Space Shuttle Positive Negative Quilt

My latest Space Shuttle quilt designed in Make the Cut software created as a tribute to the astronauts, scientists , spacewalks and modern technology. Currently , Endeavour's STS-134 mission is so amazing but appears so routine.

Ties into Purses

We learnt how to transform Ties into Purses at our ASG meeting.
Andrea Sertage made these wonderful purses!

Free motion workshop

Several of us  in the Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan took a workshop with Suzanne Gregg . Here are her wonderful figures which she creates with two different threads in the needle and a free motion zigazag. My project is still a UFO!

Fractured waterlily, group quilt

We started with this picture:


The framed waterlily is my completed quilt

Here is a detail of my quilt:

I added Anglina and sheer fabrics to the waterlily. I created the leaves with felt and organza that were heated with the heat gun to create texture and holes. They were then needlefelted together . I then added machine embroidery and free motion quilted the quilt.

The right side of the quilt is Lynn's art work and the bottom center of the quilt is Christine's art work.

Below is Lynn's waterlily prior to fracturing:

Below is Lynn's final quilt:

My quilt in Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine

My quilt, Glimpses of India, From Architecture to Zari is on page 49 in the May 2011 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine in an article on Religious Symbolism in Quilts by Eileen Doughty.

DC trip

Paper crafting

These are some of the cards we made at the Plymouth Lib last night with the paper crafting group. Wanda and I had fun with her vibrant colored markers,and my newest embossing toy, the Cuttlebug as well as all the great supplies provided by the Library.

Sacred Threads 2011 exhibit

Am excited that my quilt,Savor Every Second, Value Every Day , has been selected to hang in the Sacred Threads 2011 exhibit June 22 - July 4, 2011 at the Church of the Epiphany, 3301 Hidden Meadow Drive, Herndon, Virginia 22071 www.epiphany-herndon.org 

Fibergroup crayon batik

We melted crayons on a hot plate in cupcake holders and we also drew designs on foil on the hotplate, let them melt and transferred the design to fabric. The crayons were the resist . We  painted over them and ironed  the designs between newspapers to remove them.

IQA Susan Shie class

We started with a white fabric and drew free hand with Sharpie Rub a Dub markers. We then painted with Jacquard textile Paints and wrote with the airpen and quilted with the Babylock Symphony on the third day.

more IQA quilts

Inspiring quilts

These are just a few of the wonderful quilts at the IQA show in Cincinnati...

Inspiring Thoughts

What an excellent, thought provoking article!

http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/

Classical Indian Dancers

The Classical Indian dancers’ movement of hands, feet, and expressive faces tell a story set to soothing, melodious music.

The fused dancers were designed in Make the Cut software.

Hand embroidery, beads, bells, trims, Paintsticks, watercolors, and machine quilting

It is 36”w x 12” h

This quilt was created for the Fast Friday challenge ..this month's theme was dance and movement.