I have two living aunts, one lives near by and recently celebrated her 94th birthday. The other lives in Indiana and celebrated her 101st birthday this month! My mom was their baby sister. I remember years ago when my older aunt and I were talking quilting (she made many things including quilts), she couldn’t believe… Continue reading Quick Stitching
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Fabric Challenge and Swap
I was happy to learn that the fabric I submitted for the Quilting Art Fabric Challenge/Swap was published in their Dec 2016/Jan2017 magazine. They didn’t publish all of the submissions but I was impression by the variety and would love to be able to ask many of the artists how exactly they achieved their results.… Continue reading Fabric Challenge and Swap
When the Wind Blows
We have had some Santa Ana winds recently, which are always scary because we are so prone to wildfires. Our Redbud tree has been wind stripped of most of her leaves. I walked out the other day and on the patio next to the tree saw this circle of leaves and asked my husband if… Continue reading When the Wind Blows
Finding Surface Designs
I lifted the lid off a cast iron pan after allowing it to cool for cleaning and discovered this… At first I thought – Oh, that’s cool, in a rusty, creepy sort of way, and then I looked again and thought, it looks familiar. I remembered coming across an old painting while I was organizing… Continue reading Finding Surface Designs
Fiber Feathers
After watching many visitors to the San Diego Quilt Show Sales Booth walk up close to figure out what the “feathers” on my Osprey Fly By art quilt were made of, I decided to make a video showing just how easy it is to make them.
Fiber and Wood
I know technically wood is fiber but in this case it is second to the fabric fiber. Here is one of my mini art quilts, from the flora series, mounted on acrylic and displayed on a pieces of (old pallet) hardwood. The top is hand appliqued because at that time I didn’t realize just how… Continue reading Fiber and Wood
Fabric is Just a Different Animal
There is just something about working on and with fabric that I love. As I have mentioned before – generally painting on fabric is more challenging than on paper, especially when trying to achieve a watercolor effect. Paint doesn’t move much, if at all, when placed on dry fabric. Even wet on wet has limited… Continue reading Fabric is Just a Different Animal
Composition
I walk every morning and take quick shots with my phone. I’m happy when I catch a bit of nature in a neat composition. I spotted this face down, soft yellow flower and didn’t really see anything else at the time but after viewing the photo on the PC I noticed the texture of the… Continue reading Composition
Special Exhibit!
I’m happy to say that pieces from my Photograph on Fiber series will be one of the Special Exhibits at the 2016 San Diego Quilt Show. That link has all the information about the show. If you don’t already know, these pieces began as a collaboration with my son whose photograph of a lone leaf… Continue reading Special Exhibit!
Making Fabric, sort of…
I have been playing with a few fabric design ideas; some are hand painted, others are completely designed on the computer and I have scanned/photographed my hand painted fabric and altered them using software filters. I’m also collaborating with a talented artist (more about that later) and having pieces printed by Spoonflower. Speaking of Spoonflower… Continue reading Making Fabric, sort of…