Weekly Photo Challenge

This week's challenge is called, The Best Part of My Day. I chose to make a small quilt (11" X 8 1/4") of my hands at the sewing machine.

I first had Amy take a photo of me at the sewing machine.

Then I cropped the photo.

Then I changed the image with the "glowing edges" filter on "Picture It 9."

And with the negative of that, I tried printing it on my fabric which didn't work very well.

I ended up printing the light image on paper and cutting out a portion at a time and tracing around it onto my fabric.

Detail

And now, here is a sneek peak of my work in progress for next week's "Fun."

Liking Libby (again)

So, here is my final, and I hope it is final, changes to Liking Libby.

 

Can you see how I removed the gold continuing trim from the second picture and replaced it with a satin stitch around each section of the ribbon?

I like it much better!

And I still see some other improvments that I could make, but as of now, this will do.

Asian Influence

Remember the "Ghost Quilting" class I took recently by Martha Ginn where I made this quilt Asian Influence I?

And then I tried a second one Asian Influence II and had trouble with the thread breaking and felt like pitching it. But now I'm glad I didn't. I persevered and finally finished it.

And then I made Asian Influence III.

All three of these small quilts measure around 12"X12" and they were 'oh, so fun' to make.

Possum Town Quilter's Quilt Exhibit

If you are in Columbus, MS plan to spend and extra 20 - 30 minutes at the Rosenzweig Art Center this month.

Our Possum Town Quilters is having the exhibit this month. Our quilts will be up until the end of July.

You are invited to the opening reception this Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

Here are a few pictures of some of the quilts on display.

Busy Bee

I watched longingly at the June Photo Challenge in which some of my friends were participating. I wanted to make a simple "Journal Quilt" each day of the challenge but I knew it would be way too much for me. Now that June is over, they are having a "Weekly Photo Challenge." I decided to join them thinking that maybe I can make a small journal quilt once a week.

This week the word is "busy." I too thought of "Busy as a Bee" as did some of the others. So, here's my first quilt for this challenge. It measures 9"X12" and I call it "Busy Bee."

Detail