Bead Iterations- Week 5 Laura Shea

Nine more beads for the big project of 30.  The bead in the upper right hand corner is another new pattern inspired by last week's aha moment.  Hoping to finish the 30 beads and be working on the sculpture for next week.
Laura Shea

Week 4-Christi Beckmann

"Hint of Spring"
Pieced Fabric strips, paint, stitch.
Up here in the mountains there is a very subtle hint of spring as the snow melts off.
However there is certainly more snow to come!  But if we get little breaks from the snow we can feel hopeful!

Week 3 -Christi Beckmann

Our Cat Absaroka Beartooth passed suddenly on December 29, 2013.  This as complete as this piece will get as nothing I make will do this handsome fellow justice.  We miss him terribly!

Tree 5 - Jo Noble

This is a representation of the Great Plains. Wyoming/SouthDakota where the grasses are chest high and a lonely tree is out on the plains.
I stitched the grass to some tear-away stabilizer and layered onto a prepared stitched background.
This won't stand the test of time, but it was fun to play with the grasses, colors and wonderful spirally shape of my twisted fig tree.
Jo Noble

Dimensionality, by Judy Duffield

I was experimenting with the idea of visual texture, and so appliqued a variety of white shapes and fabrics on a white background. I quilted in a number of ways to create and accent dimensionality, and couched a grass seed head on for more texture.

Foothils Sunset, by Judy Duffield

I live right at the base of the Foothills and have been astonished by the sunsets since moving here from the East coast. I dyed this piece of fabric several years ago, but never had a fitting use for it, but the view and scribble stitch brought it all together for me

Totem, by Judy Duffield

I'm just at the start of my art quilting journey, so I've committed to once a month postings as I explore possibilities and techniques. This is an example of scribble quilting, Heather's week one example. I love all things birds, so a feather was a natural choice--a totem, of sorts.