Here's a page spread I did earlier this week for an Altered Book Round Robin I've been hosting for the past few months. This is Cynthia Weed's wild book titled, "I could have married . . . .
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Paula and I are both in a group of mixed media artists gathered together by Frieda Oxenham and Debby Harriettha called TipTop Journals. On the 15th of every month, Frieda gives us a partner with whom we exchange pages with…
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In just one month we sold our Secret Lake house and are moving to a new home. When Steve & I re-connected in 2004, it also happened very fast but was so right for both of us. We are a true match! Our new home feels that way too…
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I’m hosting an "Altered Books Revisited Round Robin" this year and that is exciting. Our group consists of 6 artists/friends who have worked together exchanging altered books in the past….
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This is the front and back of a page I did for Michelle Dressler's Fabric Book for the Fabric Book RR I’m participating in! She had a theme of ‘dance’ for her book..
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It’s been a while since I’ve created a Journal quilt . . .
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Journal Quilt #25, which I completed last week in front of the Saint Lawrence river, while we were vacationing on Wolfe Island at Steven's family cottage
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I had a couple more pictures in my camera related to Frieda's fabric collage technique I recently tried . . . please read the two posts below this one - 'Fabric Collage' and 'Journal Quilt #24' - for more about this!
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I know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted a journal quilt . . . you can read my journal entry below (the back of this quiltie) to learn more. This quiltie is #24 in my year long challenge. I hope to create 50 journal quilts by the time we ring in 2008 . . .
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I follow Frieda Oxenham's blog on a fairly regular basis because I love the fabric art she creates and she is also very prolific! If just a little bit of time goes by, I am sure to find something new on her site : ) Check out her tips for Fabric Collage & see what I did!
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Journal quilt #23 - and . . . 75 blog posts since January 2007
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This little journal quilt was born from experimentation! I’m not sure it’s my favorite, but it’s a good exercise at least.
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This weeks fabric journal quilt is continuing to work with my recent idea of trying a new technique to get the quiltie started. In pondering what new thing I could do with fabric, I thought: Why not some kind of mono-print with paint onto fabric for a background?
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This weeks’ fabric journal started earlier last week with the idea of wanting to try a new technique and then use the technique for my inspiration.
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*Enjoy Life’s Moments* It is so lush and green here in Connecticut right now. This is the peak of the re-growth of things and also where the inspiration for this week’s journal quilt comes from . . .
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Here is my weekly challenge! This one was simple and fun to do. Each one measures 6" x 6" and I try to make one a week; my goal is to do this for the entire year and put them all together at the end of the year . . .
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SPRING is the theme of this week’s journal quilt. It has taken a long time for spring to come and stay in Connecticut this year. You’ll still find me on some mornings putting on my down jacket when I go out to walk the dogs because it’s only 40 degrees out!
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I have been working hard (in-between going to work!) on this quiltie book -a small 5" x 5" sample for my July 28th class at Sew Inspired Quilt Shop in Simsbury, CT . . .
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…I will share with you a few of the little 5" x 5" quilties I have made so far as sample pages for my Quilties class at Sew Inspired in Simsbury CT on July 28th from 10-4pm (2007).
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CHANGES . . . That is the theme of this week’s journal quilt. I started with a paper image from the Tallulah’s Drama Queens Sheet I found at Alpha Stamps . . .
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