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 love it.
Ellen Lindner
Are you familiar with Linda and Laura Kemshall? They’re a mother-daughter duo who make fabulous art – in fabric and paper, and who have a weekly newsletter. Recently, they featured this photo. Isn’t it lovely? I was enamored with the colors of the lilies and wrote to ask if I could use it for a…
My friend, Ruth Anne, once invited a group of us to her “barn” for a messy project. This time it was dyeing. Our first project was to dye 8 different gradations of black. All with the same dye, just in different saturations/strengths. Since black dye is made up from other colors, it will sometimes separate…
Wow, the Vatican DID NOT disappoint! The ceilings had me completely mesmerized! Some were beautiful in their structure and carvings. Others were adorned with an ABUNDANCE of individual art pieces. Such was the case in the hall displaying tapestries, below. As you can see, there’s lots of art painted on the ceilings, and the Sistine…
Woohoo! I’ve finally had time to sew and I finished my quilt, Potager Garden. Potager is a French word which means “for the soup pot.” Potager gardens are small kitchen garden which grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers. They were invented by monks in medieval times, who often laid out their raised beds in the shape of a…
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:…
My magazine paper collage, Three Cherries, is now complete and I’m very happy with it! I love the texture that the text of the pages adds. Cool, right? This technique is super easy: spread/paint matte medium on your surface, add a little bit of torn paper, and smooth on another layer of medium. The only tricky…