Blue Mondo - Diane Anderson

This is a nuno felted silk scarf that I made a couple of years ago.  I entered it into the Second Annual Denver County Fair and it won first place.  Mondo from Project Runway was the judge.  -  Diane Anderson

Judy Ahlborn - 4 of 25

This is the second of my cats.  Yes, it looks a lot like my first one, except it is facing the opposite direction, and it has different patterns and colors.  The flower and the quilt block pattern is different as well.  I made the two cats as a set.  It was done with the same fabrics and techniques.

Week #11 Project & Prompt from Heather Thomas

 

For this weeks piece, I chose a selection of embellishments that I wanted to use and created the quilted piece to show off the embellishments.  And, that is the prompt for the coming week if you choose to follow me; select some embellishments then create with the embellishments in mind.

I had these incredible, vintage glass and metal flowers that were on metal wire and a selection of our Lucite flowers and leaves.  I chose some coordinating fabrics to go along with the flowers and decided on crisp white for the background behind the flowers.  I used a selection of quilting designs that I thought would bring out the most in the flowers but not overwhelm them. Though the piece is somewhat traditional looking, I really like it's crisp, summery feel.

Eureka Patterns--Week 10

Six of the 12 dodecahedra sprouts completed. Each is a different color pattern.
Laura Shea

Eureka Patterns--Week 9 Laura Shea

Four dodecahedra sprouting from a trnncated icosahedron.
Laura Shea

Eureka Patterns--Week 8 Laura Shea

This is a truncated icosahedron done in a 30 (blue)/60 (white) pattern which will be the base for 12 of the dodecahedron patterns that I have been exploring in the previous weeks.
Laura Shea

Four of 12 - Eileen King

I recently saw a demo of bobbin work and decided to give it a try.  For this piece, I used a background fabric that I had used for Heather's edges class a few years ago.  I cut it down to size and used a gathered ribbon for the surrounding area (the stippling in the background was already there).  Then I cut out three different floral shapes from some scrap felt pieces I had.  The embellishments on each flower and the lines beneath the flowers were done with bobbin work.  The stems and leaves caused a problem in that I didn't have any craft thread to match the tonal green in the background.  I scrounged around and found some cheap, velvet-like fabric that was the right color.  I cut out the stems and leaves, fused them to the piece, did a blanket stitch around them, and then I added a few beads in the small, yellow accent flowers.

The bobbin work itself was a little hard to manage.  Several times the thicker thread in the bobbin would get stuck.  But it all worked out well anyway.  Great way to use up left-overs from a previous class!

Three of 12 - Eileen King

This abstract is a departure from the type of quilting I normally do.  I followed directions suggested by my painting teacher who said to draw 10-12 shapes and color them in any color with no regard to what I might think the final product may look like.  Then step back and let the picture tell me what to do next.  I drew and painted my shapes on a piece of "Stabilized Fabric," which is a paper-backed cotton fabric that worked really well.  When I stepped back to look at the colored shapes, a Picasso-like face jumped back at me!   I then painted between each shape and embellished each element with free-motion quilting, thread painting, and outlining in black thread.  I finished the piece by adding beads and wire embellishments.  Do you see the facial elements?  Eileen King

Cyndi Jarest 3/12 Wax Wonder

This was done in a class at Wild Heather a couple of weeks ago.  It is hard to tell in the photo, but there are many layers of burnt stuff (lace, paper), colored wax, and beads.  The process was a lot of fun.  The size is 10" square.

Cyndi Jarest 2/12 "Ranunculaceous"

Ranunculaceous is in the buttercup family of flowers and one of my favorites.  Here I used a piece of fabric I hand dyed for the background, placed on top of that, fabric I used inks to color, and topped with a piece of commercial fabric to create a lattice for the multiple petals of the flower.  It is quilted on the black lattice work to bring out the dots.  The piece is 8 1/2" square.

Sarah Ann Wells--Week 10

This little guy does double duty for this week and for triadic color scheme (yellow-green, blue-violet and red-orange) for Heather's color class.  The background was already embroidered so it's lightly quilted.  The dragon pieces are individually beaded and then assembled so he can roll in the "grass".  12"x12"

Sarah Ann Wells--Week 6--Weaving

Weaving, velvet, and quilting--12"x12"

Making Waves - Diane Anderson

I have just started a "mystery" afghan, promoted by Rowan Knits.  Every few weeks a new pattern for 6 squares is revealed online.  This is the first square: "Garter Waves". It is hard to tell here  but the color is "Grasshopper".  I need to make two more squares in this color and three more in "Red Currant".    I am looking forward to the next pattern!    -   Diane Anderson

Week 9 Debbie Helser

Another paper piece. That's it for now.

Week 8 Debbie Helser

I am going to get almost caught up, only to get behind again as I prepare to move. This is a piece from Deb Determan's handmade paper class. The paper is made then placed on a rubbing plate. Once dry, it is painted then mounted. Alot of fun.

Judy Ahlborn - 3 of 25

Ever since our family got our cat, I have collected various cat items to sit around the house.  The usual subjects of my art are flowers, butterflies, birds, and kaleidoscopes, but I decided to start adding some cats.  This is the first cat piece I have created, and wanted to make it fun and colorful.  I designed the cat applique in Photoshop and used some of my kaleidoscopes in the design.  The bottom layer of fabric is a commercial batik to which I fused a piece of chiffon including the black swirly lines.  I free motion stitched the background and appliqued the cat on top.

Sarah Ann Wells Week 5 Dimension

This piece represents Jasmine--a Hindu symbol for love.  I am so pleased it sold at a 1st Friday Art Walk!  It is 12"x12".

Sarah Ann Wells --Week3 Handstitch

Apologies for late posting--I will try to post 2 at a time until I get caught up.  This crazy quilt is 12"x12" with a hand-beaded circle flower and both machine and hand embroidery.  I had fun!

Week #10, catch up from Heather Thomas

 

Good Morning,

Here is my piece for week #10.  It features two pieces of hand made paper that I made on Saturday in a class with one of our instructors, Deb Determan.  The pulp was loaded up on the screen then I spray painted a base coat of one color then laid down some textural stencil like objects and spray painted again with a second color.   After the papers were dry I removed them from their screens and laid them out on a bright spring green and ironed them down with Misty Fuse.  I layered it up with batting and backing and lightly quilted the paper areas then quilted the background.  It is fun to know how well the paper stitched up.  I plan on doing a few more paper/fabric pieces.

Week #9, Catch up from Heather Thomas

 

Hi All,

My apologies for not uploading any prompts the past three weeks, my overwhelm was overwhelmed.  But now, I'm catching up.  So here is my piece for week #9.  It is thread painted, thread sketched and has thread lace leaves then it was machine quilted.  It is 8" square. 

 

Figure Drawing Riley Franklin

I'm not sure if this one is done yet. I feel like I could have taken more time on designing the hands. Regardless, the lady on the bottom right is my favorite. This is 11x17" colored pencil on toned paper.

Riley Franklin

Whimsy - Diane Anderson

One more foray into paper mache - a whimsical face with no body - I thought about naming her Marie Antoinette!!  - Diane Anderson

Judy Ahlborn - 2 of 25

This is the second of my tulip pictures.  Slightly different arrangement and colors of flowers which came from the same original piece of fabric.  Also an 8 x 10 piece using the same background fabrics and techniques.

Ulla Westermann - Week 10

The background is paper pieced, trying to make it look like rays of light coming from different directions. I quilted the black and white areas and then added the crocheted pieces. This did not turn out the way I imagined. The piece is 10" x 14".

Rachael Goldman week 10, I think

I took a class on encaustics at Wild Heather last week. So I made a small piece. It's 9x9, with a substrate of painted cardboard. The sun is stamped napkin and the tree/leaves are painted paper towel. The text reads: And still, after all this time the Sun has never said to the Earth "you owe me." Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky - Rumi
Rachael

Judy Ahlborn - 1 of 25

My original intention for this challenge was to work on a series of 8 x 8 inch pieces that I have been designing in Photoshop Elements, but I haven't gotten to them yet as I have been working on other things.  So I decided to change my intention.  I am going to use this challenge to finish pieces that I designed awhile ago, but never made up.  For now, all of my pieces will be 8 x 10 inches.  This first piece is a simple broderie perse applique of some tulips that I cut out of a great piece of fabric.  The background started with a piece cream colored chiffon that I fused to a piece of black and white diamond fabric.  I stitched along the lines and then appliqued the tulips on top.  - Judy Ahlborn

Storyteller, by Judy Duffield

"Storyteller" combines the challenges of two weeks: adding weaving and text to a piece. Just as stories are woven from many strands--both positive, as in a griot keeping her heritage alive, and negative, as a gossip--this quilt has many colorful ribbons coming together, borne of the the storyteller's imagination.

Owl Repost

Riley Franklin