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Color rhythmics

sonjie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:27:58 GMT

Batik collage

Coat of many colors

sonjie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:21:36 GMT

I superimpose my imagery by boiling the wax out and starting over again. I normally do this about three times to have a satisfactory result.

Thanks for the reviews and interest. I do teach my method. Please let me know if you are interested in a workshop.

Cheers!

Saihou

spring will soon be here

meta heemskerk — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:08:05 GMT

hand painted tulip on hand printed fabric. I stitched all around the tulip.

criss cross

meta heemskerk — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:04:06 GMT

I used my hand painted fabric, bits of plastic, shoestring, foil

Legacy

Lindy101 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:46:57 GMT

I caught my first fish on the metal fishing pole used to hang this quilt-it was my Dad's first pole seventy some years ago. He is the one that taught me to fish, therefore the title Legacy.

The photos show the myriad wildlife at the lake where I fish almost daily, April until closing day the last of October. I live in an area with abundant wildlife, also another legacy, one that we need to keep going for our next generations.

The detail of Legacy shows the wide variety, sometimes silly things, that I used to join the segments. Getting everything to hang nicely was the biggest challenge, the rest was all play!

Detail Legacy

Lindy101 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:35:44 GMT

I used all things 'fishy' to join the individual fabric framed photos on fabric to one another; sinkers, swivels, monofiliment, even a bass lure. I also utilized buttons, beads, bells and other found objects.

Portrait n·6, my 2nd grandson..

cousette — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:55:17 GMT

This portrait I found a little more difficult to end because of the fabrics I had chosen, the background had not enough contrast...so I changed it, and this time it stands out better. The trouble is I don't want to use the same fabrics for each portrait ! So, let me introduce my 2nd grandson (Joaquim's son) who will be 6 years old this year !

Ardrey Kell 2009

LaineeBird — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:09:13 GMT

1st Attempt...

LaineeBird — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:06:02 GMT

This is my very first Art Quilt...the rest is my ongoing history...

Painted Tulip...

LaineeBird — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:59:00 GMT

This was my first effort at painting on fabric...

Variations

LaineeBird — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:53:53 GMT

I created individual variations of a familiar block and sewed them together to create the whole quilt. The center block is held together with various yarns & threads & beads made of glue soaked fabric strips wrapped on chopsticks...

Blue Lagoon

SomethingLisa — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:24:20 GMT

12x12 quilt made for a challenge where the word was "Blue." When I think of blue I think of the ocean and I take a deep wistful sigh. While I was in Hawaii a few years ago I went snorkeling. I loved looking all the amazing fish and coral. However my heart still skips a beat when I think about almost swimming head first into a turtle. She was so beautiful and after we got over the shock of almost running into each other she seemed as curious about me as I was about her. It was a miraculous moment for me.

I created the turtle using a photograph that I printed onto tissue paper. After the tissue paper was sprayed with three layers of finishing spray, I crumpled it several times and then fused it to fabric. This along with the coral was then machine appliqued to the background. The crumpled tissue paper adds a very nice texture to the turtle.

A Mosaic Life close up

riverart — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:57:35 GMT

The quilt measures 58 x 42.

A Mosaic Life

riverart — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:55:47 GMT

This quilt was inspired by the acticle in Quilting Arts called Color Play by Anne Lullie. I was asked to make a quilt that reflected life and all of it's different routes, I suggested a mosaic. For the chips I used Cherry Wood hand dyes, the background, backing and binding I dyed myself. I free motion quilted over the entire quilt using invisilbe thread so the mosaic could speak for it self, the quilting only lends texture.

little quilt

meta heemskerk — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:20:28 GMT

This is a small quilt. I used coffee stained fabric and batting, fabric, painted with water colours, shoe string, plastic, yarn, gold metallic embroidery floss, buttons.