Quilt no 29

This is a wholecloth quilt, made with one of my own screenprinted fabrics and quilted by machine.

Quilt no 28

Little Elephant

This is made of curved strips of batiks joined and handstitched over printed leaves to make it look all jungly and then an embroidered silk elephant applied over the top . The elephant is the last of a box of elephants that I carried around with me during chemotherapy to stitch into, the others have all gone to live on other quilts and this little chaps been waiting around for ages,time he went back to the jungle, and yes, I will remove the tacking....sorry

Quilt no 27

My journal quilt is an exploration of the colour blue and the theme of water while creating an art quilt. I am not a quilter but more of a mixed media artist who loves fabric! My idea for this challenge/exchange was to work with shades of blue and the feeling that water brings to mind. I gathered various leftover pieces of cotton, some I had painted myself (on the banks of a river) on the left side and a portion of an old silk shirt that looked like water on the right side. I ripped and snipped pieces of fabric to fit the 8 1/2" X 11" size and stitched them together using various stitches to a piece of batting. One of my main stitches was a large wavy one that I used across the piece. To embellish the journal quilt I added a line of mini mosaics in blue and 2 pieces of sea glass, attached to the fabric with extra strong glue. I also sewed on iridescent sequins and tiny seed beads. To finish my journal quilt I sewed a piece of watery light blue fabric to the back by stitching around the edges of the quilt.

Quilt no 26

Winter Sunset

Hand painted and coloured background , applique shape, then lots of machine stitching.

Quilt no 25

I have used some hand dyed fabrics along with some little paper type flowers and a small amount of beading as well. It is machine embroidered and quilted. The bowl/vase is some Kaffe Fassett fabric which is a favourite!!

Quilt no 24

Underwater
The background for this quilt is a piece of complex cloth I created a while ago. Free motion quilting was added to create the anemones and other shapes, and a binding stitched on. Techniques on the original complex cloth include shibori, stamping, stenciling with paint sticks, and screen printing.

Quilt no 23

Mind
This quilt was originally made for the Alzheimer's Initiative, but in the end, wasn't contributed.

The fabric I choose was one with lots of things scattered on it - hats, lipstick, shoes, purses, eyeglasses. It seemed like a good choice. Sometimes I have an idea in my mind, and I either choose the wrong word, or I am reaching in my bag of words for the word, and the fabric just seemed to depict that kind of situation really well.

For the top part, I wanted to show something that was a little off. Just enough to say "something's not right" without actually knowing what's wrong. The size of the strips used to make the pieces aren't exactly the same, and the block was then trimmed at a slight angle. I think it worked, my mother said, "Is that supposed to be that way?"

The bottom part has a word on it - I used a low contrast so it wouldn't be easy to see unless you tried. It says Mind. My nephew said "Sometimes I can see it and then I lose it and have to look for it again." Exactly what I was going for!

The quilting is a wonky grid.

Quilt no 22

From Sentimental Journey by Shell from Raspberry Rabbit. I attached beads inside the hearts.

Quilt no 21

I had some small peices from a quilt I am making for my youngest daughter. I stitched and flipped, stitched and flipped, then appliqued the big flower shape and blanket stitched around the petals. The centre of the flower is sequins and beads. The back has an envelope style opening that can be slipped on to an A4 display stand.

Quilt no 20