I’m a lucky girl. I got this in the mail today: fabric scraps from Judith Content. Click on any image for a larger view Judith is a very talented fabric artist who dyes all her own fabric. She sent me scraps as a thank you for recruiting SAQA members. How nice! Can you tell they’re […]
I haven’t had much time to work on my farm quilt lately. The view of my work table (which is double wide) will give you some clues as to what I’ve been up to instead. Click for a larger view if you can stand the mess Let’s see how good you are at solving puzzles. 1 […]
Anyone want a Victorian house? That is, a cross-stitched Victorian house that’s incomplete? Click any image for a larger view I cross-stitched this many years ago, but eventually lost interest in it. Although I tossed the directions, I saved the house thinking that it could some day be included in a quilt or other collage. And […]
I added the barns to my farm quilt and was quite happy with them. Click any image for a larger view In places I had to modify the trees and sky behind the barns in order to create enough contrast. Of course, it wasn’t long before I noticed […]
After creating the sky and tree line of my farm quilt, I was ready to tackle the fields. I drew the main lines and the road directly onto the muslin base with a permanent marker. After LOTS of fabric auditions, I got started cutting and placing. Click any image for a larger view I used […]
Here’s my latest quilt, finally photographed. Click on any image for a larger view I call it “As I Watch in Wonder,” because it reminds me of watching a beautiful sunset, with bare tree branches in the foreground. To go along with that idea I stitched a large tree branch as part of the quilting. To mimic […]
Are you familiar with the paintings of Ton Schulten? He creates vivid color-blocked landscapes, often with darker panels on the sides. Awesome, right? I thought I’d also like to use darker colors on the sides of my farm quilt, but I didn’t want to copy his format. Could I make it darker without a vertical line? […]
I grew up on a dairy farm which I’ve photographed quite a bit over the years. My favorite view is as you’re driving in and you come over a hill. The farm spreads out before you, with the barns in the distance, and rows of crops on both sides of the road. And the entire view is framed […]
Since my art flags generated so much interest, I’m reposting about something similar: fabric bombing! Repost from April 30, 2013 I’ve been bombed! And it’s a good thing. That is, I’ve been fabric bombed. Or more accurately, my yard has. What is fabric bombing? It’s a very new thing, following the example of yarn bombing. With […]
Oh, I’ve been having fun making art flags! Mine are very simple: orange nylon fabric with orange grosgrain ribbon glued on. (Which is hard to see in a photo.) Click any image for a larger view I was inspired by pojagi, which is Korean patchwork made with translucent fabrics. Their beauty appears when they’re backlit, […]
