Once I had the background and leaves finished, it was time to focus on the flowers. First, I auditioned fabrics. I had quite a big selection of fabrics to choose from, so it was easy to use a different fabric for each petal. Next, I started adding white flowers with open petals. I love these…
Every so often my small art quilt group, Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists, likes to have a group challenge. Frequently, we use a photograph as our starting point. We select something with lots going on so different people can respond to different elements. This is the photo we selected for our recent challenge, “Welcome to Provence.”…
Have you made it to see the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists’ current exhibit, yet? For those of you in the Melbourne, FL area, there’s still time to do so. The show continues through August 30th at the Eau Gallie library. See these two previous posts for lots of images: One and Two. It’s really worth…
The public library in Eau Gallie, (Melbourne) FL has beautiful views of the Indian River, and now, beautiful views of art made by the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists. (She says unashamedly.) Here are some more photos of the exhibit. Pieces on this wall (starting top left and going clockwise) were make by Dij Pacarro, Susan…
It always takes longer than you expect when hanging a show. But, thanks to an efficient crew, the recent installation of our Dirty Dozen Fiber Arts show went very smoothly. Our exhibit is at the Eau Gallie library, in Melbourne, FL. It’s a nice building with a wall of windows looking out on palm trees…