Week # 6 Prompt; Weaving, by Heather Thomas

 

Good Afternoon,

I'm sorry that this is a day late.  I am feeling rather overwhelmed right now! Here is this weeks new prompt and my new piece.  The prompt is to weave.  On my piece above I wove two hand dyed rayon ribbons, one variegated gray to black and the other multicolored yellow through red orange.  After weaving them I straight stitched along the edges of the black ribbon, stippled the white base fabric and added silk cocoons and rods with seed beads for interest.

So, if you so desire, add some weaving to this week's piece.  You can weave fabric or ribbon like I did. You can weave metal, yarn, rubber, you name it.  The cool result of weaving is a lovely interplay of color and texture.  You all did such a great job with dimension last week I can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Heather

Week 5 Circles for me too

 

Circles came to my mind too.  Also influenced by Fat Tuesday.  Puff paint and a cut silk cocoon with a felt ball inside.  Painted cotton batting.  Still having fun using what I have on hand. Keats Scott

Rachael Goldman week 5

Going in Circles. The past few weeks have been really hectic. Sometimes I feel as if I am running in circles. I am so grateful that I have been able to find the time to create and post. The background fabric is hand dyed with instant mashed potatoes as a resist. I then began quilting in circles, lots and lots of circles. Under the fabric is a layer of batting and one of heavy felt.

A view of the dimension that was created.

Rachael

Week 5 "Abstract Kite" by Denise

As a traditional quilter, when I thought of 3 dimensions, I thought of prairie points.  The points are made from hand dyed fabric in a progression from yellow to blue. The background was also hand dyed by me. The batting, ribbon and beads are from Heather's store.  I didn't intend for it to be a kite but as I was working on the swirl, it started to look like a kite on a blue sky so I embraced the idea. The background is quilted with silk thread in very dense straight lines.  I like the color combination on this quilt.  Denise Pitonyak

Ulla Westermann - Week 5

I like the colors of the ocean on a sunny day, inspired by a visit to San Francisco last weekend. The background is pieced and then quilted. The blue and green patches are crocheted and the orange cord made out of yarn is weaved through the patches. This piece is 14" x 10".

2nd of 12 - Eileen King

I used a piece of ice dyed fabric that Debbie Helser taught me how to make a few weeks ago.  It has some really unusual colors that I just love.  I had some fluffy yarn that nicely picked up the colors of the fabric.  I used my favorite tool, the Hera marker, to sketch out where I wanted the swirls of yarn to go.  Then it was really easy to couch it on over the marks.  I quilted between the swirls and added some white trim to give it additional zest.  The background pink velour fabric is fused to Peltex.  Eileen King

Rising Suns and Moon over Colorado - Diane Anderson

A couple of years ago I bought some materials from Golden Fiber Arts Studio and didn't do anything with them, so I brought them out for this project.  It isn't significantly 3 dimensional - but I like the colors and it was fun putting it all together - Diane Anderson