Nobel Seasons - Fall

The "Nobel Seasons- Fall" Exhibit will be on display at Soft Expressions in Anaheim from November 12 - January 12. This is a collection of fall themed art quilts that have been traveling the country for the last year at different venues. I saw it last year at Road to California and loved all of the varied interpretations of "fall". The piece to the left is my "Pheasant" fiber art piece, which is part of this traveling exhibit. If you have a chance to see this, I hope you will stop in and do so.

Flowers in Tall Stems 2

This is a close up of the flowers in the Tall Stems 2 fiber piece. I have used some silk, cottons, and lace sections to depict the flowers. I placed some additional batting behind the flowers to give it a bit of a trapunto effect. It needs some machine quilting to reinforce the idea of petals, and then some beading of course!

A Larger Version of "Tall Stems"

Tall Stems 2

Last spring I did a small fiber art piece called "Tall Stems". I made it based on a vase in one of my watercolor still life paintings. I decided I wanted to do a larger version of this and here it is in progress.

I am shooting for a look of a vase on a table with a wall behind that has wall paper on it. This is a close up of the fabric I am using for the wall paper, and the strip of fabric I am adding to look like a stripe in the wall paper. The strip is made from a light weight gauzy type of fabric I found in the bridal section. I will post more on this piece as I make progress.

Recent Sketches

Here are a couple of sketches from my most recent trip to the North Umpqua River. I just got back from a camping and fishing trip there with friends. One afternoon I spent some time with my friend Renee by the river doing some sketching and solving all of life's problems. It was very therapeutic!

Sketches

I like to do a sketch in one of my sketch books any time I go on a trip that allows me the opportunity to sketch.  This is a sketch from 2008 from a trip I took at a beautiful river in Oregon called the North Umpqua.  It is way to take home a "souvenir" of the trip.

It's Done!

Here is the finished "Gated Community" piece. Its just a whimsical piece, and hopefully now I have the flamingo thing out of my system. 

This is the back of the piece. It is a flamingo print I purchased from Beyond the Reef. This is an only source for tropical themed fabric. I have been waiting to use this fabric for a flamingo quilt for a couple of years! I put a faced edge on the quilt, which is the dark blue edge that you see from the back.

Details



the gate

 This is a detail of my "Gated Community" art quilt, made for the "Gates" challenge for Quilt on the Wall. I went with the idea of a private community of flamingos secure behind a fence and gate. I made the fence out of a net fabric that I dyed with a little blue fabric ink. I put a beaded trim around the fence to border it. I then put a frog closure on the gate as the closure.


Signage

 This is a close up of the signage sticking out of the plant growth in front of the fence. The signs say "private" and "flamingos only".