Ablaze

I'm working on a new piece for my "Ablaze" series.

More inspiration can be found at these Linky Parties.

Fiber Art Meeting - SAQA AL/AR/LA/MS

We had a very inspirational fiber art meeting in Ridgeland, MS

These ladies finished up their "Twisted Trees with Confetti" projects from our last meeting.

Our challenge this time was "green/sorrow." These are 8X11 inch pieces that will join our blue/bird and yellow/catastrophe pieces for an exhibit.

Show and Tell was also inspirational and informative.

 

 

 

 

   

And then for a program, Judy Momenzadeh shared two techniques for coloring fabric.

 

  

  

  

Mystery Quilt and Fiber Art Tutorial for "Ablaze"

... as a Quilter

I've been working on the Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt trying to keep up with the clues each week. I've only made a few of the units but thought I'd put together at least a little something for my picture. Of course I don't know what the ending blocks will look like. It's a mystery! Click HERE to see what others are doing with the mystery quilt.

I made this small piece of fiber art as a gift for our guild's annual Christmas party. I call it "Ablaze" and it's small, only 7"X10."

I marked the fabric on the left into 1 1/8" grid on the diagonal and cut the fabric on the right that has fusible on it into 1" squares.

 The squares were arranged and fused to the background leaving 1/4" space to see the background.

 It was then layered with backing and batting and heavily quilted with lines +/- 1/8" apart.

Then I drew a tree on paper, traced it to black fabric with fusible, cut it out, and ironed it to the quilted background.

Next I cut small squares for the leaves and fused them on to the branches and quilted over the tree with dark thread.

I faced the piece, labeled it, and made a hanger for it.

"Ablaze"

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OH Haiti Benefit Auction and Power Line Birds

SEPTEMBER

Life ...

Paul and I got to attend the Ohio Haiti Benefit Auction.

Cotton candy was quite the treat for children and adults alike. I pitied the lady on the right who was twirling the cones; but she didn't seem to mind getting sticky. She said someone needs to do it and it may as well be her!

I had a good visit with long time friend Yamelith.

We stayed with Fathers 1st cousin and enjoyed their bench by the creek.

... as a Quilter

Our Mississippi fiber art group met and showed our 8"X11" blue/bird pieces.

My piece, Power Line Birds is finished now. I'll be making a 2nd one as I didn't follow directions and made this one 8"X10." If only I would have looked three times at the qualifications!

Power Line Birds -- back

Ready for display. $35 SOLD

Standing Tall

Standing Tall

I started this quilt by fusing small square patches to a background fabric to make a grid.

Then I made more grids.

And more grids with different combinations of patches and backgrounds.

Next I placed the grids onto my design wall and tried out different 'sky' fabrics. Notice the block poster of the Empire State Building in black and white at the bottom of the photo.

I finally found a pleasing arrangement of the grids and it was time to ...

... begin quilting.

After the quilting was finished, I laid the piece out on the floor and soaked it with water to block it. Taking a look from this angle about makes me dizzy!

Although I used the Empire State Building as inspiration, there are other buildings with the same semblance.

Standing Tall

37"X42"

New ways of building with concrete, glass, and steel have pushed aside natural materials of grass, wood, and skin. This art quilt depicts the wild growth of the concrete jungle with angular modern structures. Though the landscape has changed significantly, the same blue sky covers the expanse above.

Detail

Techniques: Raw edge applique patches fused onto an assortment of background grids; then fused again to the 'sky' fabric. Heavily quilted +/-1/8" on a domestic sewing machine
Materials: Commercial prints, batiks, and dyed cotton fabric; an assortment of Superior's verigated Fantastico and Rainbows thread.
For Sale: $950