Calendar Girls

Here is the calendar page that is the inspiration for this month's postcard at http://calendargirls2008.blogspot.com When I look at it, all I see are the trees, so I did autumn leaves-something I'm seeing a lot of right now. The background is silk paper I made. I didn't notice the fairies until it was mentioned in the group, but then I don't do figures.

Class Projects

I've folded some Lutradur to make a double page using the instructions from the extras Lynda Monk and Carol McFee included in the Simply Salt class they offered at www.fibre-in-form.com
It's easy to do and has lots of possibilities. I'm always fascinated by creating pockets in the pages for all the treasures we have.

Block of the Month, Postcard

The http://calendargirls2008.blogspot.com exchange from Neki came, and she included this beautiful, silky handwoven piece she's done. The card has lots of dimension in the circle and is so much fun. I decided to do the Block of the Month that Terri Stegmiller posts at www.twocreativestudios.com Here is September--done in October.Here is October actually finished the last day of October.

Traditional is a real stretch for me, but I though these plus this month's might make a good table runner for a Christmas gift.

Class

Here is another class I couldn't resist offered by Carol McFee and Lynda Monk at www.fibreinform.com We were painting on Lutradur with Gesso, ink and paint. I used two weights of Lutradur .

A friend made me a Thermofax screen for my birthday one year and a rubber stamp with my initial. It shows in the green piece better in person but looks mysterious.

More experiements.

And my favorite. I love to take classes. They keep me moving forward.

Class

For the class from Dale at http://www.thethreadstudio.com/ I did some lines. These are just stitched in two layers of fabric and cut through.

This is a sheer over black with stitching lines and braid couched to it.

This is my favorite. Just machined lines to form patterns.

Paper, Quiltie

This month's theme for Unlimited Textiles is Africa. Here is what Pam sent me. It is so lush with all the stitching and beads. Aren't I lucky to get it? One of the papers we did in Albie Smith's class at Art and Soul is called crystal paper. Thin paint is dropped on a paper with an eye dropper. Then kitchen plastic wrap is scrunched up and put on top until the paint dries. Waiting for it to dry is the hard part. You never know what you will get.

Class

This is the other class I took at Art and Soul from Albie Smith. It was called the Infinite Book, because you can keep adding pages to make it as big as you want. Here is the spine with stitching over ribbon.When open, the book fans out in such a fun way.

My friend stitched out a group of butterflies for me. I've been saving them for the perfect place and decided that a couple needed to be put in this book. I hand stitched them in with gold metallic thread. Doesn't this one look like it belongs on the page with the floral and leaf type shapes in the background?

Thanks everyone who commented on Wednesday's quilt. I had been leaning toward the straight stitching, so it was nice to know that you thought so too.