A cloth of Beasts

Jude Hill has graciously opened a new site where her instructions and incredible wisdom are offered free.  The site's name is Spirit Cloth 101.  I am planning on working on my Beasts cloth.  I started it a while ago, putting on beasts I made in her Patchwork Beasts class, along with some others I have made later.  I have a lot of space to fill up, as I am putting the beasts on an old linen tablecloth.

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Finished individual piece

I have finished my individual piece for the Pairings project of Missouri fiber Artists.  I used a tea dyed embroidered cotton, and did a tombstone rubbing on it.  I only used the top of the rubbing.  I couched gold thread for the floor, using a purple embroidery floss.  Then I covered a lot of the design with sari cloth remnants. I basted some gold silk under the piece so that the gold would peek through the holes in the embroidered piece I cut a piece of batting to go behind the cloth, and using ecru embroidery thread, quilted the piece.  A friend gave me a piece of pleated fabric.  I put batting behind the piece, I stuck more thin sari remnants in the pleats, fastening them down with contrasting embroidery floss.  This quilted the piece.
I put the embroidered piece on top of the pleated piece, and sewed it down.

Cemetery rubbings part 2

I have been working on my piece for the Pairings Challenge. The piece is a tea dyed doilie.  I used sari silk scraps that I bought at 2 quilt shows and embroider floss to decorate the piece. The floor is couched thick gold thread, couched with purple floss.  I plan on mounting some gold silk behind the piece so that it will show through the holes in the piece.  Then I will put some batting under it and quilt it.  Cemetery rubbings part 2 this part will be mounted on some pleated silk fabric. I'm having a lot of fun, along with some problems working on the piece, and will be excited when it is done.

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Cemetery rubbing

Missouri Fiber Artists is are sponsoring a Pairings event.  Two or three members are getting together to create one collaborative piece, and one each piece by the pair.  Sue Penrod and I are paired.  I traveled to their farm west of Hermann Missouri. First we went to some country cemeteries, and did rubbings on the gravestones.  We selected the one we wanted to work on together.  I used some black string and sewed around the decorations and text, making them more visible.  Sue will work on the piece next.  I am going to work on the round piece done on a tea dried doilie.
Later we eco died some fabric.   The long piece was done on a piece of raw silk that my father brought back from Japan in the 1950s.  We had a great time.

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The Vikings are coming

I have completed another piece in my English history series.  I call it the Vikings are coming.  I pictured 3 Viking ships approaching the British shore, with a ruined building on the top of the bluff.  I used raw edge big stitch applique for the piece. I'm not sure what comes next in the series, maybe the Norman conquest.

Rosie's Monkey Quilt

My 9 year old granddaughter drew a picture of a monkey in a tree.  I made a small quilted piece based on her design. I used some handdyed material from Kathy Loomis and from Wendy Richardson.  The piece is a raw edge applique.  I used embroidery floss to attach and to quilt the pieces.

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Maeve Warrior Queen of Connaught

I took a workshop on calligraphic printing.  I wasn't pleased with what I made.  We used Gina's printing lab, and she challenged us to make something with the fabric we had made.  I cut mine up, and made a Celtic queen.  I called the piece Maeve: Warrior Queen of Connaught. Rosemary Hopkins
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