With lace and a beaded top she looks ready for her big day!
Month: April 2013
Quilts in Progress – Bride Part 1
I stitched this background months ago and it never quite matched the girl I had created for it. I contemplated turning it over and used the back with the girl, but with the encouragement of AMQG members, I created a new girl for it. The background is pastel so the girl needed to be in […]
Quilts in Progress – Adding a Boy 2
He’s outline stitched – they look cute together! I like that they have different ‘skin’.
Quilts in Progress – Adding a Boy 1
I sketched my first boy pattern. Here he is fused on the quilt. Sort of plain at the moment.
1 Day Charity Quilt
My friend, Kristin, has been cleaning out her fabric stash. Strips and fat quarters in greens, blue and brown looked fun. I challenged myself to finish it today. It’s not fancy — patchwork, pillowcase binding and mostly stitch in the ditch quilting. It’ll a great charity quilt for a child as soon as I snip […]
Crochet Break
Sometimes my mind needs a break from art quilts. I’m auditioning the placement of these crocheted flowers, stems and various shapes in green brown and purple on a piece of burlap.
Quilts in Progress – Adding a Bike Part 2
The bike is ironed in place on the quilt. The bike is outline stitched with black thread.
Quilts in Progress – Adding a Bike Part 1
To add a bike to one of my smaller quilts, I traced a smaller version of the pattern I used to create my initial bike quilt onto the release paper of fusible webbing. The pattern pieces are fused to the fabric and cut out (very carefully). On a teflon craft sheet, I fuse the individual […]
Quilts in Progress – Ready for Sleeves
11 bigger art quilts ready for their sleeves to be hand stitched in place.
Quilts in Progress – Photographing
Once I have a batch of quilts completed, it’s time for photography. I tape bright white fabric to my dining room wall, turn on some super bright lights and set up the tripod.