Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Bridges

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Book cover for Bridges of Madison County.  I tweaked it a bit from the photo posted in Yahoo Groups.  I know my focal point is too centere...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Fantasy Book Cover

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Cone Flower Framed 10" square    Because of my love of plants and gardening, I have many gardening books.  My frustration wit...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Stranger in a Strange Land

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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein was one of my favorite books, it was absolutely the most influential book I've eve...
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Friday, August 02, 2013

Lord of the Rings

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16" x 13 ½ " It will come as no surprise to those who have seen my early entries that "The Lord of the Rings" is my ...
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Thursday, August 01, 2013

Alice in Wonderland

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A friend of mine was sketching for fun and when I saw this sketch I immidiately thought of  Alice in wonderland.  It is made with commerci...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Positive Hand Gestures

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Based on one of my favorite books,   The Power of Positive Thinking  by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale   Designed in Make the Cut software...
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Five Smooth Stones

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 I am not sure how I am quilting this, or even if I am, I may stretch it onto a frame the way it is or use some other method to attach i...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Challenge #83: A new Cover for your Favorite Book

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Host: Sharon Robinson Due: August 3, 2013 Theme:   The title or subject of your favorite book Style: This can be a represent...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Indian Maiden

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It has been some time since I did a fabric piece.  But I still remember how...must be like riding a bicycle.  Anyway, my inspiration f...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Sentinels

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The Sentinels was inspired by the painting (above) by George Caitlin. Caitlin painted mostly scenes of Indian life as well as many Indi...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Bison on the Plains

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Charles Russell has many paintings depicting bison/buffalo on the western plains.In most cases they are running or stampeding with lots of...
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Sunday, July 07, 2013

The Outlaw

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I have only a passing interest in Wild West Art, but it is easy to see that Frederic Remington's Bronze "The Outlaw" is th...
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Friday, July 05, 2013

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

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Hi all - thanks for letting me join the group. I've created my first challenge piece; it's nowhere as amazing as the other recent po...
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"Wild" West

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Even though he did many paintings of western scenes, when I think of Remington, I think of his bronze sculptures, so I chose “The Outlaw” fo...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Wild West Landscape

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At first, I wasn't sure what I would do with this challenge. Then I found this painting in the first website listed. I loved th...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

An Art Quilt Piece from my collection

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Acid Attack 2006 I won this art quilt way back in 2006 during the second Quilt Swap featuring members of the Quiltart list.  I had it h...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Challenge #82: Masters of the Old Wild West

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Theme: Masters of the Old Wild West Technique: Abstraction Hosts: Pam Clark, Jan Johnson Due Date: July 6, 2013 Using the one of ...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

How to label a blog entry - revised!

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When you have written your blog entry, add labels by clicking on Labels on the right.  A box will appear, with a crowded scroll bo...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

O is for found Objects, or Oh, look what I found!

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All the discussion about FFFC has kick-started me to finish this piece, which measures 13" x 10".   Found Objects , including w...
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Friday, June 21, 2013

V is for Viktoria

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V is for Viktoria Close up of embroidery Bits of trim and Jewelry Since someone else posted a previously completed Alphab...
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Q is for Quilt

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All this lively discussion in the past week encouraged me to  post this piece which fits the current challenge, although it was made for...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Road Trip!

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"R" is For Road Trip! This is a collage of several small postcard-style quilts that show a road trip through the Southwest. The ...
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Monday, June 03, 2013

Pouring T

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21" x 17" I seldom include letters or words in my pieces, but the challenge called for them, hence, Pouring T , quite literall...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

Fresh Fish!

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This piece began with sun dyeing muslin using Dye-na-Flow, cut paper shapes, and plant material [read: weeds!] from my yard. It’s a fun, ...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

S is For Smile

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  Take a smile. Or two.. Or three… The Daily Smile Countdown! Beads, buttons, charms, lace, lock washers, sequins,...
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Temperance

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This quilt is about "Temperance" and is the newest in my series of family history quilts. The photo in the center is of my grea...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

A is for Attitude

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In March, 2013 Craftsy.com sponsored its first ever quilting cruise. They provided us with four great instructors. Each one taught us a...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

C is for Cute

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This challenge was just too good to pass up.  I have been working on a technique in Photo Shop called Typograp...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

Summing it all up...

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The letter I chose is the Greek letter SIGMA. In mathematics, it stands for "summation", and also "series." It...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Challenge #81: What's the Word?

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Theme: WHAT’S THE WORD? Host:  Ann Turley, Fallbrook, CA Due:  June 1, 2013 ...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Joy, Peace

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These two quilts, "Joy" and "Peace", are in remembrance of my sister, Joy, who died May 3, 2013. I wrote a lot of memori...
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Sunday, May 05, 2013

His Eyes Bored Into My Soul

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  I took this picture of an owl when my husband and I were in Alaska a few years ago.  His intense stare has always enthralled me.  I use...
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The Eye of the Beholder

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I loved the idea of this challenge but really didn't have the time to put my design into fabric.  But it excited me so much that I fel...
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Saturday, May 04, 2013

Night Vision

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15" x 19" 5/9 -- I have renamed this piece "Night Vision" instead of "Night Eye"! ----------- Setting ou...
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Friday, May 03, 2013

The Eyes Have It

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"The Eyes Have It" is mounted on black felt, then quilted, is 6" x6".
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I Only Have Eyes For You

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  The quilt is uses positive /negative images for the eyes and is based on the quote:   The eyes are the mirror of the soul ...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Iris

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The iris of the eye is named for the Greek goddess Iris who was goddess of the rainbow, so I chose to incorporate the whole of the rainbow a...
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My Eyes

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My eyes are from a Photoshop drawing that I finished over the weekend.  Much of the work I've been doing lately are combinations of fre...
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