Journal Quilt, Family

Here is another journal quilt for the challenge at www.3creativestudios.com  It is piece of fabric that I had marbled years ago that became a good opportunity to try quilting with the decorative stitches on the machine. Chenille yarn is zigzagged to the edge. The buttons create a focal point.

I'm back from a visit to Houston, Texas to visit our son and his family. The kids made me this artwork. The back has hand prints with their signatures in them-a treasure to keep for years. It's always good to see them-wish they didn't live so far away.

Quilt, Postcard

I won a postcard from Deb Levy for the Technique of the Month at www.3creativestudios.com She does the quilting before painting the piece. Isn't it wonderful?

I found more leftover blocks/scraps from a very early Nancy Crow workshop and put them together to make this quilt. It's about 15" by 30". The machine quilting just needed to go lengthwise.

Journal Quilt

www.3creativestudios.com has two challenges that this works for-The Journal Quilt and The Technique of the Month which is freemotion Couching.

I don't have a Bernina which has a special foot for this with a guide for the thread you are couching. I have a Pfaff which I love but this was hard without the guide. I kept trying to rig a guide up but so far none of my ideas has worked.

The leaf shapes are fused. Then I used a knitting braid for the couching which also becomes the quilting. I think this technique has lots of possibilities.

Sketchbook, Quilt

The Sketchbook Challenge(see button at right) has Pathways as the word for this month. I love the word and idea but was having trouble coming up with an idea. Last night we were watching "Through the Wormhole" on the Science channel on TV and it hit. I'm fascinated by the concept of TIME, so I sat there and did a mapping of all the things time can be.

Years ago I did this quilt called Pathways and here is a photo of it in a gallery. Until now I didn't realize that they didn't hang it flat. It's from a piece of fabric I airbrushed. It is part of a series on the 5 stages of grief that I did during a challenging time in life. It is "Echoes of Rage" but the name I use for shows, so it is more socially acceptable is Pathways. It is the way I felt at the time. The strips are fused before having yarn zigzagged to the edges.

Journal Quilt

Blogger doesn't want me to add a photo this morning, and I'm heading off to Quilt Group, so I did a copy and paste. Sorry it's not larger.

This was done from some leftover quilt squares, machine quilted, and then the leaves were sewn down with metallic thread. The edge is a fuzzy yarn. I love weird yarns---fabrics, beads, buttons, trims.

It is going on the Journal Quilt Flickr album for www.3creativestudios.com  Check out the other there.

Gifts

My name was drawn for one of the prizes at www.3creativestudios.com  and Donna Funnell sent me these things. The purse is very nice with lots of work on it. It's fun to have the magazine with her article in it showing how to make it.

Thank you Donna.

Quilt

Here's the detail of a beaded and stitched design I did.

Now it is made into a quilted hanging.