Hello,

Summer is marching forward at an alarming pace.  I am still feeling the effects of Quilting by the Lake as my buddies share their work from the classes they took.

This shot is of Linda’s project from Rosalie Dace’s class using Kandinski as inspiration.   Liz was in that class too.   They sure both have different   works from the   same workshop.  Liz also did a hand works class .  I really like her pieces from that as well.     they were not the only ones who took classes.

 

Linda and Sally were both in Valerie Goodwins class the first week. One of the projects form that class was to make a sampler of the types of effects on could add to the surface to alter the look.  This is Sally solution.   They are both working on bigger works using some of these techniques now.   Sue Ellen took a painting class where they learned how to create different effects with paint on fabric.  These arr just a few of her many examples.  They were wonderful.

Barbara is taking a class on line and she is learning how to cut through many layers of cloth to create a different type of effect.  This work is in progress.  She created the color change in the center section with extensive thread work and a little paint.

Lynn has finished a long time needlepoint piece.   She says it has been so long in the making that she is not sure when she started- but it has been at least 10 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Corrine got a new stump doll for her home in Arizona.

 

Susan told us about her teaching and showed us her sampler of garlic paintings in this accordion book that she uses  for presentation.

 

 

 

 

Liesa has  been having lots of company this summer.  She still managed  to produce this great work about her concern for the melting ice poles.

 She feels it is not menacing enough to produce the effect she is looking for.

 

 

I spent two days with Susan playing in her studio this week.  One day was with her friend Linda. They  played with Gelli plates.   I worked on college and  did cards.   I was down to only two in my box.    The second day I was with Susan, I experimented with writing tools on fabric and wrote quotations  and drew pictures.

 Progress report:  Rafter Room   This work is now ready to quilt.  I have been making  big pieced backs for years.    At QBL , when Rosalie Dace was giving instructions about way to finish quilts she said,” Make the back interesting and relate it  to the front with leftover pieces or similar colors. ”   This is my back for the Rafter Room piece.   It is nice to hear one’s ideas confirmed  every once in a while.

Daily News       Daily News is still a work in progress.  I have about  sixty of the units that still need backings.   It takes about half and hour to add the velco to a square, stitch that to the finished front square, trim and then flip the unit right side out- then  to  finally stitch it closed to complete the process.

I took Daily News in its present state  to the  meetings I had this week and told the gals my story about the process.   I then let them add the blocks for that day.  It was fun and I got a lot of good feedback from that action.

The last image with the two squares on point were added by Liz when I showed the work at QuEGs.   The velcor works on an angle and that adds a whole new way to go with the process.  Friends sure can add to the wonder of each experience we have.

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Keep Creating

Carol