Ever since moving to Southern California 30 years ago, I have marveled at the region's windmills, especially the miles of them between my Los Angeles home, and the "Road to California" quilt show in Ontario, CA, that I visit annually. They look like this:
Sometimes they spin in unison, sometimes out of sync, but they always make me happy, a majestic miracle of alternative energy.- collage
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My November OMG was to finish the challenge quilt, which I named Love Inspired. This was my inspiration for the quilt, just a small portion of the quilt passed to me.
And here is my finished quilt.
I had a lot of fun tucking fabric motifs in the letter collage.
I think the santa is my favorite.
To see all the other OMG projects, visit Stories From the Sewing Room.
read moresurface design, design for embroidery,
read moresurface design, embroidery, design sheet,
read moreembroidered books, two in progress
read morehand stitched pages
read moreDespite many moves over the years I have held onto a three inch pile of postcards from art museums around the world. Some I bought and some were sent to me by an early art mentor. Finally, after rediscovering the collection for the umpteenth time, I decided to use them.
Given that the subjects ranged from Byzantine icons to modern art, I decided to detach figures from their settings and recombine them with other papers to create unexpected narratives. I pasted them all in a children’s board book, where I look at them more often now.
Front and back ...
read moreThis quarter's theme for the Endeavourers Challege was Collage and, I must admit that I really struggled to come up with something to fit the theme for most of the quarter :(
I finally finished "Floating Around", above, on the day of the deadline!
At a Textile Printing Summer School last year, I had put together these pieces of printed fabric but not progressed further with them so they lay in a cupboard for a year. The theme for the summer school had been leaves and grasses and, at the time, I felt that, although I really liked the colours ...
read moreembellished, design sheet
read morepages, soft papers and collage
read morecollage on soft papers
read morehand stitch, cloth, paper and collage
read moredesign sheet, with added embroidered cloth
read morewall·flow·er ˈwȯl-ˌflau̇(-ə)r
read more1a: any of several Old World perennial herbs (genus Cheiranthus) of the mustard family
especially: a hardy erect herb (C. cheiri) widely cultivated for its showy fragrant flowers
b: any of a related genus (Erysimum) of herbs with showy flowers
2a: a person who from shyness or unpopularity remains on the sidelines of a social activity (such as a dance)
b: a shy or reserved person (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallflower)
Am I the only one who sees a contradiction in the above definitions? Showy yet on the sidelines? But that contradiction applies ...
I finished my last 100 day project collage on June 2 and am now pondering exactly what to do with a plastic bag full of 4 by 4 inch collages. Almost all are abstract compositions, though some could be considered impressionistic landscapes and a few have recognizable images.
My original parameters were to glue painted, printed and magazine photo scraps onto squares of card stock, and add a stamped image to them. I had a plastic tub full of scraps left from previous projects that I augmented with magazine photo strips about halfway through. I tried to use the scraps ...
read moreextending design sampling for embroidery
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