with good intentions

This is my sketchbook for the sketchbook project . . .

*true confessions*

. . . it didn't make the deadline . . . 

. . . midway through working on it  

I realized I had made the cover too large to meet the requirements . . . 

. . . my plan was to recover it once the pages were finished . . .

 . . . I hadn't realized how fat the book was getting. . . 

. . .  pages would have to be removed for it to qualify. . .

. . . I wasn't going to like taking pages out . . .

. . . so I didn't . . . 

. . . It will stay as is . . .

 I'm keeping it.

. . . 

And yes, I've been very busy with quilt work

. . .

Thanks for stopping by.

holiday archives

After having a computer malfunction and loosing loads of pictures... I vowed to be better organized
in the picture housekeeping department.  

Well, okay, so it's only 6 months later and I'm just getting started
(again).

But isn't it hard to organize photos?  you tend to want to look at all of them. . .  time passes, nothing is sorted and you are right back where you started.

-anyway, in doing just that-

I found some photos of great quilts. . . .

This is Deb's quilt.

She made it for her son, 

I quilted it,

  she gifted at

 Christmastime.

It's all hexagons and she used only one print fabric.
You can see the main fabric in the mini border.

The cubes are batik fabrics.
Her color choices are perfect.
It's so cool how the cubes are so dimensional looking.

Deb wanted circles in the center and lines in the border, so that is what we designed.

I'm not exactly sure how many hexagons are in this quilt,
 but I do know, no two are alike, that's pretty amazing
-and a lot of work!-

Deb's son, who she gifted this quilt to, is an artist.
He is showing his art in Boston for the month of February, 2012.
He goes by the street artist's name Nanook and you can find info on the gallery show by clicking
 here.

(having trouble getting my link to work try this
http://fourthwallproject.com/)

the forest floor

This is one of the fun projects on my work table.

  It's a hand painted mini art quilt.

 It's still in the beginning stages and nothing is finished about it, not even the brown background. 

I know I want brown, but not that one.

The Guild I belong to has it's quilt show in March. (check here)  We host a little silent auction of member's work.  This piece will be in the auction.

I've been looking at some of my photos and drawing out leaf and flower shapes into my sketch pad.  Then I transfer the shape over to cloth using my chalk pencil.  The cloth is doubled and stuck together with Misty Fuse.  The elements are cut out after painting and will remain raw edged.  

Dimension and quilting will be added at the end.

the grieving heart

Today is the Fiberactions art quilt group reveal.

 color challenge #1

 As my small New England community mourns the loss of two young men with in the past 10 days; I put my colors away.

black - the absence of color  

Black silk sateen, Kimono black silk thread. 

8 1/2 x 10 1/2

RIP

new work

plain white muslin quilted

 painted white with gesso and left in the sunny window to dry

 the sun went in

  eventually it dried

so then it could be painted with shades of brown

and then left to figure out the next step

This is part of the Fiberactions color challenge which is due 1/15/12

-check back then and see what this has become and what the other members have created. 

Happy New Year's Day

Today seemed like a good day to putter around and get some things done around here, 

but then the weather turned spring like

so we headed out on foot and enjoyed the day.

The colors of today were brown, orange and green when normally they would be closer to snow white, sky blue and grey. 

I liked this road sign combo . . .

It'll be back to the routine around here tomorrow.  

Happy New Year!

everyday december #14

 cards from photo copied sketchbook drawings

everyday december #13

everyday december #12

simple cases

one for tissues

one for cosmetics

made waterproof by using peel and stick laminate on the inside lining before stitching

everyday december #11

quilted comfort

  

The Leaves Galore Applique Template was used to design this quilt.  

Very little fabric is required and it can be worked up quickly.  

There are several ways to place the petals, these are placed on the diagonal.  

When the back is flannel, the design is cozy and pretty.

This will be gifted as a comfort quilt.