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Yoda

Posted on February 10, 2014 | 5 comments

I thought a simple little UFO would be appropriate for my next project.

Many moons ago, I took photos of a sweet little kitten named Yoda.

I played with effects on one of those photos in photoshop and created a design to print on fabric.

I don’t know how long ago I did this…long enough that when I touched the gold yarn, it disintegrated (Perhaps bad quality?). I didn’t save the file on my pc (Neglect or a computer crash?) so I have no reference and no way to print more of this fabric.

By the time you read this post, I will have free motion stitched the fused applique. I’m not sure what else I’ll do yet.

I have more long days coming with the day job, so I don’t know when I’ll be back.

Meantime, ya’ll have some fun creating, whether you love to create in the kitchen, the woodshop, with Legos, knitting, scrapbooking, or…. Just find the time for the precious creative muse!

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Perhaps Moses…Finished

Posted on February 7, 2014 | 8 comments

What began as a class lesson on perspective has finished as Moses and Pharaoh’s Daughter. Most of us are familiar with the biblical story of Moses’ birth from Exodus Chapter 2: 1-10.

Had I known that the background was to become the setting for Moses, I would’ve chosen shades and tints of alabaster to create it (seems more Egyptian to me). But I had no end result in mind, and the background sat around for longer than I care to admit.

No matter that the details are not accurate. I’m an artist, right? I can take certain liberties. What’s important is that when one looks at this quilt, one can see the story.

So here it is:

A few close-ups:

Before and after:

For Part 1, click here.

For Part 2, click here.

For Part 3, click here.

For Part 4, click here.

For Part 5, click here.

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Tagged applique, art quilt, Bible story, biblical, Egyptian, fiber art, LCsCottage, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, quilting, thread painting

Snow Dyeing Results

Posted on January 24, 2014 | 14 comments

Here are the results from my snow dyeing play day.

All of the fabrics turned out soft and muted…probably because I used old dye. I’m okay with that. Not all fabrics need to be intense color…there is a place for every piece. The fabrics sitting on top of the window screening are more muted than the ‘drip catchers’; they weren’t resting in the dye.

I did have trouble taking good photos, so I’ve included close ups for you. They show the texture better. Clicking on a photo will show a larger view.

The first photo is the snow dyed fabric using teal, bronze and ecru dyes.

The next fabric is the ‘drip catcher’ from the above snow dyed fabric.

The blue background is more blue than the photos show.

Next is a fabric that was snow dyed with a blue-green, orange and wisteria procion mx dyes.

The ‘drip catcher’ to the above fabric (it looks like a whole lot of white fabric areas in this photo, but that isn’t the case):

To make the last snow dye, I simply dumped on leftover dyes. It has cobalt, fushia, deep yellow, peach and a little black. It is a soft, pretty piece.

And who would know that this is the ‘drip catcher’ from the above snow dye? It is as if the colors made an arrangement with each other…pastels on the snow dye, and deeper colors to the bottom.