My preparation for the Aristan Faire on Nov. 8th is nearly complete. Though the urge for one more whimsy mini had to be satisfied. Happily it has a forever home already.
Commercial cottons raw edge fused
appliqué, hand embroidery, & machine quilted.
After nearly 18 years meeting with 6 like-minded bubbly drinking quilt pals we've experimented with just about every surface design technique you can imagine. Some were one and done and others we revisited many times.
I shared the technique of creating paper fabric with 4 friends. Basically one collages novelty paper napkins and tissue paper onto a base of fabric, adhered with diluted white glue.
Here are our results...the last one is my collage that I cut into pieces for notecards.
I used the last of my inventory of canvas covered frames on this final small holiday piece. There are 5 remaining of the 7 I made, available now and at Heritage Placer Vineyard's Artisan Faire Nov. 8, 2025.
As always my work is one-of-a-kind, original design you will not see a duplicate.
$50
Commercial cottons & felted wool, raw edge fused
appliqué, hand embroidery, & machine quilted.
Secured to canvas covered frame. Ready to hang or display on a small easel.
I'm having such a jolly time creating these small holiday art quilts......this one is wrapped on a canvas covered frame with a fabric backing. Holler if you are interested.
$75
Commercial cottons & hand gelli printed cottons, raw edge fused appliqué, hand & machine quilted. Secured to canvas covered frame with a fabric backing.
It's been so enjoyable creating these small holiday whimsy pieces. The newest one is bound rather than on a canvas frame as my others have been. It's available for purchase now.
MEOWY CHRISTMOUSE
12” x 12”
Commercial cottons, Ultra-suede, felted wool,
raw edge fused machine appliquéd, machine quilted.
A hanging sleeve is attached.
One should never be criticized for having too much team spirit.
"The husband' got new 'kickers' just in time for the game today.....
Still finding it weird to be watching a Packer game at 9:00 PST....Bloody Marys here we come.
GO PACK GO..............
Recently I completed this small 12" x 12" holiday art quilt secured onto a canvas covered frame.
The holidays are filled with a riot of colors and patterns....so I decided to use some of my polka dot collection for trees. In order to provide an apparent 'Christmas' theme.....one tree needed to stand out. So I 'made' my own fabric!!
Here's how.....first I experimented with sizes and fonts of the word NOEL.....and printed it out for confirmation. Next some red gelli print fabric was stabilized using a letter size adhesive label and run through my ink jet printer, printing the created text.
The adhesive label was removed and the fabric was then backed with a piece of Wonder-Under (which is still my 'go-to' fusible choice.) Following my tree template, it was cut out.
Before fusing to my project I added polka dots using Prisma Pencils. It seemed sensible to do that prior to securing to the project in case I didn't care for the look.
I love the concept of creating 'fabric on demand'.
It's been well over a year since I had a dye day with pals.....our Fiber Frenzy group of 6 met monthly to 'play'. I've missed that.
With gratitude I accepted an invitation to join like-minded art quilters to a 'dye day'. Michelle has the most incredible wet studio set up in her yard and generously not only shares the space with friends, but all her supplies as well. She was my first fiber friend here and I can't thank her enough for including me in so many activities.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. This is heaven.
To make the most of my time, I decided to concentrate on premixed procion dyes that I used to flat dye a variety of fabrics: PDF, vintage brocade table cloth, the wrong side of older printed fabrics I no longer cared for, and course burlap colored cotton.
I now sport the badge of a day of dyeing fabrics. Gloves you ask? Sure but I can never keep them on.....
The holidays are such a cheerful and colorful time of the year......so I'm celebrating with my newest very colorful small holiday art quilt!
12” x 12”
Commercial cottons, digital text on gelli printed fabric, raw edge
machine appliquéd, machine quilted, secured on canvas covered frame.
