Quilt

The friend I marbled fabric with in California taught fabric painting and gave me the fabric.I hand stitched to outline the shapes then machine quilted to echo the lines. It was a relaxing piece to work on and in colors I enjoy.

Here is the entire hanging. It was fun to get her painted fabrics.

Journal Quilt

This week's addition to the Journal Quilt Challenge at www.3creativestudios.com  Again I used leftover blocks of hand dyed fabrics and did the vine by machine to quilt it.

I'm glad everyone liked the sunprints and thanks to those who commented. It's easy to do with Setacolor Transparent paints but must be the transparent ones.

Sun Printing

We actually had sun yesterday in the Pacific NW. I managed to do two sun prints before helping with the deer fence. Today it is raining again.

Living in the woods gives me access to lots of ferns, so I used two types on this piece and Setacolor Transparent paint. It has to be the transparent type to sun print.

The resists on this one are the leaves from a weed. I used one pin in each to hold them in place. There wasn't any wind so that worked. I like the shadows that create different values when the pieces are not totally anchored down.

Thanks to everyone who comments. It's fun to hear from people.

Bead Journal Project

Here's July for the Bead Journal Project. It's been done for a while, but I almost forgot to post it.

I'm doing Journal sized pieces in Crazy Quilting with lace applied and hand stitching the seams before hand beading them. The appliques is one I Painted.

Sketchbook Challenge

The button on the right takes you to the Sketchbook Challenge. This is more of a challenge to me as I am one of the people who "can't" draw.

I find that taking a photograph from a magazine and extending the design really is helping me and is fun to do. It's teaching me to "see". I quite like the results.

Quilt

It was time for the reveal for Fiberactions-see button at side to view the rest of the pieces. Here is a detail of my piece.

 The word was Departure, so I used a commercial print which I normally don't do. I also cut up the felted piece after it was hand stitched and beaded. It's faced on the sides and has binding on the top and bottom which is also different.

Journal Quilt

This week's journal quilt for www.3creativestudios.com  It's a painted background with Ultrasuede shapes applied by machine and edged with Chenille yarn.