Progress & Purple Stitching Day

I've progressed to machine quilting the background

with like colored purple thread so the

Big Stitch Ovals can be pronounced.

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Color Lifting Again

Still wet, a slice cut off a pool noodle was used to 

"stamp" ovals using DeColorant along with some 

long wavy lines.  

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"Celebrating Grace" --Asheville Quilt Guild Gallery

 It's time again for preparing forms to place 

wall quilts in the 

Asheville Quilt Show Gallery Shop again.

This first of 3 I plan to have available is

"Celebrating Grace"  $350

23' X 22"

Artist's hand dyed fabrics mingle with other hand dyed fabrics

that are color lifted, hand appliqued and 

hand  quilted in graceful shapes of celebration.

Machine signed by artist. Ready to Hang. 

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"Cease Striving"

Hand painted fabrics hand appliqued

onto color lifted hand dyed fabric.

22 1/2 inches  X 16 1/2 inches

Ready to hang.

$325

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Color Lifting Results

 The color lifting added sufficient  interest to the background

teal fabric before I hand appliqued the purple squiggles.

I'm thinking I'll machine quilt in colors to

add more interest to this piece.

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Color Lifting Fun

This piece began quickly to have something to

 hand sew at a Fiber Arts meeting. 

 However, after visiting another fiber artist,

 I chose to first add some interest to the background fabric

 using some Decolourant as a "Color Lifter"

The first squiggles were created using an art gum eraser I carved and 

now I free handed some lines around the squiggle sections and

used a clean humus container lip around the circles.

Now to wait until it dries to iron to lift out the color.

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