Somewhere over the Rainbow

I worked on this piece in a Pamela Allen class.  Before it was quilted I didn't care for it, but I decided to see what quilting could add, and the quilting changed my mind.

The piece was an exercise in black and white, with just a little bit of color.  I used embroidery floss to quilt it.  The white Asian style fabric at the top needed help.  I used the colors from the circles on the rainbow to choose a single strand of floss and quilted along the lines of the pattern in the fabric.  I added some French knots in the areas where the waves curled.  I faced the piece, which I wouldn't do again, as there was a lot of bulk to deal with in the corners.Off the Wall Fridays

Midnight in the underworld garden

I started this piece in a Pamela Allen class, and just finished it.

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Quilting the robot quilt

I have completed quilting 9 of the robots--working on number 10 now.  There are 12 all together, and a small border.  Every time grandson Sean (2 years old) sees me he asks about

his robots.  I'm hoping to have the quilt done in July.

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shimmer challenge

One of the members of my art quilt group brought in the silver shingle-like fabric that she bought off the sale table at Joann's.  We were challenged to make something with it.  We recently had a retreat, and I brought the weaving, and a thermofax screen made from an instructor's manual for making hairdo's from about 1900.  I decided to put the lady in a window.  She has a rather pathetic looking knight approaching the tower.  I'm not sure he can save her--he sort of reminds me of Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show.

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A Strange Tree

I was at our art quilt retreat and one of the demos showed a tree, hills, and a ground.  I was in a funky mood, so I made an orange tree with a beast.  The sun is a flower from the leis that the party organizers passed out.

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the finished beast

I finished sewing on the new beast.  I decided not to put a face on the beast.  I think he is comfortable just as he is.

The beast gets more stitching

I'm stitching on my beast.  Need to stitch the beast itself.  I have done background on the left side, and the blue moon. The rest of background and the flower/bush in the right corner await the needle.

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