Soon it will be the solstice, and so we begin to celebrate the returning of the light. My nod to the season is my big wreath out front, wired with lights glowing. I'll leave it on 24/7 til March, or as close to spring as John can stand it. I love to celebrate the season of light in every way I can. Am thinking of paper snowflake garlands and as we get a bit closer I may indulge in making a few lengths.
The first thing I did when I came home was to make changes to Cloister Garden. It went from this:
to this:
There's more but you get the idea. I'm about to layer the sandwich with basting spray and then finish the surface design. I have lots of quilting ideas and that is hugely encouraging. It also says I'm on the right path. I feel that way with this quilt.
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I also sandwiched up a quilt I made at a Kaffe Fassett workshop in MI about 10 years ago. I started to big stitch hand quilt it but changed my mind and took it all out when we got home:
Instead I will machine quilt it. I feel confidence now that I didn't before and so it's in process. In line behind the yellow hand dyed quilt.
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I want to announce a new Quiltart challenge that I am hosting:
2015 Quiltart Challenge "Patterns in Nature"
Due: February 28 2015
An unconventional challenge with no boundaries aside from these definitons of 'art and 'quilt':
Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
Quilt: Quilting "refers to the technique of joining at least two fabric layers by stitches or ties. In most cases, two fabric layers surround a middle layer of batting (cotton, polyester, silk, wool or combinations of fibers) which is a lighter, insulating layer."
Please reference this web page to peruse options to express Patterns in Nature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_in_nature
Choose your pattern(s) and use unconventional means and methods to sew it together and then quilt it.
The materials are as varied as your imagination: thread, yarn, beads, paper, feathers, lace, cardboard, metal, findings, plastic, anything goes if you can make it go. Are you telling a story or sharing a vision? Does it hang on the wall or is it free standing?
Be thinking about why you do what you do, so that you can offer an artist statement. Be brief, add your name and location and email/webaddress and send with the finished pictures to me no later than Feb 28 2015.
Send them to me at:
Please use only your original images.
No size requirement. The only requirement is that it must meet the standard of a quilt: 2-3 layers held together with sewing/tieing. Your materials may be as varied as your imagination.
Email me if you're interested in participating.
Kind regards
Sue Kaufman
Drums PA
suzkpa@yahoo.com
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I'll be linking up to Nina Marie again, on her blog for Off the Wall Friday:
http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/
Wishing you light in the season of darkness.
Sue
The first thing I did when I came home was to make changes to Cloister Garden. It went from this:
to this:
There's more but you get the idea. I'm about to layer the sandwich with basting spray and then finish the surface design. I have lots of quilting ideas and that is hugely encouraging. It also says I'm on the right path. I feel that way with this quilt.
*******************************************************
I also sandwiched up a quilt I made at a Kaffe Fassett workshop in MI about 10 years ago. I started to big stitch hand quilt it but changed my mind and took it all out when we got home:
Instead I will machine quilt it. I feel confidence now that I didn't before and so it's in process. In line behind the yellow hand dyed quilt.
*******************************************************************
I want to announce a new Quiltart challenge that I am hosting:
2015 Quiltart Challenge "Patterns in Nature"
Due: February 28 2015
An unconventional challenge with no boundaries aside from these definitons of 'art and 'quilt':
Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
Quilt: Quilting "refers to the technique of joining at least two fabric layers by stitches or ties. In most cases, two fabric layers surround a middle layer of batting (cotton, polyester, silk, wool or combinations of fibers) which is a lighter, insulating layer."
Please reference this web page to peruse options to express Patterns in Nature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_in_nature
Choose your pattern(s) and use unconventional means and methods to sew it together and then quilt it.
The materials are as varied as your imagination: thread, yarn, beads, paper, feathers, lace, cardboard, metal, findings, plastic, anything goes if you can make it go. Are you telling a story or sharing a vision? Does it hang on the wall or is it free standing?
Be thinking about why you do what you do, so that you can offer an artist statement. Be brief, add your name and location and email/webaddress and send with the finished pictures to me no later than Feb 28 2015.
Send them to me at:
Please use only your original images.
No size requirement. The only requirement is that it must meet the standard of a quilt: 2-3 layers held together with sewing/tieing. Your materials may be as varied as your imagination.
Email me if you're interested in participating.
Kind regards
Sue Kaufman
Drums PA
suzkpa@yahoo.com
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I'll be linking up to Nina Marie again, on her blog for Off the Wall Friday:
http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/
Wishing you light in the season of darkness.
Sue
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