Quilting Arts Challenges

tradition and art

elena habasescu — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:31:07 GMT

Dining Cucuteni

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China/Brazil Hybrid

okieLinda — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:06:50 GMT

this is number 5 in the series of 9 24"X24"

QA TV segment UFO

Pokey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:58:53 GMT

A while ago for QA TV, I did a segment on overdying commercial fabrics using this *great* fabric from Alexander Henry I had on hand. A black and white fabric, I dyed it in a variety of colors then free-motion quilted the piece.

As it was just to demonstrate a technique on QA TV, I haven't really done anything with this quilt. I am thinking of five options:

1. Cutting up into individual panels and collaging other fabrics in the same color schemes

2. Going crazy with embellishment. For example, in the yellow panel, adding all kinds of yellow embellishments: yellow buttons along the border, yellow beads and crystals to accent the figures, stitching seed stitches in yellow threads, etc.

3. Cut it up into ATCs. (Something I resort to a lot for my UFOs!)

5. Adding paint to the black-bordered fabric and making it more colorful. This piece has a fun print, but it feels drab with all that somber black.

4. Throw it away! (This is one of my least favorite UFOs)

One of my early UFOs

Pokey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:47:15 GMT

This has been stuffed in the back of a drawer since about 2002. I had hoped I would open that drawer and find it finished,but alas, no quilt fairy came to work her magic!

This piece is made of hand-painted silk fabric fused to long, skinny strips of low-loft batting that I then stitched together. Next, I free-motion stitched with metallic thread, stamped motifs with gold Lumiere paint, did some hand embroidery, then finished off with beading.

I am thinking of cutting it up into ATCs.

Susan Brubaker Knapp of Mooresville, NC

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:40 GMT

Susan's second submission to our Quilting Arts 2010 "Fresh Picked" Calendar contest.

Susan Brubaker Knapp of Mooresville, NC

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:12:53 GMT

Susan's first submission to our Quilting Arts 2010 "Fresh Picked" Calendar contest

Diane Marie Chaudiere of Woodinville, WA

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:09:19 GMT

Diane's second submission to our Quilting Arts 2010 "Fresh Picked" Calendar contest. This piece is entitled (appropriately) "Above and Below."

Ellen Greenberg-Friedman of Teaneck, NJ

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:06:35 GMT

Ellen's submission to our Quilting Arts 2010 "Fresh Picked" Calendar contest

Diane Marie Chaudiere of Woodinville, WA

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:03:59 GMT

Diane's submission to our Quilting Arts 2010 "Fresh Picked" Calendar contest.

Penny Hurst of Hideaway, TX

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:57:46 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt, "Chantilly Lace," by Penny Hurst of Hideaway, Texas.

Mary Henris of Havelock, NC

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:54:50 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt, "Return to Sender," by Mary Henris of Havelock, North Carolina, inspired by the song sung by Elvis and written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell.

Mary Henris of Havelock, NC

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:51:19 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt by "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," by Mary Henris of Havelock, North Carolina, inspired by the song by Iron Butterfly.

Marlene Fenoglietto of Monroeville, PA

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:47:50 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt, "The Keys to Rock & Roll," by Marlene Fenoglietto of Monroeville, Pennsylvania.

Janice Paine Dawes of Lakeview, AR

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:43:15 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt, "Life's a Beach," by Janice Paine Dawes of Lakeview, Arkansas, inspired by the Beach Boys.

Linda Daughtry of Cherrylog, GA

Helen Gregory — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:38:51 GMT

"Rock On!" art quilt by Linda Daughtry of Cherrylog, Georgia, inspired by "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" by Bill Haley and the Comets.