More "Seeds" For The Birds

I wanted to add more Slow Stitching
to these 3 birds and chose various blue/aqua 
embroidery floss and  Seed Stitch.
This composition began on Day 25
of April Art Daily 2016 Challenge. 

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Fiber ART Miniatures & Kits!

These Fiber Art Miniatures &

Fiber Art Miniature Kits

are labeled, priced and ready to offer for sale

in the Asheville Quilt Guild Gift Shop

that opens this  Friday.  Don't miss the

Asheville Quilt Show! 

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Blue Ribbon For African Reversible Clergy Stole

I was gifted this gorgeous African fabric remnant

and knew it was to be created into one of my Reversible Clergy Stoles.

The reverse side is created from a LIberian Batik fabric. 

It earned a Blue Ribbon in the WNC State Fair.

It is for sale here . $185

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"Tweet Trio" - Ribbon At The Fair

Each year I create an "All Hand" composition

in memory of my friend Joy and enter it into the

WNC State Fair.  

This year, I combined 3 individual birds  from the April Art Daily 2016 Challenge

onto a hand quilted batik background .
Measuring 21 inches X 25 inches. - $375

The individual birds are from 

Day 14 - Screen Bird,

Day 27 Seed Stitched Bird

 Day 6 - "STRENGTH".

The "Tweet Trio" came home with a 3rd place ribbon. 

These birds are entered into the Asheville Quilt Show

Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.  Don't miss this fabulous Show!
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Blue Ribbon For Grey Bird At Dusk

Process photos and info on Grey Bird At Dusk can be seen here.  
Measuring 23 1/2 inches X 28 1/2 inches.  $475

The judges comment suggested a bid more hand

sewing on the binding, so I did that 

and this piece will be entered into

the Asheville Quilt Show.  Don't miss the Show

Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at the WNC Ag Center.
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Judges Choice At The Fair

With her beginnings on  Day 16 of April Art Daily 2016 Challenge,

this bird became the focus of 

Elegant Pink Bird Collage.

And she just returned from the WNC State Fair 

with a blue ribbon and Judges Choice.

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Slow Stitch Collage Back Side

Although I really like the front "right" side of this

Surface Design Collage Fiber Art ,

the back side is interesting too.

Lots of Slow Stitching here means lots of fun for me.

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Surface Design Workshop Fiber Art Collage Completed

Purposeful askew edges bound with soft 

edge strips complete this collage 

that began in a Surface Design Group experimentation.

Many, many embroidery stitches and much time to think

make Slow Stitching a favorite for me.

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Shibori Results From Local Cloth Workshop

Here's the results from the hand dyed Shibori
workshop I attended recently. 
Of course the blue is my favorite.
Thanks Eileen from New World Textiles for the
fun afternoon.
I'm considering hand painting on the yellow and purple pieces in a blue
to match the blue piece and use them in a collage.

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Shibori Dying Workshop

Great workshop at Local Cloth yesterday creating hand dyed Shibori pieces. 

Dye pots of onion skins (yellow) Logwood (purple) and my favorite blue.

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Moda Jelly Roll Race @ Asheville Quilt Show

I am excited to be on a team for a Jelly Roll Race at the Asheville Quilt Show

ModaFabrics .  Basically, Moda Fabrics donates

 a Jelly Roll ( 2 1/2 inch strips of coordinating fabrics)

and the team competes to put it together into a small quilt which is later completed and donated to Community quilts.  It's a win/win for everyone. 

It should be lots of fun!

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Slow Stitching | Hand Embroidery Progress

3 petal Lazy Daisy stiches, Creton stiches, 

Colonial knots, Running stitches and others

are doing double duty in quilting

this Surface Design Fiber Art  composition

and I'm enjoying the Slow Stitching process.
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Surface Design With Gelli Plates | Fiber ART Collage

I met recently with a newly formed Surface Design group
where we tried out Gelli printing using 
a Gelli plate, textile paint and various
objects and shapes. I am creating a Fiber Art
Collage from my pieces where I used resists of thread spools, 
 a potato masher,  bubble wrap,mesh and doily stencils.
Slow stitching these hand painted pieces together is 
very relaxing.

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Happy 1st Birthday Levi | Page High School

1 year old Levi's daddy is  one of the

coaches for Page High School.

So a German style bib - halstuch,

from a Page High School tshirt

will be a fun birthday gift for the little guy.

Happy Birthday Levi!

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"Closing" | A 35 Year Chapter of Life

We have officially "closed" a long chapter of our lives. As the LORD would have it, 35 years to the day, we sold our home where we moved with our one year old girl in 1981. Only God would plan so many adventures for us there with many more children, & grandchildren. He is Faithful and we are looking forward to our next chapter and adventures.

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"Grey Bird At Dusk" | Hand Embroidery

Although it's hard to see, 

I'm using a variegated grey Pearl Cotton thread 

for the hand embroidery on "Grey Bird At Dusk".

For more background on my entry for the

Asheville Quilt Show 2016 Member category "Grey Matter" go here.

I'm also entering it in the WNC State Fair which is due Monday so I'll be busy 

finishing up the embroidery and facing this weekend.
Measuring 23 1/2 inches X 28 1/2 inches.  $475

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