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Love Thy... from Charm About You

neighbour X work in progress X cross stitch X Aurifloss

My current cross stitch project for the year is coming along well, there's been a little bit of unpicking but that is most often the result of late night stitching. The pattern is Love Thy Neighbour by Modern Folk Embroidery and I started stitching it as part of Jacob's Summer Stitch A Long. Summer may be nearly over but I am in no rush to finish. The original pattern is stitched in one colour but like my last finished cross stitch I enjoy making it my own and ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 years, 5 months ago. under a cross stitch , aurifil , aurifloss , colorful , colours , counted cross stitch , cross stitch , cross stitch pattern , featured , handmade , modern folk embroidery , needle minder , thread , thread box , work in progress

Going Against the Grind with Tula Pink’s New Collection from The Cutting Table Quilt Blog - A Blog for Quilters by Quilters

Have you ever heard the saying, “Don’t throw a monkey wrench into the machine.” The phrase is about industrial-sabotage, meaning to prevent a process from going smoothly by deliberately trying to ruin it. Horrible, right?

Well, not always! Sometimes, the unknown path is the best path and who better to throw that monkey wrench into your life than Tula Pink, the queen of quirky, against-the-grind, free-spirited fabric design!

Set your quilt planners, color coordinators, and simple prints aside. Tula Pink’s latest collection, Monkey Wrench, will be the perfect storm you didn’t know you needed! Check it out ...

added by Marissa Swearngin 4 years, 6 months ago. under art , bananas , colorful , designer feature , designer spotlight , fabric collection , fabric feature , free spirit , freespirit fabrics , frogs , going against the grind , how-to , ladybugs , monkey wrench , monkeys , mystical , parrots , special projects , tula pink , whimsical (Comments)

Back Yard Beauty from Splendiferous

Back Yard Beauty

36 x 36"
Hand dyed (by artist) cotton sateen, hand painted commercial black fabric, cotton thread
fused applique, extensive thread work, machine quilted

To be exhibited at International Quilt Festival, Houston 2018, as part of the Power of Women exhibit.

Step-by-step progress photos at this previous post.

Also on exhibit in the show as part of the Hands All Around special exhibit:

Dizzy Miss Lizzy

52 x 54", cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted

Bloggers Quilt Festival!

added by wlstarn 5 years, 7 months ago. under art quilt , bloggers' quilt festival , colorful , dyeing , ecology , floral , flowers , garden , hands all around , international quilt festival , iqa houston , machine quilting , nature , power of women , zinnia

Pixel color inspiration from ART GIRL

I was looking for a photo and when I cropped it and zoomed in I saw these pixels in the top corner - the original picture was a photo with colorful trees in the background. I've thought about this idea off and on for several years- find pretty, interesting pixel groups in my photographs, then make quilts based on the color groupings or use the color palette as a starter for a painting.

The above square was taken from a small portion of this:

Which was taken from a small portion of this tree photo:

Think of all the possibilities ...

added by Leah 7 years, 3 months ago. under colorful , inspiration , photography , pixel , quilt , trees

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