Just A Wee Bit Short

This "all hand" wall hanging

reminds me that...

I like hand piecing.

I like hand quilting.

I'm not so sure about attaching

binding by hand.

And now, I'm awaiting the drying of

a piece of fabric I've over painted

to blend with the

 purple portion of the binding
that is just a wee but short.

"Season" SOLD

SOLD

Our church staff purchased this piece

"Season"

as a gift for Glenda, one of our

pastors who is moving to a

new appontment.

Repurposed Card

Kathy makes such wonderful cards.

This one I recently received

was too beautiful not to re purpose

and bless someone else with it.

Thanks Kathy!

Student's Creativite Solution

After piecing her Free Style Cobblestone Blocks

from class, Sally cut them to create

 some fun cup sleeves and bookmarks.

How clever!

Congratulations Alesha!

 Alesha, as you head to college,

remember that

"If God is for us, who can be against us?"

Romans 8:31

575th Post Give Away

Leave a comment and you could win this

fun, batik Fabric Art Post Card

(also frameable)

to help celebrate my 575th Post.

#28 More Blessed To Give Challenge

Realizing that this scarf  will warm someone in January

when they are delivered to the homeless

is motivation enough to knit it in hot Summer.

"She Can Laugh At The Days To Come"

After assembling the blocks from the

Free Style Cobblestone class I taught,

I chose this block to hand embroider

this verse that the Lord has me

focused on recently.

"She is clothed in strength and dignity,

she can laugh at the days to come."

Proverbs 31:25

Stuck

A Color Relationships exercise was the

motivation for this piece and a desire

to use some hand dyed/painted  fabrics

I have created and/or collected.

I'm considering a stripy pieced border

but think it needs to have some pizazz.

Suggestions?

Congratulations Matt & Sarah Beth

Created from batik fabrics

and soft edged Bull's Eye blocks,

"Sing To The Lord A New Song"

is for Matt and Sarah Beth in their

"new" house after the newlyweds'

apartment burned recently.

Father's Day

"Blessed is the man

who makes the LORD

his trust..."

Psalms  40:4

Congratulations Jordon & Virginia

"Pray Continually" is created

from batik strips and

uses a variety of speciality

stitches and thread colors along with hand

 beading and a hand embroidered

Scripture.

Congratulations Jordon and Virginia!
More Blessed To Give Challenge #27

SOLD- "The Earth Is The Lord's"

SOLD

As this piece shown in a recent post

 is on it's way to it's new owner,

I'm praying it will bless

many in it's new home.

More Quilted Art Leaf Bowls

I'm still having fun creating

Quilted Art Leaf Bowls.

I hope to have a full selection

for the Quilt Guild Boutique.

Mosaic Leaf Bowls

Now these are FUN!

Adding the verse is a

bit challenging though.

Thanks Marti  for the mosaics -

aka- Fast 45 remnants

Jewlery Creating Daughter

Thanks Melanie and Jose' for the belated Mother's Day gift.

They really are "Something Beautiful".

Student's Work

Joan proved the Free Style Cobblestones work

in a variety of fabric types as she created this

 pillow top from upholstery remnants gleaned

from a relative's thrifts store find.

 

Carole's piece has a rich, coffee time feel and

has already been claimed by her daughter

upon it's completion.

Sally included some photos printed onto fabric alongside her fun batik

Free Style Cobblestones.  What a great idea!

"No Longer Two But One"

Congratulations Josh and Meredith!

We are praying for your marriage to

be a blessing to others as it continues

to be based on Jesus.

Your wedding was beautiful!
Congratulations to Jeanette
whose name was drawn to
win the calendar.  Email me
your mailing address.
More Blessed To Give Challenge #26

Give Away

Yes- I know it's June and this calendar is for 2010,

 however, Marti just returned from Spring Market

and passed it along to me. 

Now, I'm going to pass it along

to one of you who leaves a comment

today as to why you view my blog.
Name drawn Saturday night.

Thanks Arlene

Fabric Post cards are such fun to create

 and a great way to express

"Thanks", "Happy Birthday" or whatever.

I've not met Arlene but received some batik

 remnants through Meg who put them on the

 "Share" table at a recent Fiber Arts Alliance.

Thanks Arlene and Thanks Meg.

(Now that the photo is taken,

 I can finish addressing the Post Card.)

"The Earth Is The Lord's And Everything In It"

Thanks Carol R. for sharing what you learned in

a quilting landscaping class at

John C. Campbell.

Hubby Likes Mustard

Hubby likes mustard. Me...it's good in very small amounts.

That is until I wanted to see if I could color the white part of this batik

yellow and smeared mustard all over it,

 let it dry then gently washed the fabric.

 It was even more successful that the photo allows.

The right Freestyle Cobblestone block is the fabric "plain".

Mosaic Mountains

Recently I've seen more and more artists creating mosaic backgrounds  

so I pulled out this piece I created several years ago.

 The mosaic "look" is so fun and using remnants is quite rewarding!

OH- I just noticed this piece must have been

 before I added Scripture  and quilted signatures

to all my pieces ....maybe it is  time?

Color Relationships - Mine

Here's the basic exercise. OK...but a bit plain.

Next, I auditioned some batik circles

left from another project.

Then, the last  two photos utilize the cut outs from

the appliqued green squares.

I am considering hand dyed strips for a border.

Thoughts?  Suggestions?

Color Relationships

Sherry B. created these 2 pieces for our

Color Relationships exercise

as we are going through the Art+ Quilt book together.

(She laid them on the back of one of my pieces

for the photo.)

It's Official!

I was blessed to "officially" teach my first

quilting class - or at least the first session of two for it.

We are making Free Style Cobblestones.

Here's a sample of the blocks.

Some finished projects using these fun

free style blocks are here, here, here, and here.

Quilted Art Party Hats!

We enjoy celebrations and

what party would be complete without

Quilted Art Party Hats??

Looks like I need to create some bigger ones!