Starting a New Project – Water Challenge

Starting a New Project – Water Challenge

After a wonderful few days of catching late ‘autumn weather it snowed today and it seemed that it would be a great day to get started on a new project for this year’s challenge in one of my art groups.  The theme this year is water and I’ve decided to work in a similar style to the Forest Surprise piece that I did last year.  This time I am painting the background and adding machine and hand stitching to create the texture and...

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Art Quilts Fibre Arts & Mixed Media -Show Time!

Art Quilts Fibre Arts & Mixed Media -Show Time!

Sunday, October 20th, two of my groups came together to hold a ‘pop-up’ art show!  For three hours we were able to share some of our work with friends and acquaintances.  I’ve limited my photos to ones that mainly feature my work as I haven’t had a chance to ask permission from other members to show their work.  However, you can get a peek at the variety of pieces from the more general shots.  I’m saving some of...

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Ta-Da! Aspen Moment – A Fibre Art Installation Piece Almost Finished!

Ta-Da! Aspen Moment – A Fibre Art Installation Piece Almost Finished!

I’m slowly recovering from the mammoth task of completing ‘Aspen Moment’ to a point where it could be photographed and a show submission completed!  I’ve discovered that working in a confined space does not make large pieces like this an easy task! I’m in love with the lowly aspens of the western provinces!  The groves with their rigid trunks and the autumn gold of their leaves are the closest thing I can find in...

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Fibre Art WIP (Work in Progress)

Fibre Art WIP (Work in Progress)

Today I’m giving you a peek at something – fibre art – I’ve been working on in the background – in addition to researching exhibitions, populating the portfolios on the web site, journals and everyday living!  Because it’s an exhibition piece – I’m not going to provide technique details at this time – that can come later. Check out the photo that I posted earlier.  What do you think? And by...

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Photo Transfer – Pet Memory Pillow

Photo Transfer – Pet Memory Pillow

  This was one of my first fabric photo transfer projects.  The photo was printed as part of a workshop that I took at the fabric shop in Arnprior, ON.  I’ve used this technique in a number of projects since and sometimes use photo printing to record my photo inspiration on the back of a quilt or for my labels. The pieced border was from batiks and when completed had the look of suede.  A quick and easy gift item that commemorates...

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Recycled Fabric ‘Campfire’ Jacket

Recycled Fabric ‘Campfire’ Jacket

  This coat has provided me with many cozy hours during our RV travel years!  It started it’s life as an ankle-length boiled-wool coat that I purchase to brave Ottawa winters while traveling to and from work.  It was purchased at a time when my weight had skyrocketed and by the next winter, after some time with Weight Watchers, it no longer fit and was relegated to the back of a closet. One of my fibre art...

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Waterline on Lake Mead, NV – A Quilt Art Statement

Waterline on Lake Mead, NV – A Quilt Art Statement

  Name Waterline on Lake Mead Medium Quilt  Art / Fibre Art Description Waterline on Lake Mead ‘percolated’  for a couple of years before an quilt art exhibition opportunity spurred me into action.  During our almost four years of travel I became acutely aware of how much of the North America continent is ‘desert’.  It also put into perspective the ‘water wars’ that periodically emerge in Canada/USA...

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Late Season Harvest

Late Season Harvest

 Name Late Season Harvest Medium Quilt / Fibre Art Description Late Season Harvest was created specifically for the Fibre Art Network show ‘Canadian Content’ , starting it’s travels at the Remarkable Symposium in Queenstown, New Zealand and returning home after the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas 2012.  I really appreciate the opportunities for exhibitions provided by this group. During the four years of our RV...

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