printed tissue paper over collaged paper, canvas painted hearts, heart with Pitt pen The last few days I’ve been playing in a new art journal. Experimenting with techniques from Christy Tomlinson’s She Had Three Hearts workshops. The workshop is packed with info; I’m not even halfway through the videos but I’m enjoying the process of […]
Month: June 2011
Fabric Book – Donna Downey Inspired
I was smitten with the iron-ons and die-cut fabric letters from Donna Downey. I combined them with natural canvas, wire and inspirational words from Donna. I like the simplicity of this book but next time, I’ll add a bit of color to the canvas first.
Fabric Book/Journal
fabric book page – fussy cut fabric with hand stitching detail and fabric tag I love making fabric books. They capture a moment, a snippet of inspiration and allow me to play and practice. When I have a long, draining day at work and don’t feel like my usual creative self, I open a fabric […]
Be Your Amazing Self
be your amazing self (8†x 10â€) I’ve been holding to pieces of a quilt top that I never finished. Finally found a good use for it today. Used lots of doodle stitching in black, circles in red and green on the color blocks and wrote ‘be your amazing self’ in blue. I had intended […]
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Girl Art Quilt Tutorial
She feared decorating decisions (6†x 10â€) A comment from ♥Duff inspired me to write a tutorial on making a girly quilt. It was fun to pause during each step and snap a photo. Hope you enjoy seeing the process as much as I enjoy doing it. Find a drawing or photo of a face […]
Busy
Girl sewn on card (3.5†x 8â€) My day job had been extra busy leaving me too drained to play in my studio. Instead I’ve been curling up with a good book, er.. 3 books. It’s a trilogy aimed at teens but the story sucked me in. Thankfully, I had already scheduled today off. So […]
Sharing Creativity
Before moving to Alaska, I was involved with the Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild in Cincinnati where I met some amazingly talented women. I loved being involved so I edited the newsletter, helped with the website, coordinated the creation of community quilt (made with scraps donated by 72 different people in the city), served as vice […]
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New Color and a Winner
I pulled out some spring colors with which to perfect my ruffled dress making. Periwinkle is complete but pink and blue are up next. I like the little bouquet I made with green ribbon and a few buttons. Thank you all for the color suggestion, I’ve noted them for future ideas and experiments. The winner […]
Last Paint Chip Challenge Quilt and a Giveaway
With Her Sisters She is Invincible (10†x 10â€) I wanted to try multiple girls on a quilt – the result is this sisters quilt. I couldn’t resist including the selvedge on the dresses such a fun, easy embellishment to an art quilt. This is my last cream, green and black for a while. The […]
She Could Dance All Night
She Could Dance All Night (8†x 10â€) While sorting through the cream, green and black scraps on my table, I found a face and hair I had cut out next to the selvedge of the back of my midnight & cream quilt. I immediately thought about a flamenco style dress. I cut a dress […]