-textures of life-

 Today is the Fiberactions Group reveal day.

Our theme word is texture and this is named

Textures of Life

The seed pod theme and color way were revisited as well as using the vintage, hand pieced blocks (shown at the bottom and used with the last challenge.)

This is a traditional three layer quilt which was constructed with a top, batting, backing and then quilted.  Gesso was painted over the finished quilt, background color was added, the pods were masked then painted and stitched.

 The thread did the work and maybe for the first time embellishment was not added for texture.

 Head on over to Fiberactions and check out the challenges as they are posted throughout the day.

don't judge a book by it's cover

because you never know what is inside

Today is  the Fiberactions Challenge Group reveal day.  Our theme word was impression.

This is a two sided quilt.  The front, meant to look like a weathered book of plants and flowers. The back  meant to look like a page from inside.

Again, I went with seed pods.  This time I created 3d seed pods which were lined with green silk.

The fabrics of the book were painted, over painted, distressed, inked and made to look like leather.  The label was was hand printed onto white fabric, distressed and the edges were burnt.

I took pictures of drawn flowers from my sketchbook and used them to hand paint white cloth. 

The flowers were stabilized prior to cutting and then stitched onto the background fabric.

I loved making this piece.  Out of all my Fiberactions pieces this is probably the most representational of  the type of work I love the most.

Head on over to the Fiberactions blog and see how the other talented artists interpreted the theme.

Thanks for looking!