Last month, I finished a small challenge quilt, which required significant use of circles. I (mostly) enjoyed the process, but I have to say that I was NOT happy with my results. Oh well. You win some and you lose some, right? But then, I got to thinking I might like to transform this ugly [...]
I have a piece that’s in the too-ugly-to-see-the-light-of-day category. I finished it in 2003 and was pretty happy with it until I decided to make some “improvements.” My attempts backfired, resulting in the quilt’s current status. It’s been languishing in my closet ever since, waiting for more, uh, improvements. So, I got the idea to [...]
In between stitched collages, I really enjoy making glued ones. Because they’re relatively quick to make, they provide a nice creative activity when I don’t have time for something more involved. Recently, I made a four-part piece to hang above our new large screen TV. (You can see a photo in my June newsletter.) I [...]
Originally posted April 3, 2009 on the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists blog. I changed horses midstream. I was happily working along on a new piece, deciding on the placement of lots of small orange circles. Then, I had, what was for me, a very radical thought: What if I made this a very calm almost [...]
