Monday Feb 24, 2014

I got a bit more done on my statue of liberty piece. I have started building a lot of my work on a cadmium red back ground. I try to let a little of the red show through every once in a while.  It seems to make the piece have more vibrance or something. I got the idea to do my pieces this way from watching workshops on the the internet, Mark Mahafee (I am not sure on the spelling of his last name). He paints his canvases cad red and then paint with acrylic paint on top. The red shows through in some places. I figured if he could do it with paint, I could do it with fabric. It has worked pretty good. It is not that easy to cut the fabric pieces and place them close, but not touching each other. I do wish I had not made this one so large though. It is going to take a long time to finish it.

I have been raking leaves and trying to get some of the dead planting cleaned up and removed. This winter was really bad for plants here.....

Merilyn's latest...

I got Marilyn Listen's latest quilt quilted. I now need to get the binding sewn on for her. I thought this was such a cute quilt.

Yesterday was our monthly meeting of the PHFA group.  I need to get myself in gear and get information  sent to Janey so she can work on verbiage for a project we are working on as a group.  One of our members daughter is setting up a web site for us. It will be up and running soon. The address is www.paintedhillfiberarts.com. We are very excited!

Ricci's quilt

I have been busy this week. I finished a store sample for Ricci. She is going to be teaching this quilt at The Sewing Center of Southern Utah. She has not decided on a date. I though the circular quilting worked really good on the this quilt.  She provided Superior Thread, King Tut and wool batting.

Sunday Feb 16, 2014

This past two weeks have been something. Dave has been sick. He does not want me to talk about him on line, so I won't. He is better and hopefully will be heading back to work on Tuesday. His boss have been very generous letting him take all the time he needs to be at his best. 

My sister, Debbie Perkins, has been in the hospital for a while do to complications from diabetes. We are praying for her recovery. She has had problems for some time. 

I had have been working on a really complicated quilt and finally removed it from the frame last night. I needed to do something that I could get done with relatively ease. I load this cute small quilt this morning and got it quilt.I finished Sandra and Erv Vogel's quilt. I think it is so cute. Sandra embroidered blocks which she attached to the top and the bottom. The fabric they used for the borders was a star fabric. So I just quilted stars and loops in addition to stitching around each of the figures and the figures' features. 

I took a wonderful class at Scrap Apple Friday and Saturday. It was taught by Noriko  Endo.  I really learned a lot and had a great time. I just almost finished a piece. I can't figure out how to get the photo from my phone onto this blog. When I click on my phone, the photos I took the past few days don't show up I will try again later. It is on face book though.  I was happy with how it turned out, but don't know if I will use her technique on anything else I do. The fibers from the little confetti pieces we cut up makes me cough really bad.  I had to use my inhaler. I really don't like to do that.

I have 3 more customer quilts I need to get done along with a couple more that are on their way to me. My studio is really messy and this next week is a full week.

I also need to contact a friend who is going to let me use one of her photos to do a fiber art piece. I just haven't had time to contact her.

I hope this next week is a good week for all of us!

Feb 4, 2014

Last week got away from me.....I did not get anything posted. I have been very busy working on a client's quilt. It is  show quilt that is 102 inches long and 94 inches wide. She wanted it quilted like a whole cloth. The density of the stitching is much like I have done on these journal covers. When I get tired of the quilt I have been making these journal covers. I had quilted the material previously. I have 8 finish. The have blank books inside. Some are lined for journals and some are blank sketch books. I really enjoy the cover I made for my three ring binder.  I got the idea from my good friend and fellow long arm quilter, Dazie of 'One Wild Stitch'. We belong to the a fiber arts group called Painted Hills Fiber Artists. She saw some journal covers somewhere and suggested that she and I each quilt a few pieces to give the girls for Christmas. We did an they loved them. So I made a bund for my family and friends for Christmas gifts. I assembled mine a bit differently that we did the ones we gave to fellow PHFA members. 

I plan on selling them, but haven't decided how much I need to sell them for to make it worth my while to make them. The quilting take a lot of time. 

Most have button and ribbon closures, one has a magnetic clasp. The book inside measures 6" x 8". Some are lined and some are blank.

Now I must get back to my quilting. I have a long way to go on Wanda's quilt. I am thinking about getting to a point where I can remove it from the long arm and work on something else. I don' like to do that though.  Good day to all!