I created this table runner to use as a class sample. I will be teaching curved piecing and fusible applique. I love the cheery fabric.
Marni and I discovered her book on the shelves at Barnes & Noble in Medford. The release date is Aug. 3 so we were thrilled to see it there early. We are hoping that it will reach a lot of people battling Trichitolmania and help them to realize that they are not alone.
I have begun a new series which I am mounting on black canvas that measures 8 x 10. Each piece will incorporate different fibers and textures and at least one piece from nature. This time I used green velvet, soy silk fiber, a dyed bark and that orange thing is something weird from nature that came in a scented mix of leaves and roots from Thailand. I plan to repeat the same colors throughout the series. I am having fun!
Rascal went with me and Marni to Sisters for the quilt show. He posed nicely for the camera - a real first. Must mean that at 2 years old he is finally calming down.
My niece Abbie is off to college at Rice University specifically in the music program. She loves opera and she is amazing at it. In fact, yesterday she performed at the Kennedy Center to a sold out crowd. Unbelievable.
Here is a close up. I hope she feels warm and loved and wrapped in music.
I was commissioned to create a t-shirt quilt by a woman whose husband has recently passed away. We used his favorite t-shirts and logos from his hats. The quilt is a memorial to a life well lived.
This small quilt was the outcome of a new product that I saw in Ohio. I sewed straight lines across 7 layers of fabric following a grid. Then I cut the strips apart, and glued them to the already quilted fabric. When the glue dried, I sewed the strips in place. I soaked the whole piece to get the glue out and while the quilt was still damp, I went at the pink layers with a bristle brush. I actually bought a brush meant for cleaning grout and tile at the hardware store and it worked great. It fuzzed up the fabric so that it is very dimensional.
This is the result! A very fuzzy flower.
Here I am with my piece "A walk in the woods" at the Works Gallery in Ohio. I was thrilled to have my quilt hang with so many beautiful pieces.
I had an incredible trip to Ohio where I took a Shibori class at QSDS and saw Quilt National up close and personal. What an experience to see those amazing art quilts. I had quilts in two other shows and had a wonderful time visiting them.
Pink Sunflowers is a store sample. I began with a batik and used a Tsukineko fabric marker to highlight some of the sunflowers. Then I beaded the centers. I sure love embellishing with beads.
Mind Bender is a Bali Pops quilt that I designed and made a pattern for. It is already hanging at Quiltz if you want to see it in person. I love the colors and all the subtle patterns that appear when you stare at it long enough!
This piece measures 9 x 12 and is mounted on black felt and foam core. I used more of the water soluble paper and fed some drinking straws through it. Since the straws are made of plastic, paint did not want to stick to them so I wrapped them in eyelash yarn and beads. The fabric beads in the lower righthand corner were created by wrapping fabric around a knitting needle, painting it with glue, rolling it in glitter and then wrapping painted tyvek around that. When the tyvek was heated, it melted to the fabric.
The blue background here is brown paper that was scrunched and then painted. Angelina fibers were fused on top. The weird shaped giant beads were created by wrapping a synthetic green and purple fabric the full length of a knitting needle. Then a strip of acryllic felt was wrapped over the fabric and it was hit with a heat gun. The metal wire was wrapped before the fabric was removed from the knitting needle and it allows for the bending in the bead. The beads are glued to the black felt background which is mounted on cardboard.
Our latest challenge will be hanging at U.S.Bank in downtown Ashland through the end of July. The challenge was to do an environmental quilt and find a poem to go with it. We all used some soy silk fiber somewhere in the piece and we had a common fabric that comes in 5 different colors. In my quilt it is the blue fabric behind the fish.
The soy silk is the lightest fabric with the pearl beading on it.
This is the first time that Tina Somerset has participated in one of our challenges. She created her polar bears by felting wools together. Aren't they cuddly looking?
Rona Barnes created this owl by thread painting. Isn't he wonderful? We watched him come to life over time - many hours of stitching and massive amounts of thread!
Pat Gleitsmann did an incredible ocean quilt featuring this whale. This is another quilt that needs to be seen close up. She has embellished it beautifully with ribbons and fibers and there are fish in her quilting.
Elaine Turcke experimented with raw edges when she created her flower. It is a Fritilleria ( I may be butchering the spelling!)
Carol Stocking amazed us all with her polar bears. She used fake fur and colored it with pencils. Her Northern Lights are all free hand quilted and this quilt is just gorgeous. You have to see it in person.
