500th Post Give Away!

Motivation to create more often is what began this blog however through the venture there have been some unexpected blessings. I've "met" and been inspired by so many wonderful artists and even actually met with some of them. I've learned some new technical skills even though I have a long way to go. And it's been fun to get opinions on my art to further it along. It's been quite the adventure. Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment to be entered for the drawing for this fun Spring Fabric Bowl. Drawing ends April 1st - no fooling.

Congrats Carol - I need your mailing address.

#12 Donation

Another scarf for the shelter

bringing the Donation number

to #12 for the

More Blessed To Give challenge.

Thread Painting

A fun thread paitned tulip was

what this Spring miniature needed.

Now for a sleeve.

Decisions, Decisions

Some projects go along quite nicely

and then....nothing.

(Well maybe time has

been an issue too.)

I've finally decided how to

quilt and finish this piece.

Yeah!

Terrific Trimmings

A friend saved these trimmings while working on her latest project knowing that I enjoy tiny pieces with which to play and create. Thanks Marti!

Fun Cone Flowers

This piece was the main focus of my weekend quilt class at John C Campbell Folk School recently. It has some fun painted and watercolor embellishments and is read for quilting.

Class Sample

Part of the class at JC Campbell was to make a sample of our fabric pieces to practice adding painted or watercolor pencil embellishments. I realized that it was almost as easy for me to freehand cut the cone flowers as it was to create them from the pattern I had made from the photo. I'll probably frame this piece and sell it if anyone is interested.

New Granddaughter

Busy, Busy weekend.

New Granddaughter who

is the little sister to my

other granddaughter.

Being a Nana is great!

Campbell Class

We had such a fun weekend.

More photos to come.

Unmarked Meandering Stitch

Hand quilting is so relaxing.

It's also nice to have a project

ready to go when needed/wanted.

Mini Landscapes @ JCCampbell School

Anita created the orange day lily,

Carol created the purple flowers,

Steve the butterfly and

Lynda the orange flower.

These pieces were by Sylvia (yellow),

Nancy (pink) and

me (cone flowers and small sample too.)

Our wonderful teacher, Marilyn Wall

led us through the process of

creating these fabric pieces from

photographs. What fun!

More details to come.

Cattle Batik Give Away

Leave a comment to be in the drawing

for this Cattle Batik fabric.

It's about a 1 1/4 yard piece.

CONGRATS! Melody Johnson!

Sally's Zentangles

During Fiber Arts Alliance meeting recently, Sally Fargo was creating Zentangles to occupy her hands. She has a whole small journal full of them and they were wonderful...and tempting to create. She has copied some of them onto card stock and selling.

Season Of Singing Has Come

After considering several options, I chose to embroider the verse on this small piece and omit the verse's beginning, "The flowers appear on the earth" and just have "The season of singing has come - Song of Solomon 2:12 ". The season of singing stands alone since so many are looking forward to Spring. I know I am.

Actual Texture Excercise

Only using beige/cream colors to create an 8 X 10 piece was quite a challenge for a color loving artist like myself. Starting at the top there's folded muslin, organza, an upholstery piece and overlayed with batting, ribbon and buttons.

Fiber Arts Alliance

After 3 months of being snowed out, our Fiber Arts Alliance was able to meet. There was SO much wonderful Show and Tell that I forgot to take photos until almost the end. Here's Mary Hinkle's piece - purple of course and lovely like all her pieces.

Visual Texture Excercise

As our newly formed group learning from Lyric Kinard's book Art+ Quilt begin the books's exercises I feel I'm growing creatively already. We were instructed to copy different fabrics onto paper only having black/white to work with and create a paper piece using only visual texture.

Finagling or Wangling

Putting the isosceles triangles for a sideways border was a great idea until it came to actually making them fit. However, with a bit of finagling, wangling and just plain snipping here and there, they fit and the piece is finally ready to sandwich and hand quilt.

Now for a backing fabric.

Punchenella Fun

Punchanella (sequin waste) and ink add so much fun to card making.

Orange Dots

My magnetic pin holder is the place I generally "toss" a used needle when switching types of needles...regular to jeans to Microtex etc. And since the identifying imprint on the needle is so tiny, it makes it difficult to identify the needle again...until now. The jeans needles comes with a blue paint type marking on them and NOW my 80/12 Universal needles have an orange dot. Voila! That Works For Me - Wednesday.

A Little Plain?

I didn't start out desiring to create a Miniature Quilt

just to create something quick and fun.

The borders are on and it still needs a verse.

Looks a bit plain to me.

Thoughts?

Painting Purple

SetaColor to the rescue in creating more needed purple triangles from the remnant ones for the border. Now to press them back in shape and sew together.