I cut out more sections to create a bunch of Vintage Spring ATCs for Frieda's Swap…
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I stitched the fabric image to a piece of hand painted fabric from my peace banner project. I made lots of extra painted fabric when i did that project, much to my delight now. I gathered the olive green velvet leaves and arranged them around the image…
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I started by simply choosing bright batik fabrics I imagined Frieda would like, as she has mentioned her love of bright fabrics. I ripped out a 12" x 12" section of two different pink & purple fabrics. Then I got the idea of doing something related to her garden…
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These ATCs began as one piece that I fused together with timtex interfacing in the middle and cut apart into 4 ATCs.
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On February 7th, I enjoyed teaching a ‘fabric accordion’ book class in my own studio in Avon, CT. Above is a close-up scan of the front cover of the book only; there are 4 double-sided accordion pages in total.
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This is my husband Steven's favorite ATC, of all the new Alice ATCs I made recently for a swap I am hosting…
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This collage done on a canvas panel. I started working on the background of this piece for a demo during one of my collage classes held earlier this fall.
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I created the ATCs shown here for one of my own art swaps! All 4 ATCs shown here started out as plain 2.5" x 3.5" watercolor cards because I wanted something nice & sturdy to paint on a little. I combined Alpha Stamp card stock images with rubber stamps and watercolor crayons (wet) on all of them.
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Above is the front of a handmade envelope and the card that goes with it, on a bird/nature/art theme. This was made for my friend Carol Van Gerve…
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I had fun yesterday making this card for my friend and student, Carol Van Gerve
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I used a simple linen fabric and made a sandwich of 2 pieces that I filled with soft & natural cotton batting. I worked on double pages and did not sew the edges together until I felt the book was finished.
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I know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted a journal quilt . . . you can read my journal entry below (the back of this quiltie) to learn more. This quiltie is #24 in my year long challenge. I hope to create 50 journal quilts by the time we ring in 2008 . . .
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This little journal quilt was born from experimentation! I’m not sure it’s my favorite, but it’s a good exercise at least.
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This weeks fabric journal quilt is continuing to work with my recent idea of trying a new technique to get the quiltie started. In pondering what new thing I could do with fabric, I thought: Why not some kind of mono-print with paint onto fabric for a background?
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Here is my weekly challenge! This one was simple and fun to do. Each one measures 6" x 6" and I try to make one a week; my goal is to do this for the entire year and put them all together at the end of the year . . .
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SPRING is the theme of this week’s journal quilt. It has taken a long time for spring to come and stay in Connecticut this year. You’ll still find me on some mornings putting on my down jacket when I go out to walk the dogs because it’s only 40 degrees out!
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…I will share with you a few of the little 5" x 5" quilties I have made so far as sample pages for my Quilties class at Sew Inspired in Simsbury CT on July 28th from 10-4pm (2007).
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So, I went into my studio to see what I could come up with on the spur of the moment. I had worked a lot on a mixed media collage last week, and so I thought I’d use some elements of that piece on the journal quilt . . .
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Great news to share. My collage art was accepted into Juried Art Show as well as a collaboration by my husband Steven and I!
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This is the third in a series of *mini* journal quilts that I have completed towards my year long fabric art journal project (click on the photo for more detail). I began this 6” x 6” piece by simply thinking about what happened this past week.
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