It's a rough job but someone.... LOL.
Here are some more of Lins Rolling Stamps I know that I have referred you to her blog before but I really like her rolling stamps. Maybe the next time FIVE gets together we can work on making some rolling stamps. I know that somewhere on Lin's blog she has a tutorial for how to make them. This post by Judi Hurwitt is old but is an excellent tutorial on making different types of stamps, including rolling stamps. It is worth bookmarking.
Check out the Fiber Art Society gallery show. I am particularly interested in Laura O.'s paper napkin and muslin piece. I want to try this technique. I know many fabric artists incorporate paper into their artwork. At first (coming from my traditional quilting background) I turned up my nose and thought "CHEATERS!" But I am starting to be won over to the idea. I mean, why not? We are creating art for the walls not blankets that need to be washable. Why not use any material that gives the results we crave?
An older post but I love it like I love most of what I find on Tanglewood Threads It is not just that she uses up the scraps of thread and fabric in her wrapping (appealing to my mother's voice in my head) but that the results are showcased through rusty metal. Really lovely. Wish she provided a bit of a tutorial. And here is another of Penny's techniques that I love. This post did include some instructions. This one absolutely is going on my to-do list. FIVE, you wanna play with this one with me?
I have been exploring a new-to-me blog named Fibreheart. I love this work in opposites. If you continue reading some of her older posts you will find that she also eco-dyes. And this is the post that caused me to become a follower. I love the softly dyed fabric and the stitching on top of it. That is just so what I want to do when I grow up. Currently I am still having trouble being that loose or free in my stitching design. ***heavy sigh****
Elaine Quehl has been dyeing a difficult request for someone but I think the piece is luscious! I hope the buyer is satisfied but Elaine is right; if the first buyer won't take it, it won't be hard to sell. And speaking of dyeing, here is why Judy loves to dye. That eye candy is also why I love to read Judy's blog.
Well, I am attending a conference for work meaning I am staying in a hotel. I am off to the pool to swim a couple of laps. It's a rough job but someone.... LOL.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Prep for Nancy Crow's workshop
Did I tell you I am taking a second Nancy Crow Workshop? This time I am going to Quilting by the Lake in upstate NY in November and participating in the Sets and Variable III workshop. Have I taken Sets and Variable I or II. No, of course not. LOL
Nancy has given us a lot of prep work to prepare for her workshop. The first thing we are to do is draw lots of motifs with simple and compound lines. Second, we are to pick some of the better motifs and sew them with a white background and black lines.
Okay, so I am currently away from home attending a conference. Between making notes on the workshop, I am drawing motifs. Here are 72 different motifs I have drawn today. I have posted the numbers on the left side of the motif. Please let me know which 3 motifs are your favorite and feel free to tell me why. Motif winners will be sewn into 8"x8" blocks to take to the QBL2.
Nancy has given us a lot of prep work to prepare for her workshop. The first thing we are to do is draw lots of motifs with simple and compound lines. Second, we are to pick some of the better motifs and sew them with a white background and black lines.
Okay, so I am currently away from home attending a conference. Between making notes on the workshop, I am drawing motifs. Here are 72 different motifs I have drawn today. I have posted the numbers on the left side of the motif. Please let me know which 3 motifs are your favorite and feel free to tell me why. Motif winners will be sewn into 8"x8" blocks to take to the QBL2.
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