Hi there! This sweet table runner… It’s really quite the combo of yummy, and summery bold color. Yay! I even dyed the velvet fabric for the flower centers myself. The rest of the hand dyed fabrics came from one of my favorite artists, Miss Vicki Welsh, as I have spoken of so often in my works. Although I have been …
hi friends ~here’s a little project i took to the lake and just a little ‘happy time’ sewing up decorative stitches. i love these kind of projects. for one thing, they aren’t so bulky, and so they’re easy to pack up. i {only} brought eight spools of shiny, strong and gorgeous100% magnifico polyester thread to choose from… and then my …
happy august days!and what a better color story to tell in the lovely summer days of bright colors, via kaffe fassett styled stripes and solids, with beautiful accents of bobbin play and quilted textures!i’m making the most of all of my pre-cut 2.5″ strips, and doing my best to get them finished up into something beautiful, practical, and absolutely useable …
well… hello! i’m back from a sweet~sweet time at flathead lake with girlfriends, and it was a wonderful week {and a few days too!} i have more about all of that coolness… later! time for a little blog catchin’ up ~ here is a bit of fusible and experimenting with my accuquilt die cut, combined with lots of thread, yarn, …
hi there ~ this collage was inspired by a watercolor i had painted of my daughter-in-law, and then created into a collage. i quilted the words, “piecing princess” into it as a special touch, as it will be also be a sample that will hang in the quilt shop, the sewing palace bernina, in helena, montana.i do really enjoy quilting …
merry morning to you all ~i thank you for your sweet comments, your gift of time spent here on the blog with me. and so, it lifts my heart up, as i lift it up to the Lord, in thanks and blessing for the gift of Christmas. a gift that transcends fear, grief, and the untold, and told ~ tragedies of …
hi there, happy monday!well, as i noted in my last post, as i was lamenting the troubles with the bleeding paints… note there is an upside! and that is simply that silks acrylic glazes work beautifully on the black t-shirt. why? i don’t know! i wish i did. but ~ i washed it and it didn’t run, bleed, nor did it …
i always enjoy making these. “born again” quilts, that become crosses fashioned from older paper quilts. similar to the process of one who has spoken the divine yes to Jesus. when we die to self, we are born again. the old is gone, and the new has come! alleluia! from old life to new~from broken to whole ~ all of …
Ahhhhh… yes, hello my lovely, true blue winter friend. Snowflakes… bobbin play… silver threads. Love this color combo. What about you? And velvet. Isn’t there a song about velvet? Ah… yes, I think there is. Isn’t it called “Blue Velvet?” Sparkly goodness. Shine on! It’s fun to do embossing on silk velvet; it works the vest. I’m thinking I’d like …
NOTE: This is a repost from earlier this year, February. I just thought I would share this… noting that I also recycle the paper towels I clean up with. I bet you can pick it out in the picture below: Here’s number 3 in the ‘pastel series’ I’ve been playing with. I’m calling it “Live With Intention” as it is …
Finished. Left: Bryce Canyon and Right: Ghost Town Blooms Ghost Town Blooms. What do you think of the title? Desert Ghost Blooms? I’m ready to hear what you’re thinking! And I hope you will tell me, and post your suggestions! Because I will draw a name from all commenters throughout this series, since the posting of the Bryce Canyon piece, …
Happy Saturday everyone! Thank you for your get well/good wishes for my tooth issues; I really appreciate the kind thoughts. Similar to the Bryce Canyon piece I created earlier; this piece is using the same batik fabric for the background. I am thinking to continue with one more; like a triptych with the remaining fabric. I’ve seen some really cool …
Anyone remember Hee Haw? How about that song those men would sing on the show: “Pain, despair, and agony on me…. deep dark depression… excessive misery.” Well, I don’t know how you could forget those lyrics if you watched the show. And that’s exactly how I felt this past week. Tooth pain. Abscess, infection… jaw bone pain. Ugh! Thank goodness …
Grow. In every single moment… there is significance. I started with a hand-stamped “g” and stitched around it, free motion with white thread. Then turned it to the back, and did the bobbin play around the same path. The bobbin quilted flowers were placed randomly. And I then switched to a polyester tri-lobal, and went around them again, adding details, …
Play a little. Laugh a little. Do this every day. Feathers. Sparkle and Shine. A hand dyed and painted piece of fabric. Lime Green. Periwinkle. Aqua. Inch by inch. Thread by thread. Stitch by Stitch. Free motion couching. You knew that was coming! Solid polys for now. I’m using from the Art Studio 40 wt polyester by Ricky Tims, from …