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Carrol Iowa, Diva Meetings, FAD (Fiber Art Dames), Frozen, Glyph IV with Beads, Label Cards, Spring Forest, The Lovers

Moving Forward

March 8, 2018 admin

Hello, The wet heavy snow this week really effected the landscape. We got about 17 inches and it really ground things to a halt. But by Monday the world was almost normal at least for March. I got a bit of cheer with these tulips from my friend Joyce. The first Tuesday of the month came this week so I had meetings. The QuEG’s meant at Sue Ellen’s. She had a lot to share as she is working on a commission. This shot is of the sun set she is working on. All the rows are cut- but not connected yet and there is a sea to add on the bottom. I look forward to seeing how this turns out. Liz is pulling up her UFO’s and working on this long lost piece.

The Diva’s also had a lot to share. Liesa is doing great things with the marbleized fabric she has created.

Sharon is busy creating now that she has finished Graduate school . I really like the colors she has put together here.

Cheri showed off her DNA quilt. She stared it in the Surfaces class we were in at the Schweinfurth last fall. She is mixing papers in her surfaces now too.

Regina is being as productive as ever. This is just one of four wool birds quilts that she has created this month. She also shared her felted scarf that is very jewel like. I always get so much inspiration and support from all these gals.

Yesterday the FAB group meant. Patti showed off her loaded loom. And explained how it works.

Progress Report: Forest I have been beading away on my Spring Forest piece. The colors of the beads make me feel like a season other than spring so I am going to change the name to just Forest. It may not work so well for the Awakening show. But I will see.

New Work The base layer is cut and pinned for this work.

.Most of the leaves are my own hand dyed with a few ( the dark green ones) cut from commercial fabrics. I like the red brown of the vanes in the leaves so I tried to follow that idea. I loaded the eye of the sewing machine with a light green thread and a red thread to get this effect. It takes about 15 to do the vanes in each leaf so it will take a while to finish this step.

Glyph IV I keep doing the beading on this piece too. I am more than half way down the left side of the O now.

Frozen This project is inching forward. I think most of the rocks that are protruding through the ice are done now and I only need to concentrate of the last few ice flow patterns. This project requires lots of looking and thinking on my part.

Memory Map: Carroll I stared a new Memory Map project. It is the same size as the other three completed ones. I spent my life from the third grade to seventh grade in Carroll Iowa and have great memories that I will try to incorporate into this work. This is the base layer.

Daily Practice The hand work on this piece goes forward. I continue to use the strait stitch as much as possible on this piece.

Collage X- Flower Dance The work goes forward.

The Lovers This is the next card. I love to use old photographs when I can in my collage work. They are not family ones but little jewels that I have picked up along the way.

Keep Creating

Carol

Amber Empress, Collage, Frozen, Glyph IV with Beads, Hand work, Series, Winter Apples, ZAP

Operation

February 15, 2018 admin

Hello,

I had my operation for carpel tunnel on my left hand yesterday. It went well and because I had the right wrist done 14 years ago I felt no fear. The world of medical has improved sense that first one and it all seems to be smoother. I can already do a few things that I know took a week to do last time. Simple things like touch index finger to thumb. The Doctor anticipated a smaller opening this time too- but because it is all wrapped up under the soft bandage I can not see that yet. One Hopes for the best.

Progress Report : Glyph IV
I did a lot of beading on this project this week and I am at the intersection of the O and L at this point. I am pleased with how it is going.

.Frozen I have started to applique the cording down to represent thefrozen edges of the ice on this work. Because I want the organza to only be connected to the base were the stones stick up through the ice, it is still free floating on top.

ZAP I layered this work and started by stitching down all the text. I have even begun the reflective quilting around the forms. I am unsure about what way is up, so every time I hang it between work sessions, I try a different orientation.

New Joy I used the pattern that I showed in last weeks blog to create the shapes for this radial design. It is based on the word JOY. It is easiest to decipher when you look at the fourth of the pattern on the left.

Winter Apples This new work is based on a photo that I took last winter of snow on a crab apple tree.

This is the shot. I made a paper window and focused in on a smaller section.

This small section is what I decided to build the new work on. I have selected a printed fabric that goes along with the theme and I have free motion quilted down the limbs I cut in wool. I have made about twenty Satan apples to hand applique down on top. I used the double fabric method to create the apples . After I turn all the apples I will applique them and add steams. I am still thinking about how to create the snow.

Daily Practice I have started with the second of my hand work daily pieces. The fabric shapes are all cut-aways from other projects and all of them except the orange ones are fused to the background.