Blooming Bacteria, Daily's, Gray Wall, Oak Leaves

Thursday October 17, 2013

October 17, 2013 admin

Hello,

Fall is in about in all its colorful beauty here in central New York. The yellow leaves have forsaken the trees to lay down a carpet of gold in many locations. That is not to say that all the leaves have fallen yet- there are still lots in the trees, but I so love to walk in the crunch that they provide this time of year. I just go a little crazy with my camera and shoot lots of pictures.

I have been busy with lots of play dates and a workshop this week. The workshop was last Friday eve and it was on curved piecing. I was trying to learn how to make very skinny lines with the cruves and I think I am getting closer to what I intended. I mostly selected colors for this experiment that are not my usual pallet. I go for the second class with Ruth White on Friday this week. It is about how to create wholes. I have done some of that on my own, but it is always valuable to get instructions I think.

I spent a play day with Susan on Monday and I played with my Gelli plate the whole time. It was great fun. Susan was experimenting with a new technique for creating stencils. Sadly she was not very successful and discovered mostly what did not work. Her work is on the top shelf and mine is the stuff on the bottom. We did enjoy making our commitment lists for the winter as she has departed for the south now and I will not see her for six mouths. I now have a mini goal to work for and she does as well.

I spend yesterday playing with Liz and Angela. The day was a handwork day and it was great too. Angela is the queen of stitches in my world. Both Liz and I looked at tons of books on the topic too. I have two luscious videos and several books to study now too. It is wonderful to have friends that are so very sharing. Liz did not even get her needles out, but Angela and I both did. She worked on her on going Tapa cloth Hawaiian embroidery block quilt. It is going to be a real stunner when she is done I am sure. Liz drew stitch pattern ideas in her journal. Angela taught us some new hand stitches and I now know the difference between a steam stitch and an outline stitch. ( that has to do with the side of the line that the thread endes up lying on.) She also taught us how to do a Colonel Knot. I worked on my Blooming Bacteria quilt. I also picked up my new thermo fax screens. I need to do the taping of the edges now and then find some time to start to print them. I am excited about that, but it willl need to stay on the back burner until later this fall.

Progress Report: Gray Wall I am very pleased with out

Gray Wall 38" X 36" $700.00 — Gray Wall
38″ X 36″
$700.00

this rock quilt has turned out. I love all the texture and the mix of fabric types that it contains. It really flows for me the way I remember the wall being. I enjoy the raw edges and all the free motion stitch work that is part of this quilt. The paint work adds to the lichen feel of the rock face for me as well.

Susan really helped me with the finishing of this work. Or it would be better to say she encouraged me to leave the raw edges and the exposed back of this work. There is no hiding of my processes in this piece.

Oak Leaves I have been doing handwork on this piece too. The limb is almost all stitched to the surface. I can see that I need to add more machine quilting to make it more stable now that the branch has added so much weight to the quilt. It is a learning process when one is trying new stuff.

Blooming Bacteria This quilt has been setting and waiting for attention for a while.(see Aug 16, 2013) I somehow lost most of the crouched circles I had created for it. I put them some place so safe that I cannot find them at all and that is frustrating. I have done a lot of cleaning in my search and the only conclusion I can come to now is that I mistakenly tossed them out. I took it to the handworks play day yesterday and added some of the circles that I had and started creating more. It will be a long process before this quilt is done.

Daily’s I am doing my Daily’s as I am now calling my hand work square projects. They are still fun and with the new stitches that Angela taught me I still can see more ways to play with the idea.

I hope everyone is enjoying the colors fall as much as I am.

Keep Creating

Hugs

Carol

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Oct 11, 2013 Home again

October 11, 2013 admin 1 Comment

Hello to everyone,

I am home from a most wonderful journey to Maine. But before I left the computer crashed. I was able to get some info down loaded by the GEEK SQUAD( thank you!) but some things were lost. Like all the Favorite connections and such. It has taken me until today to get back to where I can write this work. I did indeed type a post on Wed in prearation, but again in my efforts at the new navigation of this system and I saved it somewhere so safe I can’t find it again. Enough complaining! Maine was beautiful with lots of great color ans my favorite subject-rocks. I took lots of new pictures of rock surfaces in Arcadia and I am sure they will be worked into upcoming art. Rocks and water go together so well. We spent a day in Elizabeth’s studio painting and had a grand time. The paint was almost as colorful as the environment. I created more fabric for rocks of course and Marty did great water color type stuff. Elizabeth let us pin the drying fabric to the back of her milk shed and it made a grand display. Barb spent the day mixing lots of colors,many will be used in furture paint days as she says she is just starting to play now.

Progress Report: Oak Leaves For the background on this piece look at the posts for Sept 12 and 19. I am ready to build the background now. I tried two before I reached the one that is in the photo. I plan to quilt horizontal wind patterns onto the blue background and then apply the limb and leaves on top.

Rounds I have now assembeled this work and it is waiting the next step. I am uncertain about how I want to go forward with the process so I will just move it to the bottom of my work pile and will let it rest for the time being. I did show it to the gals in the work study group yesterday and they had some good suggestions about how to proceed. I will let those ideas work in the back of my mind for a while and when I look at it again later I hope I will know exactly what to do with it.

Vertical Wall ( formerly Road to Dry Falls) I quickly put this work on the wall at the end of quilting one day and it was on the vertical instead of the usual horizotnal format. When I came back in the morning, I knew that the new layout was a much better position. I think that this work is nearly complete now. When I am sure the work is complete I will sign it and post close ups.

Gray Wall I am doing the hand work and free motion quilting on this work now, it will soon be complete so I am only going to show a close up of one area for this week.

New work This is a new work that I started just before my departure for Maine. I came across some of the fabric I had screen printed last winter with Barbara so I used it. The color pallit is a bit bright compared to what I am working toward at the moment,but it was a fun diversion.

Daily Exercise I decided that I needed a small hand work project. So I cut some white 4.5 ” squares. Then I fused a red circle and a black rectangle to each one. I made no attempt to cut them the same size nor did I try to put the shapes in the same location on each square. I then cut a four inch squares of batting to add to the back of the squares. I took red and black thread along to do the handwork with and started my personal challenge. I have done 16 blocks so far and have the start of several more. Doing just a little everyday is a good thing for me and not too demanding. I am having fun shuffling them around already I cannot tell for sure what order I did them in. I like laying them in in different relationships to one another too. I will keep it up for a while, but I am not making any commitment to the leath of time for this action yet.

I hope fall is keeping everyone happy.

Keep Creating

Hugs

Carol

On the Road to Dry Falls, Pumpkin Lichens, Rounds

September 19, 2013 Harvest Moon

September 19, 2013 admin

Hello,

Last evening the harvest moon rose round and orange as a giant pumpkin. It was beautiful! I tried to capture it with my camera- but I am not happy with any of the shots so I am going to leave the idea to you imagination. The Harvest moon is the last full moon before Autumnal Equinox.

This week has been a full one as they all seem to be. I went to the Bead show here in town on Sunday and managed to keep from purchasing too many new beads.

Friday was the Explores day to play with Fused Silk. I think I can speak for everyone in declaring it a big success. This top shot is of Barb spreading the GAC* out on her silk.

Liz and Corinne working on step one- spreading out the silk fibers.

Sue Ellen concentration on her work.

We all had fun and Angela even go far enough along with her fibers to add them to a top. I think we all took home at lease four pieces of fused silk. Liz even experimented with fusing the silk directly to the fabric with the GAC and that seemed to work too.

I make mine very thin- only one layer of fibers to use with my rock wall stuff in the future. It was a fun day for all of us.

Progress Report: Pumpkin Lichens

Pumpkin Lichens 36" X 40" $375.00 — Pumpkin Lichens
36″ X 40″
$375.00

This work had given me fits when it comes to being square and it still looks off kilter to me. The work measures true though. I did have a good time using more of Randy’s wonderful fabric . There is also a bit of the discharged fabric that I did with Marty this summer in this piece( the light orange cream in the middle). I used the curves of Randy’s images to get me started with the quilting patterns too. They were so organic and the lichens I used for part of the inspiration were also irregular like that. This second close up show one of the areas where I started reflective quilting when I got away from the “lichen ” centers.

On the Road to Dry Falls

I worked on this piece this week and all the fabric it attached. I did not shoot it because it does not look any different than last week.

Oak Leaves This is the same limb that I was working on last week from the other side. It also shows the limb all frapped in a second layer of black textured yarn. I plan to get to the background work this week and start putting it all together soon.

Rounds I started this work before QBL – eight weeks ago now. Working through my stack of UFO’s it finally came to the top again. I sliced the work vertically into seven units. Then I pulled out some solid blue fabric and stamped on it with one of the stamps that I cut in my “one a day for 30 day Challenge”. I did the stamping in a purple/pink that works with some of the fabric in the circles. I have ideas for more additions,but will wait to work on them until I have all the units added together. Make the visual decision based on what I see.

New Work This one got some hand work and some paint this week too. The leaves are just pinned on- auditioning so to speak. I like the idea of them, but feel they are not strong enough to work with all the little units of this piece. I think I got a bit carried away with the paint step here. But errors show growth is taking place.

Enjoy the wonders of the season

Keep Creating

Carol

* GAC is a Golden Product used to thin down acrylic paint. GAC 900 is what we used and it is designed for fabric so you keep the soft hand.

Oak Leaves, On the Road to Dry Falls

September 12, 2013 Fall Rains

September 12, 2013 admin

Hello, Today in my part of the world it is raining again. We need the water, but I am tired of the gloom that the gray skies seem to bring along too. It makes me want to take a nap. This photo is one I took on my way home on Tuesday after taking down the “Sticks and Stones” show. As you can see from the image it was gray that day too.

Progress Report: Pumpkin Lichens
I am not showing this work this week because I had a bit of a disaster with it . I though I had trimmed it all up and I was adding the sleeve when I realized that one side was a good inch longer than the other….. I have not done all the deconstruction that needs to happen before I can correct that mistake yet, but I will do so and show that next week.

On the Road to Dry Falls I made progress on this work this week. I am doing more of the tron and free motion stitch down work on this surface. I used this technique with the fused silk, some taffeta and some nylon netting. I like how it allowed for a feeling of shadow and texture.

Oak Leaves
I started this at Quilting by the Lake. The leaves are free floating and made with a top layer of silk and a bottom of cotton. I have been looking at it in this state for a few weeks now and it finally came to me that It needed a three dimensional limb too. So I pulled out some roving and frapped it with a dark patterned fabric. In this closeup you can see how the fabric is wrapping around and creating a new texture. There is a little of the roving showing at the bottom of this shot.

This second shot is of the full limb as it is now. I need to create a background and stitch the limb to it before I add the leaves.

I though I might add fused silk clouds to this work as well. I will at least create some clouds for myself in the fused silk workshop that I am teaching on Friday.

New Work
I am doing pure explorations with this new piece. I took a class with Valerie Goodwin at QBL in 2012 and she suggested we use all the different way we knew to attach fabric to the surface to add texture. I had not really applied this idea before but when I came across my class notes I though I would give it a try. So with this small piece I have used flip piecing, raw edge and hand stitching. The next process is to add paint….. I am having fun as I am not at all sure what I am doing and the class notes are not as complete as I had though. A year plus is a long time and one does forget details.

I hope fall is sending you visual joy and creative time.

Hugs

Carol

Curvie Cuts, Diva Meetings, Pumpkin Lichens, Rock Series East Wall

Sept 6 , 2013 Back to School

September 6, 2013 admin

Hello,

It was the first day of school for students here in central New York. When I went out for my walk this morning there were two boys waiting for the bus on the corner. The same place that my daughter waited for the bus many years ago. I passed others on my trek and thought that this is a sure sign that fall has begun.
This week was the first Tuesday of the mouth and so I went off to my DIVA group meeting on Tuesday. I had missed the mouth before so I was very excited about seeing what others were doing and I was not disappointed! Liese had been doing a lot of marbling on paper . She created two books. I really like the one with the quotes and her second one was an accordion book with wonderful creatures that she saw in the marbling.

She said that she learned that the newsprint paper worked the best for this job.

Susan is doing some great exploration based on sleep. She is printing on fabric with old stencils and writing her quotes in water soluble graphic pencils.

She has a wild collection of stencils and is trying not to cut any new ones for this project. I really like the long line of people she repeated in this second print.

She is also dealing with the inside of things- including people. The rib cage is made with painted canvas suspended in the opening. I can hardly wait to see how this develops.

She always looks at things with such a unique eye.

Sally brought a problem to the group for suggestions. She is getting ready for the Art Trail in the Ithaca area and one of her practices is to have each of her visitors add a piece of fabric to a background that she has selected. Then the sews them down were they are placed. Every five years she take the panels and puts them together in some fashion. She was after suggestions. We brainstormed and gave her several ideas- I can hardly wait to see what she finally does. I really get a lot out of this group for the support as well as the many skills and ideas that each person brings to the setting.

Occasions 35.5" X 49.5" $ 440.00 — Occasions
35.5″ X 49.5″
$ 440.00

Progress Report: Occasions This quilt is one more of the ones that I started at Quilting by the Lake, the second week. I had purchased some deconstructed fabric( the light blue) from her the first week of the conference and used it as my starting place for this piece. This fist close up show the wonderful texture she had created with lines that attracted me to it. I pulled the rest of the materials from my stash and supplemented with a few new pieces that I purchased from the venders there. I enjoyed doing the circular quilting on this piece and feel it is just what the quilt needed to pull all the sections together. The gals at the Diva meeting really liked this work too and had lots of kind word about this work.

I enjoyed working on this one.

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East Wall – Rock Series
This work got lots of additional machine drawing added this last week. There is so much texture now that I feel it is pulling together a bit better.

I used some of my painted wonder under on the surface to add more color and pattern. There is also a bit of intense quilted pink velvet on the right side of this shot for more texture.

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Pumpkin Lichens : I am to the quilting stage on this quilt. It too has some of Randy’s wonderful decomposing screen fabric as it start- The orange with the the dark circles on it. The colors of the trip to southwest really have had a long time effect on me if the work shown here is any indication.

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New Work Here is some more of the curved piecing work I am trying to conquer. I am ready to start the placement of the fused silk paper on this top to add texture and unity to it. There are two pieces sort of pinned in place. I think more will help as well as some of the painted wonder under.

Then the quilting will really pull it all together .

Keep Creating

Carol

Canyon's Create Towers, Diamnond Peak, Landscapes, Slot Canyon, Sunny Canyon

Aug 29, 2013 Walk in the woods

August 29, 2013 admin

Hello ,

As this shot shows I have been out of doors. I spend a day with my daughter and grandson at a local park called Beaver Lake. We spend a few hours walking in the deep woods as well as along the lake. We not only spotted this leopard frog along the shore, but we saw a heron as well. The woods was full of many types of fungus in color from whites, oranges , browns and even a dark blue colored one. There was a wide range of shapes too- from the flat shelf fungus, branching coral like shapes, to the umbrella mushrooms. It was fun to see who would spot the next one along the trail as we walked. Nature always provides lots of variety.

The big excursion for me this week was a drive to Athens Ohio to go to Quilt National. I was on the road with Ethel last Thursday and because we started early( 6:00 am) and drove for 11 hours- we got to the show that evening. It was wonderful to get a chance to see the work that eve. And it was even better that we also got to have a second day to study the quilts on Friday. The other big even for this last two weeks was the hanging of the ” Sticks and Stones” show at the Americana winery in Interlocken NY. That job took Anne and myself two and a half hours. I have eight works in that show including Wind Fall, Sunny Crannies under the rim and Mummy Cave Ruins from several weeks ago. The canyon and stone works I have been working on really look strong on the barn board walls of the winery.

Dimaond Peak 43" X 41" $ 440.00 — Diamond Peak
43″ X 41″
$ 440.00

Progress Report: Diamond Peak This quilt was created after my float trip down the Grand Canyon with my Dad eight years ago. I did ten quilts about that trip when I got home. The experience was magical and I would do it again in a second. For this show I pulled out the seven quilts that remain from that series and reworked some of them. I added about five or six hours of additional machine quilting to the surface of the rocky areas of all of these quilts. I think that extra machine work helped. When I first made them I was so excited about capturing the images that I could not see that they needed more needle work.

Canyon's Create Towers 41" X 45.5" $475.00 — Canyon’s Create Towers
41″ X 45.5″
$475.00

Canyons Create Towers This is a second one from the Grand Canyon Series. It is based on a photo that I took further up stream then Diamond Peak. Part of the thrill of the trip was how fast the river ran down some of the narrow cliff openings creating great water patters and falls . I was also fascinated by how you could see the different layers of stone in the rock formations father down the river. Here too I reworked the surface with lots of quilting. I folded over the organza and stitched in lots of quilt lines to lead the eye back into the quilt surface on this work. At the bottom of this shot you can see the florist plastic that I captured under the organza too. It added a bit of sparkle that was always present on the water.

Sunny Canyon 37" X 31" $295.00 — Sunny Canyon
37″ X 31″
$295.00

Sunny Canyon I remember how beautifully the sun filled that canyon the day I took the photo that was the inspiration for this quilt. Every thing sort of glowed. This quilt not only got a lot of additional quilting it also go a major resizing. I removed a hole row of trees that were on an island that was in the for ground and about six inches off both sides before I was happy with this quilt. I also remember how surprised I was when I started these quilts that I did not need to purchase much fabric to complete them. I had been on the look out for “rock” materials for a long time it seemed.

Slot Canyon 19.5" X 26.6" $ 135.00 — Slot Canyon
19.5″ X 26.6″
$ 135.00

Slot Canyon One day on the Canyon trip we walked up a slot canyon. The narrow walls were wonderfully textured by rushing waters. I found all the line marks so fascinating that I had to make a quilt about that. This quilt is a whole cloth piece with color added in pastel and pressed into the surface. Then I did the machine work on top.

I hope summer is still bringing joy to your lives as it is to mine.

Keep Creating

Carol

Blooming Bacteria, on the Road to Dry Falls, Wind Fall

August 16, 2013 Nature is Lush

August 16, 2013 admin 1 Comment

Hello followers,

I am always amazed by the growth that happens every summer. These beautiful flowers are at the top of some swamp loving plat that is nearly six feet tall. They are annuals and the amount of energy it takes to grow from a small seed to this towering colorful plant just makes me stop in my tracks.

I have had a busy week as the kids are getting ready for a return to school and we all seem to be in a rush to do all summer activities that we have put off thinking there was still time for them in the future . With that though in mind I will tell you that there were be no post next week as I am off for a trip to Ohio next week.

This week included a play day with my friend Cheri. We painted fabric on Wed. Cheri did the two pieces and I did the single one. This is only the first step of many so we will be getting together again. It is always fun to experiment with a fellow artist and we had a good time even though it rained off and on all day.

I am putting most of my efforts into preparation for the “Sticks and Stones” show at the Americana Winery now. It will be hung on Wed next week. I am doing a bit of rework and additional quilting to some of my Grand Canyon works for that show. Images will appear in the next post.

Wind Fall 23" X 42" $245.00 — Wind Fall
23″ X 42″
$245.00

Progress Report: Wind Fall I am very happy with how this quilt turned out. All the twigs that I pick up after the wind storm work well on this curved pieced background. I had a lot of fun doing all the hand stitching as well. The only real problem with this quilt is it must be rolled and not folded as the sticks will break if it is folded.

I like all the color changes that are present in the tan twigs- from very dark brown to a cream color- some times on the same branch.

I machine drew in branches in the dark areas of this work to add bit more interest too.

The Machine drawing came about because I felt that the quilt needed a bit of horizontal action to contrast the strong verticals present in the sticks and most of the other quilting.

Synapse Firing 30" X 47.5" $ 360.00 — Synapse Firing
30″ X 47.5″
$ 360.00

Synapse Firing I am happy with how this quilt came out. I have found that when I am exploring new territory I can only go so far before I need to fall back to familiar ground were I know what to do. Such was the case with this work that I created at QBL. I was playing and working on all the rock/texture stuff and I needed to feel safe again- so I pulled out this fabric that I had purchased from Randy last summer and put this quilt together. I quilted this with silver thread and then added a variegated around the out side of the work .

On the Road to Dry Falls
This is the work I was constructing when I did Synapse Firing. It is highly textured with fabric that is wadded and then pressed in the wadded state before it is sewn to the surface. I also used a satin fabric ( dark brown) that was shinny on one side and matt on the other to add additional texture. I tore strips of fabric and left the raw edges exposed for a further texture. I am enjoying the free motion quilt drawing process to continue the wrought feel of the rock too. At this point I am more concerned with the way the eye does not quite flow across surface as I intended then I am with the texture parts. There is always work to do.

Blooming Bacteria This quilt I started before QBL as I wanted to keep my direction with this idea. I am adding the black button wholes on top by hand now. They really add a wonderful texture to the surface of this piece. It will take a long time to complete it however as the hand work is quite slow. I do think the time and effort it worth it however.

Please remember there will be no post next week.

Keep Creating

Carol

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Thur Aug 15 my Error

August 15, 2013 admin

Hi followers,

I messed up and left my camera at my daughters today. I will get in in the morning and post for this week tomorrow.

Thanks you

Carol

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August 9, 2013 Summer

August 9, 2013 admin

Hello,

I am feeling like we are to the dog days of summer now. The slow down and the feeling that nothing is really pressing is upon me at least. We had a good time this week on our visit to Philly and the Barn’s Exibit. I did use the audio guide that the museum provides and that did enhance my experience. I enjoyed all the images. I had forgotten that he collected so may African masks. That is a subject that I too love. Barns took so much care in how he presented the material that it was quite enjoyable. I found that by the beginning of the third hour of intense looking that my mind could not really absorb much more material. We really only did a through look at the top floor as the ticket man told us floor one was crowded when we started, so he sent us upstairs. Eric and I agreed that we will need to do a return trip. I was exhausted and slept really well that night. I feel really good about looking at art too- it is so stimulating. Because I was away for three full days this week I did not get too much done.

Thoth 28" X 26.5" Not for sale — Thoth
28″ X 26.5″
Not for sale

Progress Report: Thoth Eric’s birthday gift is finally finished. I will add the sleeve this evening and then give it to him. He can take it to his office and hang it next week. I like the stencil of Thoth and I am sure I will use it again.

This second shot is of the eye is one of the Egyptian’s favorite symbols. I quilted in papyrus plants and leaves in the back ground as a part of my new push to add interesting quilting to my work.

This golden scarib is from an old stencil that I did several years ago. I have made it a habit to always create a new stencil or stamp in the Egyptian style for each additional quilt that I create in this on going series. There seem to be many people in my life who find Egypt fasinating, including myself.

Wind Fall I stared this quilt weeks ago and I have only just gotten back to it. I wanted to do something for the “Sticks and Stones” show that was not rock related. We had some sever weather a few weeks ago and there were lots of little dead branches that were blown down after the storm. I had collected a pile as they were so smooth and simple in shape. I hand stitched with heave cotton some to them to the surface over the course of the last few weeks. They are all attached now and I will begin to quilt the piece this week . So the final will show up next time.

I hope summer is proceeding in a clam forward motion for everyone.

Keep Creating

Carol

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Augest 1, 2013 Week 2 of QBL

August 1, 2013 admin

Hello,

Quilting By the Lake is over for one more year, but I am still in the happy after glow of seeing everyone. Week two brought with it new classes and some additional people. This first shot is of the mini mall that happens both weeks and is when the participants can sell their wares- books, patterns, posters and fabrics- to others at the conference. This event is always well attended by both faculty and the students as we all check out the special items our fellows wish to part with.

Week two is always as much fun as week one because I enjoy watching as new a different ideas emerge from my peers. This shot of Sharron shows her 4.1/2″ Dear Jane blocks behind her. She is doing this quilt in six variations and claims that after she has worked out the “bugs” with the first block the others are easy.

Debbie continued to work away on her scrap quilts and finished two more tops the second week. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves in the Independent Studio class and produced lots of work. Linda ( on the right) quilted and completed this this beautiful orange and black piece. Betty worked very hard on this black, white red and yellow quilt for her grandson. I think Cathy did a lot of exploration with her seven works that are pictured behind her. I feel the smiles say as much about the good feelings that carried us all home as any thing.

Apron Auction Last week there was an apron auction and this week that was repeated. All the teachers made or altered QBL aprons. Cynthia Corbin skillfully hid a small piece of her work on the back of this fuffy/furry apron. Rosalie continued her fish theme with fried fish this week. We all had fun bidding and enjoying the festivites at the end of the session.

Progress Report Exploration 1: I did some work myself too. This new bit of exploration was more work with the curved line connections. I made the white, rust, orange and green fabric in a QBL 2 class about four years ago. The colors fit well with the rock and canyon things I am doing now that it has now found a home.

Exploration 2: Here I used a piece of Randy Keenan’s discharged fabric as my starting place. I had purchased it at the mini mall. I was also feeling a bit out of my depth with the curved work so I wanted something I felt comfortable with too. I started quilting this with silver thread this morning.

Exploration 3: This work too started with and older bit of Randy’s fabric. I purchased it last year and it got burried. It only came back to light when I was doing my cleaning in preperation for QBL three weeks ago.

Exploration 4: This is another of the curved line piecing / rock wall projects. I am not at all happy with it so far. I think I did too much in the way of curves and so it is very warped…… A new problem for me to solve before this will be seen again. But I am showing it to let you know I make mistakes, especially when I am trying new things. If one does not make errors every now and again then one is playing it too safe.

Good Habits 21" 32" $ 170.00 — Good Habits
21″ 32″
$ 170.00

Good Habits This quilt was also started at QBL and I finished it this week. I think the completion was do to the small size as much as any thing. I challenged myself to create a block of a simple every day object. I chose a toothbrush. The white areas are the bristels of the brush and I added lots of line quilting to add to that feeling. The multi-colored area is the handle of the brush. I quilted in toothpaste tubes in various stages of usge in the solid areas. I did have fun with this project and plan to make the idea a challenge to one of my design groups.

Do to a change in plans I will be away next week on Thursday so this blog will be posted on Friday next week.

I hope everyone is enjoying the bounty of summer and creating great things.

Hugs

Carol

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Thursday October 17, 2013

Oct 11, 2013 Home again

September 19, 2013 Harvest Moon

September 12, 2013 Fall Rains

Sept 6 , 2013 Back to School

Aug 29, 2013 Walk in the woods

August 16, 2013 Nature is Lush

Thur Aug 15 my Error

August 9, 2013 Summer

Augest 1, 2013 Week 2 of QBL

Creative Fiber Collage Artist Carol Boyer