Magpie 4 (13†x 23â€) I love all the magpie girls, but the colors in this one are my favorite. I quilted the background with spiral flowers on the bottom and a streaky sky on the top. I put a fabric covered brad in her hair – the colors matched so well with the bits […]
Magpie Girl 3 – She kept baubles to remember
Magpie Girl 3 (13†x 23â€) After the bright collection of magpie girl 1, I wanted something more subtle; so I gathered soft, romantic bits and baubles including charms I had from a long ago valentine charm swap. I was thrilled to use tiny bits of marbled paper that I’d been keeping for years. And […]
Magpie Girl 2 – She was not afraid to show her magpie tendencies
Magpie Girl 2 (13†x 23â€) After the wire dress, I experimented with a a ruffled skirt. This magpie girl ties bits of lace, pretty paper, buttons, watch parts, broken jewelry and other hardware to her skirt. The background is made like the other quilt with scraps of fabric fused to the batting and then […]
Magpie Girl 1 – She Collected Shiny, Sparkly Bits
Magpie Girl 1 (13†x 23â€) This is the first of 4 quilts inspired by the inspirational envelope challenge. The background is made of scraps of yellow fabric, much of it was hand dyed from my wedding fused to the batting and then free motion doodle stitched. The girl collects bit and pieces like a […]
Happiness
Happiness detail It took 7 months, but I finally finished my first hand quilted quilt. I used #8 perle cotton and fabrics from Anna Maria Horner. The hand quilting was inspired by Anna’s post about her stitching. The project made me happy so I named the quilt, happiness. Happiness (4’ x 5’)
New Challenge in Progress
Work in progress My quilt group posed an inspirational envelope challenge. Two months ago we put several items in an envelope that were to inspire someone to make a quilt; then we swapped envelopes. Below are the contents of the envelope I received. envelope contents: buttons, beads, earring, bell, sequins, piece of a zipper and […]
Lost Notebook
Lost: Black Moleskine cashiers notebook with Kelly Rae Roberts magnetic book mark on the front cover. Contains correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, project ideas and tutorials that I hoped to try. Last seen: In my bag at guild meeting Jul 7th Contact: Desperate Artist Reward for safe return If I could post such an ad, […]
Summer in Alaska is Intoxicating
Bike path near University Lake When we arrived in Anchorage last summer, one of the sales people we met stated the summers here make you forget about winter. I enjoy winter, but I now understand the sentiment – the long, dark winter is the price we pay for summer like this. A summer filled with […]
Find
(8†x 11â€) After doing a similar piece in my art journal, I wanted something I could hang on my wall. I glued fabric scraps to a piece of canvas and then coated them lightly with gesso. I then placed a stencil over the piece and brushed on pink acrylic paint. After drying I doodle […]
Art Quilts
Buttons (10†x 10â€) muslin with stitched grid and buttons; metal hanger My quilt guild has an annual small quilt silent auction. I made/finished these to donate to the cause. Grown (9†x 7â€) fused fabric and paper collage, embellished with machine stitching and wire Flower (9†x 8â€) fabric collage embellished with machine and […]