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Quilt Knit Stitch- See the Quilts I Loved

Monday, August 17th, 2015

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I know I have been missing in action, but for a good cause. I helped to coordinate an information table at Quilt Knit Stitch 2015 for Surface Design Association. We set it up on Wednesday and the show ran Thursday – Saturday. We had a display of swatches of samples of surface design techniques by our members and lots of journals to peruse.

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The opening quilt up above was in the red quilt show that debuted in Houston. I liked the more modern versions of the red quilts. That one was made by Betty Hahn, an artist that I really admire.

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Here is another innovative red quilt.

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We were next to an exhibit of work by students in Jane Dunnewold’s master class. Some of these pieces were my favorites in the show. Here are some I especially liked.

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This piece was so gorgeous – hand dyed and discharged and some applique of poppy heads.

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The hand stitching on this is really lovely. It has sections of hand-dyed gauze laminated to the surface. It needs to be seen up close.

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This is one of Jane’s pieces that is digitally manipulated and printed by Spoonflower and then quilted.

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These 3 pieces had such gorgeous surface design.

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Another gorgeous piece with surface treatment.

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Here are some other random pieces in the traveling special exhibits.

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Sue Dennis of Australia makes such lovely quilts using leaves. She does rubbings, printing and applique.

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Another fabulous quilt by Betty Hahn. It is painted!

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This is a small modern quilt with Big Pink, our iconic building here in Portland.

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I always love a Betty Busby quilt. This one was in the SAQA Redirecting the Ordinary exhibit.

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My regular readers may recognize this as the big sister to a SAQA auction quilt that I purchased.

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And here is the little sister.

 

 

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Hope you enjoyed this sampling of quilts from Quilt Knit Stitch.

Printed Fabric Bee August 2015

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

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I am sorry for my absence, but I had a bit of a melt down last week, and I have had a lot of other stuff on my plate. More about that later.

On to this month’s printing for Jane Davila whose theme was insects.

I was inspired by this photo I found on the internet when I was surfing for ideas. A hot pink dragonfly? Loved it.

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I made a dragonfly thermofax screen and headed to the studio. I found the perfect hand-dyed green background fabric and an old leaf screen.

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I printed the dragonflies in hot pink.

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Jane had asked for a touch of black so I added a black head and little dots on the bodies of my dragonflies.

Here is the collection so far:

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For a chance to win this collection, leave a comment on Jane’s Blog or the Printed Fabric Bee Blog. She will select the winner on August 15th.

You can see what other members did on their blogs.

 

Printed Fabric Bee – June Edition

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

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Lynn Krawczyk was queen bee for the month of June and chose the theme, vintage. Oops. another challenge for me. I looked at a lot of vintage clip art and I really liked some vintage keys that I found. So, I made a thermofax screen.

Off to the studio, I found a piece of hand-dyed cotton that had a bit of purple and dark and light yellows and had an aged look to it. I searched through my thermofax screens and found this check pattern which I thought could look vintage. I used a purple paint and screened it on to the fabric.

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I did some experimenting with printing the keys over the checks.  I used black for the keys. Lynn wanted any color but pink. In this photo, you can get a better idea of what the base fabric was.

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I tried to make the printing look worn and not crisp so that it would look old. It was bloody hot in my studio, so I did not linger.

Here is the collage of the vintage collection. Click to see a larger version.

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Leave a comment on the Printed Fabric Bee Blog (you might have to wait for Lynn’s post) and/or on Lynn’s Blog for a chance to receive the collection. Deadline is July 10.

Check out the member’s blogs for their contributions.

 

Printed Fabric Bee – May Edition

Thursday, June 4th, 2015

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May’s Queen Bee was Leslie Tucker Jenison. She asked us to do prints with found objects in neutrals with a pop of color.

I picked a hand-dyed gray fabric from my stash and started by printing a black grid with this vinyl grid, used to line shelves, etc. (I think.)

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I have a package of felt dots for putting on objects to prevent scratches on furniture and wood floors. I used it to print black dots.

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I then used a metal scrubbie to add some pink paint.

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Here is the mosaic of the fabrics completed so far. Click it to see a larger version.

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If you would like a chance to win this collection, go to our facebook page or to the blog and leave comments.

I thought I would share the wonderful group of fabrics I received for my geometry theme. Each one is 12 inches square.

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I love them all. I am sure they will be part of my work in the future.

I can’t seem to keep up with blogging lately. End of the month is a busy time for me with my SDA job. We had a busy week-end and I have not been in the studio.

I finally went in and got a cortisone shot in my bum knee. I am now aware of how much it was affecting my quality of life. The cortisone really kicked in today and I feel like a new woman. Wish I had done it long ago.

 

 

 

 

March Printed Fabric Bee – Mola

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

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Julie, the March Queen Bee, chose Mola as her theme and black, red and any other bright colors. Molas are a Panamanian form of reverse applique using many layers of fabric. So, the first challenge was interpreting embroidery in a print. I selected a simple design, which I shared in a previous post. My plan was to do a black outline on red fabric with a yellow or orange center.

I made thermofax screens and the registration went fairly well, but before I could finish printing, the screen fabric started disintegrating and leaving blobs. I came home and regrouped and printed my design on freezer paper and cut the stencil.

This is the black outline stencil.

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And here is the stencil for the centers.

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It is not bad, but it does not live up to my intention. I couldn’t find a yellow or orange paint that would cover the red and print stronger. The paper stencil began to fall apart and I ran out of red fabric, so I used the thermofax printed flower for the six inch giveaway piece.

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Here is the mosaic showing the fabrics that were completed by the end of the month. Just couldn’t make it this month. Next month I am queen bee – whee! I get a month off and I get to have new fabric.

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Go to Julie’s Blog or the Printed Fabric Bee Blog and leave comments for a chance to win the fabric collection.