“Sheer” Delight!

“Sheer” Delight!   

 Add several transparent layers or holes in sheer layers to create a more complex looking quilt. Work with sheer fabrics, net, and other media.

This techniques class will include uses of a variety of sheers in many different ways. We will  fold, gather, pleat, stamp, and heat distress sheers. We can also create grids and underlays with beads. Your samples can include feathers, leaves, flowers, trees, water, shadows, as well as layers of positive negative images.

The $10 kit fee includes foil, Lutradur, Tyvek, window screen, acrylic felt , synthetic fabrics  including nylon, organza / satin / tulle , Mistyfuse, transparancies   

Supplies: 

A few fat quarter cottons in a several colors as well as sky, land, water fabrics,  basic sewing supplies, sewing machine, 1 yard fusible web, 1 yard Peltex/ Timtex, small mat and rotary cutter, water soluble pen, Microtex needle 12/80 or smaller

Optional: 

-Sheers and synthetic ribbons in your stash if you want an even larger variety.

-beads, heat gun, heat tools as a soldering iron/ stencil cutter

-manual die cutter and dies

 I will bring my Cuttlebug and Sizzix with dies so you can also play with them 

The pictures are just a few examples of the possibilities.Some of the many techniques we will play with are heat distressing, backgrounds, overlays, floats,and positive/ negative images. 

This will be a workshop for the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild in May 2017

Creative Word Art Design Workshop

Creative Word Art  Design

Translate your favorite quotation, first name, family name or milestone into a quilt. Create original designs with letters, words, your sense of humor, or give free advice. We will use text as background, create cut outs, use positive / negative images and do many more exercises.  Brainstorm to create first on paper and then on fabric using multiple resources.

Create your own quilts or personalize them for gifts.

Supplies: 

A few fat quarters in a variety of colors, fabric with text, fabric with text in selvedges, paper, pencil, color pencils/ markers, blank index cards, glue stick, ruler, rotary cutter and mat, scissors. Sewing machine, batting, backing, a yard of fusible web, and basic sewing supplies.

Optional supplies: Laptop or smartphone, word/ letter stamps and inkpads, Diecuttter and text dies if you own them.  Buttons, charms, scrabble tiles, found objects, ric rac, trims, zippers                                      

The pictures below include some of my work.

This workshop is for the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild in May 2017.
Students can create their own designs personalize their own work.

Rocks, Pebbles stone postcards

I made these three postcards with dimensional rocks by sewing Tyvek to the back and heat distressing them.

I got this one back from Deb . She had free floating fish confetti under vinyl!

Christine from Australia made this  postcard with embroidered daisies

Life's Challenges and Inspirations, Quilt

Life's Challenges and Inspirations is just one of 350-400 quilts that will be exhibited by the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild Quilt Show July 30 & 31. It was a group challenge with fabrics and general instructions every month. I also challenged myself to also use many fabric postcards I have made and swapped over the last year. Every quilt in the Creative Seasons special exhibit looks so different!

GAAQG show hours:t 9 a.m. -5 p.m on Saturday, July 30.11 a.m. -5 p.m on Sunday, July 31. Morris J. Lawrence Building of Washtenaw Community College, 4800 East Huron River Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

80th Birthday celebration

Alex was jumping and waiting by the door for Aai:

Roses painted by Darlena Orr:

80 flowers for 80 years..My quilt for Aai:

Gift..surprise box in a box

Amy surprised Aai by coming again ..twice in two weeks,,just for her birthday

Many of us contributed to this scrapbook:

On Sunday, we took a boat ferry on the Detroit River, enjoying views of Michigan and Canada. The twins surprisingly loved the breeze and we all had a memorable weekend.

80th Birthday celebration Matthei Botanical Gardens

Wonderful mosaics, plants, flowers and quilt