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!