Cyndi’s art quilts continue to entrall me. (I must take time in my busy days to try some of her techniques with my scraps.) Over at Layers Upon Layers, Cyndi has two posts you’ll want to check out.
Making an Art Quilt compares techniques used in two similar quilts. A technique she used in the beige […]
Quilter Jane Burch Cochran utilizes multitudes of beads and buttons for her extraordinary and eye-catching works of fabric art. Combining her training as a painter with love of fabric, along with beads and buttons and other embellishments, she creates spectacular pieces like “Crossing to Freedom” which hangs in the Group Entrance of the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, […]
As I was checking out Katelyn’s post, Gift Tags From Scraps, over at Stamping Mad, I was stuck with the idea, “What about using fabric scraps from our quilting? These would make neat patchwork gift tags.”
So often, techniques for one type of art or craft can be utilized in another. Also, you could combine paper scraps […]
Fabric postcards with a “triangle” theme provide intriguing pieces of art in one of my daughter’s quilting groups. This exchange involved triangles; the previous one had a theme of circles.
Beth has posted two of her cards at Meandering Threads. I’ve included one here.
She fused the blue background strips to the card backing, then secured them in […]
Katelyn at Stamping Mad, with her post, Paper Quilts, called my attention to Chrysti’s delightful collection of these items, on her Art by Chrysti blog . Using leftover paper scraps, Chrysti created lovely postcard art. Katelyn mentioned she is going to try some, and I hope she posts her results on her blog.
This has me wondering […]
Previously I wrote about “inchies” in the post, Discovering “Inchies” in the Quilting World. These are the little one inch embellished squares (or slightly larger for “plus size inchies”) that quilters have discovered and are trading, using as decorations, and purely having fun making.
My daughter decided they are the right size for pins so converted two […]
Yesterday I posted my daughter Beth’s photo of lilacs and a butterfly as a possible inspiration for quilting. I didn’t realize at the time Beth was printing the photo on fabric for the final panel of her round robin book project.
When I saw her compiling the pages today and spied the butterfly and lilacs, I […]
Keep your camera handy! Don’t let those interesting photos escape you. My daughter continually looks for inspiration for her quilting and fabric art in the world around here. Recently she found some lovely spring flowers in thearea around our home. From lilacs, butterflies and lady slippers she gains inspiration and ideas.
She also created a trillium design […]
I thoroughly enjoyed Cyndi’s interview of Angie Platten at Layers Upon Layers. Angie, a multi-faceted artist, does lovely work.
Cyndi has a number of photos of some Angie’s various types of work….journal quilts, fabric postcards, altered books, handmade books, ATC’s, altered CD’s, and fiber art. I particularly like the journal quilt Cyndi shows on her blog.
(To […]
One of the attractive innovations in the quilting and fabric art world consists of adding beads, buttons, and other adornment or embellishment to your project.
Some of these involve using only a few beads (of different types, colors, and sizes) for highlights. With other projects, the quilt artist may almost cover entirely the fabric surface.
How about […]
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