I’m working on some new online lessons which will include handmade fabric bead flower centers, free motion quilted poinsettia, and painting the poinsettia. Each of these techniques is accomplished using fabric treated with Terial Magic spray stabilizer. Here is a sneak peek of the poinsettia in progress. I look forward to sharing more about this… Continue reading Poinsettia Painting on Fabric
Category: painted fabric
Flower Power
We walked on Coronado Island this morning. There were beautiful and colorful gardens and flowers everywhere. I love flowers even though Kona (aka the cat) will inevitably chew on any that arrive in our home, they still brighten my day. When I lecture I often talk about how there really is something for everyone in… Continue reading Flower Power
Painted Fabric and a Binding Question
Yesterday I started the day by painting fabric, then I did a bit of quilting and worked on another lesson for my up coming Curious.com course and I did do a few of those pesky household chores. Those are some of my favorite things (except the chores), painting and surface design way up on the… Continue reading Painted Fabric and a Binding Question
Fall, Food, and Specialty Fabrics…
Fall seems to bring out the cook in me, even though we haven’t had much Fall yet. A couple of days ago I made soup and yesterday I made calzone because we’ve had a bit of reprieve from the 90 degree weather. We have had heat for far too long now. I shouldn’t complain because… Continue reading Fall, Food, and Specialty Fabrics…
Ornery and a Little Gross
I can be ornery sometimes. I should preface this with a little back story. My husband is a mountain biker and the day before his 60th birthday he (who thinks he is still 29) took a spill (he crashed) on his bike. His injuries looked terrible to me, but he is not one to let… Continue reading Ornery and a Little Gross
Art in the Park
I’m happy to say two of my Photographs on Fiber pieces have been juried into Mission Trails Regional Park Art in the Park event. I may be even happier that two of my son’s photographs were juried in as well! This Art in the Park event is always great fun, from fantastic hors d’oeuvres, wine,… Continue reading Art in the Park
The Sky is not the Limit!
I still get excited every time I get a chance to paint fabric. After I figured out that I could paint my own sky fabric I wanted to try more fabric painting and surface design techniques. Now, years later, I still want to learn more. Here are a couple older pieces that have skies I’m… Continue reading The Sky is not the Limit!
Back and Forth
I’m back but going forth! Though I haven’t posted for a while I have been in the studio working on online lessons for Curious.com and a few other things. The wheels are turning with new ideas and projects I want to make. Now I’m getting ready to leave for a little R&R with my Mister,… Continue reading Back and Forth
Bark…
Bark – The sound a dog makes (even though dogs can’t pronounce the letter “b” – or so I’ve been told!), the thin chocolatey confection, the outer covering of a tree. It is curious what we make of words. It seems to me artists and nature-lovers are interested in, even fascinated with tree bark. I… Continue reading Bark…
Flowers
In my world white roses mean love and passion. Do you know that the white rose symbolized “true love” before the red rose did? Have roses inspired your art? There is just something about flowers in general and roses in particular that speaks to me as a fiber artist. I can’t have flowers in many… Continue reading Flowers