I recently got to play with deconstructed screen printing again, and I got some pretty cool results. The process is easy, but it also involves a fair amount of dyes, equipment, and set up. Here’s a brief video overview. You start by purposely allowing thickened dye to dry in your screen. A random design is…
Whoo-boy, the quilt of my brothers ended up taking quite a bit longer than I anticipated, but I’m very happy with the finished result. I got to show it to my family in the almost-complete stage, and they LOVED it. That was very gratifying. Here are few detail shots. My brother Ricky. My brother Todd….
A few months ago I was playing around with paint quite a bit and using a lot of palette paper. You’re probably familiar with it. It’s sorta waxy, so it can handle a lot of moisture. Often, the paint dried in interesting ways, so I decided to save the papers. (Yep, I did it again:…
Oh my, have I had fun. After reading an article by Sharon Carvalho in Quilting Arts magazine, I started playing with blending layers in Photoshop Elements. First, I selected three images for experimentation. My bottom layer was the result of a painting experiment. Next came a layer of messy text. Although it seems to be…
This was originally posted May 19, 2015. I thought you’d enjoy seeing it again. Standing on the bridge, with sunlit tropical foliage all around, the wind kicks up and the flags overhead begin to flutter wildly. It’s at once both exciting and serene. A joyful moment! This was my experience as I took in an installation of…
I’m FINALLY winding down on the quilt featuring my brothers. It’s not ready for a full photograph yet, but here are the two faces. I spent A LOT of time on these and I’m happy with them. I plan to show the quilt to some of my family members this week. I know they’ll…
Woohoo, the background of my current quilt is finally complete! Composed and glued and ready for stitching, (but without the green hexie in the center of the photo.) In the photo above, I was considering adding some hexies to the background. Just because I’ve been making a lot of them and to give a nod…
Have you seen the awesome results that can be achieved with Double Reverse Appliqué? Like very accurate portraits. March Journal: Ellen, by Ellen Lindner The portrait above was the FIRST thing I ever did with this technique! That’s how easy it is. Now, I have an eBook about this technique, which uses this awesome…
I own 750 pins: 3 boxes of 250 each. But, that wasn’t enough to compose my current quilt! I use A LOT of smallish pieces of fabrics, so that’s why I use so many pins. See what I mean? Still, I’m very happy with the barns and trees I recently created. I’m especially pleased with…
After separately creating the two men for my “brothers quilt,” it was time to work on the background. I finished up the rough draft of the sky and added the far tree line, (with a piece of blue fabric marking a future silo.). Next it was on to the corn field in the foreground. Since…