It is hard to believe that it is already the end of February! Where did the year go? We did score a beautiful granddaughter on my Dad's 84th birthday a month ago! Best present you could give to a great grandfather! He was tickled pink! :)
I have challenged a group of my fiber art friends to do a Sweet Sixteen project. Since it is Sweet Sixteen this year (2016) I thought it would be fun! Feel free to join in if you are interested. Leave me a comment (make sure that you are not set to no-reply) The rules are simple. Make something (fiber arty) that has 16 in it. It could be one piece that has sixteen fabrics, a shawl with sixteen sections, sixteen art quilts, 16"x16", etc. Whatever says Sweet Sixteen to you! Due December 31, 2016. My theme is that I am doing a monthly piece that is 16"x 16". Each month will be focused on a color. I combined it with my
Quilt Keepers challenge, using the orange batik as my pebbles.
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| Original idea |
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| Final version |
I am into peace signs. Always have been. Right now I think that the more you put peace out there, the more it will become so. At least I would hope so. Peace, pass it on. I wanted to do some more with the idea of mosaics, so I fused the batik and then hand cut out pebbles. I was going to arrange the pebbles in a double row, but felt it looked too clumpy. I fused the pebbles to the black background. I free motion quilted to outline the pebbles and then filled in the background with peace signs.
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| Just before the binding |
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| back |
The quilting shows up better on the back. I have a design in mind for my February piece, but have not had a chance to get it started. I hope to show it off next week.
I have been preparing for
Pie Plate Patterns Super Spring Retreat. They are a mother/daughter design team who live in a small town 15 miles Northwest of my small town. It is a fun retreat! A nice thing for them to do for the local quilting community. And bonus! This year it is opening on my birthday!
I have relisted my patterns for sale on
Craftsy. I am not set up to handle VAT, so if you are in the EU and wish to purchase a pattern, please do so at my
Etsy shop, they handle VAT on instant download patterns. Thank you.
We were down in Kanab last weekend and there was a Hot Air Balloon Fest. What fun! I have never seen balloons up close while they are filling and launching. I would never go up in one, I have a fear of heights, but it was exciting to see all the bright colors floating near the red rock cliffs.
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| Looks like fun! |
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| Heading out over the valley |
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| My favorite, Smokey the Bear! |
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| Lifting off |
This is my
off the wall, and
Finished Friday post for this week.
