Ka-ching

Terry Stone created this piece on felted fabric. That is a real hammer and lots of pennies.

Suzanne McBride created a very 3 dimensional quilt with gates swinging open.

My quilt was inspired by the stock market and my plan to send Marni to college. When you lift the coin, the song Taking Care of Business plays for you. I used plastic tubing from the hardware store.

I fused the business section of the New York Times onto fabric in a collage and then covered it with gel medium to keep the paper from disintegrating. I quilted words having to do with money randomly across the quilt.

Ka-ching

This is the money pit by Shirley Snowden. She used screen material for the door that is hanging off its hinges.

This couple is Shirley and her husband who have spent a lot of time and money redoing their own house in Ashland...so she knows what she is talking about!

This quilt is by Sheri Russo. The pig lifts up to show words underneath.

You can see the green fabric scattered throughout the quilt top.

On the back, Sheri has bowls which also lift up to display things that she is thankful for.

This is Turkey Mandala by Sarah Breckenridge. Those are real feathers and she did lots of hand stitching on this piece.

Rona Barnes created Such a Deal using credit cards that have come to her in the mail.

Arabian Nights is Patty Duggan's first quilt for our group. She used chain from the hardware store and lots of coins to get that jingle.

Lynne Goulette photo transfered money from different countries and did gorgeous freehand quilting across her piece.

Elaine Turcke painted washers and cut up credit cards to get

the sound out of her quilt.

Ka-ching

This is the Queen of Ka-ching by Denise Johnson. If you look closely, you might recognize the face of Suzie Orman.

She has coins underneath plastic and lots of chain and washers from the hardware store.

This piece is by Denise DeMarie. She used wire fencing to cover the coins that are mounted on the blue.

This is the top of Denise's piece.

A close up of the Money tree by Debra Wolfson.

Debra did a lot of freehand quilting and she used a ribbon for her binding.

Carol Schulman had a great time at the hardware store where she bought screws, washers, chain and lots of other things for her wonderful quilt

Springtime and Starburst

I played with foil this week and created Starburst in the process. I used fusible thread in my sewing machine and foiled over it to get the straight lines. I used a foil glue on a rubber stamp to get the swirls and Bonash Bonding Agent 007 to get the sparkles in the background. It was so much fun to experiment with.

The outside border is a pre-printed irredescent fabric that I have had in my stash for a long time...just waiting for the perfect occasion.

I also finished this small piece which I had started last summer. It uses hand dyed fabrics and threads from Laura Wasilowski. I love the bright colors that she gets and the thread was fun to use although it wasn't easy to sew through the fusible web that I had behind the pieces.

I will be posting the Ka-ching challenge this week. Just waiting for two more quilts. Most of them can be seen at US Bank in Ashland. Definitely worth a visit.

Is anybody out there?

Well, I finished my quilt for the Ka-ching challenge that is going up at US Bank this week but I want to post all of the quilts together so you will have to wait to see it until I photograph them.

In the meantime, this is a test to see if anyone is actually checking out my blog. If I don't hear from at least 5 of you....I may reconsider this process!

So, the time is now...make a comment!

Gingko #3

Gingko #3 was begun in September after I spent the summer hand painting fabric in the garage. I experimented with both cotton and silk. I love the feel of the silk so I did random free motion quilting on this blue piece and then let it sit for months. My newest copy of Quilting Arts Magazine talked about covering a piece with chiffon to mute the colors. I didn't want to lose the quilting design so I covered mine with tulle and sprinkled metallic threads underneath. Then I fused the gingkos on top of the tulle and quilted some more. Since my Gingko series calls for a stripe, I found a muted stripe in my stash that seemed perfect for the binding.

Flower Power is probably the quickest quilt that I have ever made. I think it took me 7 hours from start to finish and that included piecing the back!

It puts a smile on my face.

Flower Power and Gingko #3

I created Flower Power earlier this week as a pattern for Quiltz. We have a fun line of fabric in that reminded me of the 60s. Considering that it was snowing on Monday when I began the project and that it is snowing again today... I guess this quilt is my hope for Spring!

I am having trouble adding images so I will try again later.