I started this fabric book last November. I worked on it in bits and finally dove into it last week. The book is constructed from felt and flannel fused to a dreamy cotton gauze and a vintage table scarf cut into smaller pieces I embellished the pages with fabrics, cheesecloth and trims I had dyed […]
Fabric Book (7†x 7†x 2â€) My friend Ashley is celebrating her birthday tomorrow. I’ve been downloading photos of her family for the last few months so I could put together a fabric book. I printed the photos onto Jacquard Inkjet Printing Cotton fabric sheets. I constructed the book with canvas and cotton batting
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My friend Donna visited this week to drop off a few blocks for an upcoming guild meeting. She also brought along scraps she had just picked up from a local seamstress. I left the bits of pink satin and tulle, the swirled black fabric and suiting fabric piled on my desk. Later that night I
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The bright yellows, oranges and greens have me dreaming of spring. The background is quilted with one giant dahlia pattern. I stitched a small flower onto her top. Bits of old jewelry, fabric, ribbon, buttons, metal embellishments, safety pins and vintage lace decorate her ruffled dress. Her dress was a work of art (17†x
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If I had to pick only two colors to work with, they would black and white. There is such diversity in the patterns and potential. Scraps from past projects make up this background. She never understood why anyone would keep jewels in a box (17â€x 24â€) The aqua and silver embellishments pop against the black
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Lots of purple! These backgrounds are wonderful for using scraps or that piece of fabric I’d been hoarding for far too long. And they allow me use bits of baubles that I’ve been collecting for even longer. This quilt is large enough to accommodate larger pieces of cast off jewelry and old keys. I even
She saw no reason to bury treasure; it makes her dress fabulous (13†x 17â€) Aren’t the pigtails adorable? I’d been hanging onto the hand-marbled fabric for years – it makes the perfect background on these quilts. Scraps of cotton and silk in various shades of pink and purple are added and the quilt is
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The quilt began with a piece of cotton batting covered in fusible webbing. Scraps of blue fabrics are placed on the background and fused in place. The edges are left raw and fraying is encouraged. Backing fabric is added and I begin the quilting – lots of stitched dahlias. The girl is drawn onto fusible
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The Anchorage Modern Quilt Guild challenged the members to enter a quilt for the Modern Quilt Guild Showcase. During the long winter in Alaska, my blue bicycle with green wheels sits in the garage unused. Every time I saw my bike, I’d wish for spring to come soon. It finally occurred to me that I
Zelda quilt (40†x 54â€) My nephew, Alex, had one request for his upcoming birthday – a Legend of Zelda blanket; however, they don’t make Legend of Zelda fabric and Spoonflower didn’t have anything matching his favorite Zelda game, Skyward Sword. I scoured the web for ideas, picked my brother’s brain for idea and then
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