I recently added paint to a quilt! Gulp! This is something I’ve only done once or twice, so I definitely had to get my courage up. It helped that I had done a bunch of painted exercises a few months ago. So, I did some practice samples, held my mouth just right and gave it a…
Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, NC is an historic hotel which opened in 1923. Although it has many dramatic features, the western view is the star of the show. This view can best be taken in from the terraces on the backside of the inn. Here, it’s photographed from one of the two side wings. …
While in Asheville, NC, my husband and I attended “Winter Lights” at the North Carolina Arboretum. It was spectacular! Even from the parking lot, we were mesmerized by the beautiful light-wrapped trees. Tons of them. And when I say these trees were wrapped, I mean they were REALLY wrapped! Can you even imagine how many…
I have a new white blouse. One that I’ve already hemmed (as I have to do with all my clothes.) And there it was, lying on my work table waiting to be ironed and worn for the first time. And then I pulled out the paints. You can guess the rest: one tiny pale spot…
Now, THIS is exciting stuff! After doing deconstructed screen printing with randomly created screens, I decided to draw on my last screen, with a syringe. This is a technique I learned in a DSP class with Kerr Grabowski. That’s my screen above. I drew on it with very thick black dye. In fact, it was…
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…