"Be Healed" Embroidery Complete

Since I chose not to mark the fabric, 

I used parchment paper pinned to the

Fiber Art piece for the word placement.

 I hand embroidered

"be healed" in black Peale Cotton thread. 

I'm not sure it was the best way to do it,

but it worked. 

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"Be Healed" Almost Complete

Hand sewing the hanging sleeve on. 

"Be Healed" 32 inches X 31 inches $375

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Day 74 #ayearinstitches

I'm enjoying re-purposing a few

yellow batik quilting sample pieces like this one where I also

added hand painted aqua leaves.
I will be offering these for sale since they make
thoughtful Mother's Day gifts. 

Day 74 #ayearinstitches 
2 strands purple & yellow DMC Lazy Daisy Stitch 

applique purple batik flower with Straight Stitch center.

 2 strands green DMC applique green batik stem.
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Dresden Plates Progress

I'm using an off white silk thread to hand applique these 

 Dresden Plate Blocks. 3 are completed and 1 more is

almost ready for the yellow center.

That will only leave 4 more to sew to add to the other 16 

hand sewn by 2 other women.  It's going to be a  beautiful

quilt that will benefit the Old Depot and local school's art programs.

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Fall In Western North Carolina Mountains

 Fall is so breathtaking here in 

the Western North Carolina mountains.

Among the red, yellow and orange changing 

leaves are a few green oak leaves holding on.

 This hand appliqued Fall Oak Leaf

will be part of the next Ordinary Times Clergy Stole.

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Modern Ordinary Times Reversible Clergy Stole

 Side 1

What fun to create an  improvisational  pieced

Reversible  Clergy Stole from 

green batik fabrics. I also pulled a few Free Style Cobblestone

blocks previously pieced from my stash.

 Side 2 

I'm still enjoying creating with the green solid fabrics

from my friend Eydie. A challenge

since I primarily work with batiks.

It's available for sale in my Etsy Shop.

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Reversible Modern Clergy Stole Finished

This Clergy Stole began

with hand appliqued  light green leaves,

and an  oak leaf.

Later I  added some hand

 embroidered  embellishments 

and completed Side 1 with improvisational piecing.

Side 2 is created from a hand marbled 

white fabric. 

It's available in my ETSY Shop

and would make an excellent gift.
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Oak Leaf Ordinary Times Clergy Stole In Process

Although I enjoy leaves year round,

the leaves beginning  the change in the Western

North Carolina mountains where I live

is inspiration for this latest Clergy Stole.

Machine quilting has begun on the 

section with the hand appliqued 

and hand embroidered oak leaf.

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Green Leaves Hand Applique

 Since I've had an idea to create another  improvisational  leaf

art piece, similar but not the same as the one I created in February, 

AND

Since my dear friend Eydie gifted me

a generous bag of various solid colored green remnants, 

AND

Since I am really wanting to start another

hand project,

I've begun hand appliqueing free hand cut 

3 leaves and hand appliqueing them to a

contrasting fabric. 32 inches X 5 inches.
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Vintage Hand Applique Girls In The Rain

 This vintage  hand appliqued hand embroidered piece

was gifted to me and I'm pondering how to 

use it in a wall art hanging.  Should I simply

quilt it as is or add blocks around it?  Suggestions?
"Singin' In The Rain" $295
21 1/2 inches X 29 inches.
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April Art Daily 2105 - Day 23

Orange is a fun yet strong color.

Needle turned hand applique hand holding

screen fiber heart. 6 inches X 6 inches.

Heart is cut out from April Art Daily 2015

Day 21.

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April Art Daily 2015 - Day 20

Creating late today/tonight.
Hand applique needle turned "hand"

 black/white batik fabric

 on red/white batik fabric. 

6 inches X 6 inches.
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April Art Daily 2015 - Day 13

 Today's creation is in celebration of my son Jeremy's birthday today.

His favorite color has been red since

 he was old enough to choose.

Red batik needle turn hand appliqued "thumbs up" 

is on black/white batik fabric.

6 inches X 5 inches.
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April Art Daily 2015 - Day 9

There's just something special about 

Black/White Batik fabrics.

This hand is hand appliqued onto

blue batik fabric. 

5 inches X 5 inches.

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April Art Daily 2015 - Day 4

 This one took me a bit longer
 than I planned yet appropriate as we celebrate
 God's "I love you" of Easter.
Hand appliqued light blue batik "I Love You" Sign hand
on dark blue batik fabric.
 5 inches X 7 inches.
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Black Squares or Black Diamonds? - "Rotations" $650

 Hand quilting is almost complete and I've chosen to

extend the black Pearle cotton Big Stitch

into the green border. 

 I'm auditioning 2 inch

deckle cut edge black batik shapes

to add turned for squares or diamonds?

Thoughts?
"Rotations" $650
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Piecing February Art Daily Leaves

 February Art Daily was a great experience for me

and I have 28 fun blocks from the challenge.

Now to put the blocks together that were randomly

appliqued and stitched. I'm thinking of adding

hand dyed fabric coping strips between the

block similarly as I combine Free Style Cobblestone blocks.

Suggestions??
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Patiently Hand Quilting "Rotations" $650

Although progress seems slow outwardly,

patiently hand quilting is a discipline that I enjoy.

It offers time to be still, pray and create all at once.
30 inches X 24 inches.
"Rotations" $650
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February Art Daily 25

Strip pieced green batik

remnants cut into leaf shape

then hand appliqued  buttonhole stitch

on blue batik fabric.

5 inches X 5 inches.

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February Art Daily 17

Blue green batik leaves hand appliqued on

swirl painted cream batik fabric. 

5 inches X 4 1/2  inches.

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