Duvall Art Walk Tonight

The art walk is from 5-9pm tonight in Duvall, WA. Diane, at The Quilter's Garden, invited me to take part with some of my quilts, so I'm bringing Janet's Influence, Water, and a few quits from my new book "Flower Show Quilts", which is coming out in October (just a little preview - I will have flyers for it).

This will be my first time at the event, so it is a new adventure! If you're in the area, be sure to come by and say hi, I'd love to meet you!


My book:




Janet's Influence:




Water:

MIxed Media with Jane

I'm taking "Mixed Media with Paper and Cloth" with Jane LaFazio, online at Joggles right now, so here are some pictures of my first week's homework (they're supposed to be backgrounds, so maybe I went a bit overboard with the stamps):

Rubber Stamped Quilt Tops

I thought I should post a few of these quilts-to-be while they are in progress:

I happen to like some of the rubber stamped fabrics just the way they were, so decided that they would be given simple frames. They were fused to another hand-dyed fabric from my stash (and now I'm finding that I really need more greens and darks, and hoping to have time for fabric dyeing soon).

The quilt above is from a previous post, with another stamp added. Once these simple quilts are quilted, they will be trimmed to size, edges finished, and embellishments (if any) added.

When I was looking around the studio, I came across this early piece of soy silk paper. It was one of my early attempts, and was not hung up to dry. The result was the back having a slightly tacky, and definitely paint feeling back, which decided to crumple and stick to itself. I thought it was just the thing to put between my stamped heart and the yellow background. When I quilt and embellish this one, I plan to use golden beads or threads to help the stamped design play better with the brighter background.

These two pieces had been stamped on the same piece of fabric, but I didn't like the arrangement. Once they were separated, and the excess fabric torn away, I liked the simple, somehow comforting way it looks (quite a difference from the bold heart design).

For some reason, I just had to use that piece of Angelina Fiber in this piece. I really liked it --- until I had it all fused and stepped back. I still love everything other than the way that Angelina Fiber is jumping out, and will have to find a way to remedy the situation (unfortunately, it is all fused in place, and the border of the bird is a piece of hand made soy silk paper, so it may be really dificult to remove - maybe I'll need to experiment with those alcohol inks I have, or something else - at least I have some extra Angelina to experiment on).

Some of these were basted last night, so off to get some quilting done......

Carving and Stamping

The past few days have seen a lot of stamp carving and fabric printing! Thursday, I will be speaking at Block Party Quilters Club in Samammish, WA, and I'm doing all I can to prepare. It will be my first Power Point presentation, so I'm a bit nervous, but trying to busy myself by making new samples. The lecture title is Embellishing and Special Touches, but they have asked me to focus on my fusion quilts and rubber stamping, so those will be covered in depth, with stepped out pictures, and lots of explanation. Of course, at the end, eveyrone will be able to ask questions too.

Gilded Scrolls

I've been holding off on posting this one, but as it has been delivered to the gallery for display, I thought you might like to see it too. If you live in the Seattle area, or planning a visit, it will be at Gallery 113, in Woodinville, WA for the month of October, so you can visit it in person. Of course if it is sold, it will move on to another home, but I'll still have a picture! Soon I'll have other items at the gallery, like paintings, jewelry, as well as less expensive things like cards and postcard art, although most of them need to fit with the theme of the month.