I don’t plan how the body parts fit with the text prints, so it’s fun watching my little army of inspirational girls come together. For this girl, the words ‘doing,’ ‘story’ and ‘courage’ describe what it takes to be creative. She is creative (5.5†x 9â€)
After months of frantic stitching and not enough sleep, it all came together! The tables were full of journals, notebooks, art quilts, cards and prints. It was a fun day and all the work meant I had a well stocked booth and extras to restock local galleries and soon my Etsy shop – after a
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I’ve been locking myself in my studio for the last few weeks amassing giant stacks of done and semi-done projects. I enjoy watching the stacks grow. The riot and colors and patterns that the stacks make is almost as fun as creating. One more week of this and I can relax. The frenzy of stitching
This was a commission piece that took months to come together. I had the other lighter pink backgrounds, but these fabrics from the Tula Pink Slow and Steady line really make the quilt come alive. On the wall it says “I’m a winner†a perfect sentiment for a quilt that was commissioned as a gift
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I really like how these quilted scraps look when they are stitched together. It’s such a fun, textured background for a stitched portrait. Happy (6.5†x 7â€) Today, I am happy about fun fabrics found at a local quilt shop and plans for creating with a new to me product called Kraft-tex craft paper fabric.
When I am asked to create a custom art quilt, I will create multiple backgrounds and sometimes multiple girls (or boys). If I can’t decide which one is perfect for the recipient of the piece, I will take photos after the backgrounds are quilted, but before the girls and other items are fused in place.
I had 4 days off. Time to allow joy. There was a sleeping in, running errands and lots of time in the studio. I wore my arm out cutting fabric, batting and fusible webbing. I burned my hand on my iron as I fused a large volume of quilt backgrounds and used up several bags
On Saturday, I taught an art quilt class. Not only did each at student go home with a mostly completed project (additional embellishments pending), every student tried free motion quilting – some for the first time. I hope my students had as much fun as I did. joy is a cartwheel any where by Jerri :
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Yesterday I spent time in my studio. I didn’t make a thing – I cleaned. As I folded fabric and organized supplies, my mind started to percolate project ideas. Ready for adventure (6.5†x 7â€) Today I began cutting batting for over 200 art quilts. I won’t make them all at once, but I’m now
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After a very rainy day working and running errands, I am enjoying an evening on the couch with fall tv shows, internet eye candy (inspiration) and cuddly kitties. I brought home new fabrics from work – I have some vague ideas for turning them into art quilt backgrounds. We’ll see what fun I can find
