Bloom True 1 (6†x 9â€) This batik was so pretty and the print so large, a girl just couldn’t go on the backgrounds. I stitched a giant flower for the quilting and then add stitched words and pretty buttons. Bloom True 2 (6†x 9â€) One is portrait oriented and the other is landscape. […]
Bloom True Times Two Read More »
Some days I wake up ready to embrace the day; other days I need to ease into it. Are you ready to take on your day? I’ve This girl is! She’s in a stylish jacket/sweater and day kicking’ boots. She is ready to take on the day (5†x 9â€)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s not a bright green, but it went so well with this rust orange batik background. I quilted around each of the light green/grey circles. She is happy in green (5†x 9â€) A few STITCHED 2015 students have begun making their own Magpie Girl art quilts. It’s been so fun
I hope pretty art is sufficient this Monday, as all my words seem jumbled today. Bloom and Dream are available in my Etsy shop.
417 is my favorite number. I was so excited to find it on a clothing tag. I hoarded it for years until I started this magpie girl art quilt. It was the perfect color and adds a little more of me to this quilt. This is the art quilt I demo from start to finish
3 of 4 members of our household have not been feeling well. Dexter kitty stopped eating and we spent a few days force feeding him before he started eating kibble on his own. Fluffy kitty has been keeping us company while my husband and I don’t feel well. She enjoyed the windy day we had
On a recent trip to a local quilt shop looking for inspiration, I picked up these fabrics. When I selected most these fabrics (the bottom 8), I was not thinking of art quilts. Instead I am considering using them in a queen size quilt that will be donated for an art auction. When paired with
That giant pink button finally has a home on this swirly quilted gray mini quilt. I added another one of this ‘wrinkle free’ ribbons from my husband’s shirts. This fabric is very playful and ‘play’ is a great reminder to have fun everyday. The blues in this washi fabric always makes me think of the
This feather fabric was a single 5†square I acquired during a 5†square game at my quilt guild several years ago. It’s just sort of taunted me for a while. I couldn’t part with it but I never quite knew what to do with it. This mini quilt is a great way to showcase
STITCHED 2015 started! It is so fun to see all the classes and decide which videos to watch first. As I watch the STITCHED 2015 videos, I’ve been applying fusible webbing to cotton batting, cutting batik fabrics for mini art quilts and I started quilting some of the mini backgrounds (yes, I watch videos, tv
Around Here Lately Read More »
