Sunday, August 28, 2022

embossed paper and fabric flowers

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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 Task 3 Ricky Chestnut As a dyer, stitcher and picture taker I will send three pictures of work I have done. The little finch is buried in a...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Aquatic Symmetries

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~23" x 20" For this challenge, I combined #62 from Wendy Wetzel, "Notan" and Pam Harris's #43,  "Under th...
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Thursday, January 01, 2015

Another Annual Resolution!

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I loved looking at past challenges. This quilt  was inspired by Challenges  #77 Touchy-Feely  and #55 Dance and Movement. Tri...
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Challenge 100: What Have I Missed?

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Challenge 100, December 26, 2014 Challenge Hostess : Tobi Hoffman and 49 others Title :  What have I missed? Theme :  Finding the b...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Orchard

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10 ¼ " x 22 ½ " Earlier this fall I had gotten scraps of that tree fabric in brown and green from my quilt guild, and was so d...
Monday, December 01, 2014

Next Step

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"The Kiss" thus far. I've pieced background using Jaffe Fassett's shot cottons. I plan to quilt the silhouette and put ov...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

WIP...The Kiss

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. I pulled this print on organza out last week. It's about 2 years old. Michael and Jenn  married in June, 2012. This ipic is of them at...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Challenge 99: Ambience

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Challenge Hostess: Susan Slesinger Title: Ambience Theme: Creating atmosphere Technique: Use of color to achieve atmosphere/ambianc...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Flower Garden

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   13" x 20" I'm generally a vegetable gardener, but that was simply too many letters!  I liked that "flower" ha...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

Fall

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My word is a simple one, "Fall,"  but it means many things.  Here in the Northeast it is not just a season but it is leaves fall...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Words

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I make a lot of quilts using words, but for meaning more than as artistic elements. This quilt is the opposite. There is no meaning, but I h...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Supercalifragislisticexpialidocious

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Supercalifragislisticexpialidocious , was a favorite childhood song from Mary Poppins.   At the website, http://www.tagxedo.com/   typ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Challenge 98: Word Play

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Challenge Hostess: Tobi Hoffman      Title: Word Play Theme: Alphabet Soup, letters as artistic elements Technique: Any Due date: N...
Monday, October 06, 2014

Z Barcode

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12¾" x 16" 11/24 -- I updated this a bit by adding black and white beads around the inner edge of the border to emphasize the ba...
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Friday, October 03, 2014

Count your Smiles!

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Designed this quilt using a free bar code generator, Make the Cut software and Photoshop Elements Filters. The top block actually ...
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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Challenge #97: Barcode Art

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Fast Friday Fabric Challenge 97, September 26, 2014 Challenge Hostess: Meena Schaldenbrand Title: Barcode Inspiration Theme:  Use of ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

National Honey Month

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This is not done yet, as you may be able to tell..lol I have no less than THREE other pieces started for the challenge but kept changing m...
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Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Suicide Prevention Week

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12/30/14  I decided to get this piece truly finished before the end of the year.  I strengthened the text, and put the quote on a sepa...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

The Optimist

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Positive Thinking Day  is Sept 13.  The Optimist is about improving life with a positive attitude. Materials:   Light bulb...
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Monday, September 01, 2014

Ole'

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When I saw the list of possibilities for this challenge, it motivated me to start and finish a quilt I had been planning for a long tim...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Challenge #96: September Holidays

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Fast Friday Fabric Challenge 96, August 22, 2014 Challenge Hostess: Catherine Lewis Title:  September Holidays Theme:  Celebrate a Ho...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Challenge template

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Fast Friday Fabric Challenge #, release date Challenge Hostess: Title: Theme: Technique: Due date: [challenge description] ...
Thursday, August 07, 2014

Ominous Strangers

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  I machine-basted three pieces of fabric together and tried Matisse’s improvisational style of cutting, but having shapes in mind b...
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Sunday, August 03, 2014

Window with Flowers

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Aug. 19, 2014  I've done a bit of enhancement to Window with Flowers : beads and a bit of foil in the flowers, and some fabric paint to ...
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Friday, August 01, 2014

The Shell Game

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The quilt is a result of three different challenges and will definitely become larger. The paper dolls represent the illegals at ou...
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My Orange Hat

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Well, I started this yesterday, and it's layered but not quilted. I use these challenges as a way to try new techniques, and in this...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Challenge #95: Running with Scissors

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Challenge Hostess :  Lisa White Reber Title:  Running with Scissors Theme:  A quilt inspired by paper cutouts, like those by Matisse ...