Thursday, May 28, 2015

SAQA auction video

Gardening, mainly pulling weeds, has been my main focus this week. But, I do have a quick video to share. There has been a process video made of my 12 x 12 donation quilt for SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Association).  https://youtu.be/g4RMNcCojLo



The Weekly Leaf
This week I used one of the leaves that had been pressed last fall and TAP(artist transfer paper). The leaf was photocopied onto the TAP, cut out, ironed onto my fabric, and then the paper is peeled off.



Week #21




Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #142-#148




Sari Ribbon #70-#76





The first four weeks have been sewn together.


Linked to "Off the Wall Friday"

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Road Trip

We've spent the last nine days on a road trip.

Our oldest daughter was turning 50 (how is that possible?) and her husband was doing a surprise birthday gathering. So off we went. We did several stops at National Parks and Monuments including Zion National Park and Glen Canyon Dam. Had a great time in Phoenix with the birthday girl and her family, then a quick stop in Reno for another family visit before arriving back in Idaho.

During the trip I was able to wear a shoe most of the time instead of a boot or orthopedic sandal, the toes are making progress but aren't completely healed yet. Today for the first time in 10 weeks I walked the dog, a slow short walk but he was happy anyway.

I kept up with all my daily and weekly stitching while we were gone. I have each project in a ziplock bag and all the bags in a plastic case.


The Weekly Leaf

I used a stencil and paintstiks on hand  dyed fabric this week.



The stencil is from istencils. I love the shape of the leaves but the small ones are to small.



So I carefully taped them off.


Week #20




Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #132-#141



Sari Ribbon #60-#69



Monday, May 11, 2015

White on Black #3

A few months ago I finished one of my large circle quilts, I showed the painting in progress here. I finally got it photographed.

White on Black #3
78" x 78"
cotton, silk and velvet, collaged
machine quilted
painted
photo by Jake Soper

The Weekly Leaf
This weeks leaf was done with Jacquards SolarFast. Jacquard also has a negative generator  which turns a photo into a negative. I started with this photo.


With the help of the negative generator I turned it into this.


Painted the SolarFast onto my fabric, pinned the negative over it and set it in the sun for about twelve minutes, which gave me this.


Week #19




Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #126-#131



Sari Ribbon #54-#59




Linked to "Off the Wall Friday"