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Valentina's Quilt

1/30/2022

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When I got a "text" from my 15 year-old granddaughter asking me to make her a quilt, I was shocked.

She had no idea that I have never made a bed-sized quit in my life.  As a fiber artist, my work is made to hang on the wall, not on a bed.  But, how could I say no?

Gulp!  She sent me some photos of fabrics she liked and they were easy -- greens, blues and browns.  I sent a couple of designs to her and she chose an antique design made in the late 1880's.  Broken Dishes.  Today, a contemporary pattern as well as a traditional pattern.  

I finished the top this week and gave it to a long-armer to quilt and bind.  Too large for me to manage and I know she will do a good job.  I will share a photo of the entire quilt in March.  Meanwhile, here is a snippet.

Making a bed-size quilt for my Granddaughter was challenging but fulfilling.  I wish my grandmother did the same for me.

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Envelope Notebook

1/23/2022

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I find making books/booklets addictive.

I love using beautiful papers and fabrics and also using up stuff from my stash and turning ordinary things into small art treasures.

My latest passion is making these envelope notebooks.  These are made from envelopes, covered with papers.  I did download some papers used in this video but ended up using all my gelli printed pages for the rest.  I don't usually use other artist's work in my work so I'm much happier with the results from the ones I'm working on now (all the journals in the back of the first two pieces).  But they are all "in process" so I thought I would show you the two in the front that were my first attempts.  I probably won't "embellish" these to the extent Luise does (see her second video) because my esthetic is different than hers but she does give some interesting ideas on how to make these envelope journals even more interesting.

I learned this process from Luise Heinzl, a German junk journal artist. She publishes her YouTube videos in German and English.  I am always in awe of of people who speak several languages since I failed both Spanish and French in high school.  

These make great gifts for your friends and family AND are fun to make!

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Sketchbook Project

1/8/2022

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I love the idea of creating art just to mail away for free to a worthy cause.

The first one I contributed to was more than 10 years ago, when Jennifer March wanted to cover a space rocket with fiber art.  

This year, I discovered a project created by the Brooklyn Art Library called The Sketchbook Project.  I loved the idea that my "sketchbook" would be nestled among 50,000 other sketchbooks in New York City, my home town.  So I bought a sketchbook and am now filling the pages.

As a fiber artist, I decided to take the theme of "Piece by Piece" from Volume 19 because it harked back to my history as a quilter.  So each page of my sketchbook will reflect some historical quilt squares and variations that appeared in my first book called The Patchwork Quilt Design & Coloring Book, published by Butterick Publishing in 1977.

I'll be working with fabric, cut into 1 and 1/2" strips to create 3 and 4 patch squares.  

I don't know which of my projects will take more time — creating a full size quilt for my granddaughter or gluing tiny pieces of fabric into my sketchbook.  In either case, it's getting me back into my traditional quilting roots!


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Quilt

1/2/2022

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I have to confess,  I have never made a bed quilt.

But when my granddaughter asked me to make one for her full sized bed, of course, I said yes!

She wanted something in brown, blue and green. So here is what I selected.  Hope she likes it!
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    I am a mixed media artist and love color and texture!

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