Detail The girl from my newest girl art quilt seems so sad. I stewed about what phase she was communicating and finally settled on ‘She was lonely’. (10†x 16â€) Lavender background with pink stitching to mimic wallpaper and pink lanterns made from stitching and shell button. Slightly patterned white and cream dress embellished doodle […]
Celebrating 1st Year in Alaska
As celebration of our first year in Alaska, I created a travel journal about our 4007 mile road trip to get here. The book is constructed based on techniques from Mary Ann Moss’ Remains of the Day Class. Here are some of my favorite pages. Our route Saskatchewan farmland Saskatchewan rest area and start of […]
More Art Journaling
patterned paper; kitty done with colored pencils I spent over a week playing in my art journal – I’m grateful to Christy Tomlinson for the inspiration and information in her She Had Three Hearts workshop. pan pastel background covered with mod podge, then stamped and additional color from PITT pens doodles on paper, acrylic paint […]
Art Journaling
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 […]
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 […]