Cathy Williams wanted to serve in the ranks of the all-black Buffalo soldiers, but was not allowed to do so because of her gender. So she disguised herself as a man and joined the army as William Cathay. She served for two years before being found out. Her story was just many of the ones…
I was really happy with the way my latest brown quilt was coming together. It was time to add in some curves. Yes, that was more interesting. Now what? I knew that massing colors together is often effective. So maybe I could add some dark ones near the bottom circle piece. Yes, something along these…
I’ve really been having fun playing with these fabrics. This photo shows my initial fabric audition. Aren’t they great? They’re all dyed by me. I did a little editing and thought I was ready to compose. What now? I tend to arrange fabrics vertically when auditioning, so I decided to stretch a few horizontally. Just…
Have you been following along as I’ve used my “Tetris” skills to put this quilt together? I’m calling it Adrenaline Rush. Adrenaline Rush It was challenging at times, but I’m quite happy with the results. I dyed/printed all the fabrics myself! See full details for this piece. UPDATE: This piece got one more radical change. See…
I recently made this fabric postcard as a “thank you” gift for the outgoing leader of one of my art quilt groups. I think they’re really appropriate for that sort of thing, and YES, you can mail them. (Although I make an envelope, too.) Fabric postcards are super fast and easy. I’ve written a tutorial…
The recent “Textile Trends” exhibit, in Melbourne, FL included some very interesting pieces. This “oddball” dress was made with staples. I think it’s wacky and wonderful! It’s called A Woman Prerogative (signage spelling,) by Lydia Friedland. Just check out this detail shot! I loved the hand stitching on this small piece. It’s called Wabi Sabi Red, by Grace…
“Textile Trends,” and exhibit in Melbourne, FL is winding down in the next few days. (The last day is the 27th.) It was the first time Fifth Avenue Art Gallery has had an all-textile call for art, and the resulting show was pretty impressive. This large weaving was made by Lois Mittleman. She found LOTS…
After trying several temporary background colors, I decided to make one side white and one side red. I started with a new temporary background. The purpose of this is so I don’t have to compose against my pure white design wall. It helps me visualize. This was first stab at a new composition. I could…
I was excited to work with the red and blue-green fabric I had recently died. I pulled out all my other dyed fabrics in those colors and began to explore my options. This was the starting fabric. As you can see above, it was missing a chunk on the bottom right corner. So I evened…
Lately, I’ve been trying to dye fabrics to a larger scale. I feel like I succeeded with the one on the right. I screened red on through some construction fencing, and then added some blue-green squares. It should be very usable. I like the large red circles on the left one, but the design reads…