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A hanging for my Mom’s new digs

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Up close of the original design made by my dad for the Darien Curling club

My Mom handed me these 4 patches when I was leaving in May after we took down the Art/quilt show. My Mom had taken the patches off my Dad’s Curling jackets and sweaters. The 3rd patch was the original design my father created for the Darien Curling Club in Connecticut. My dad loved curling and as a child I had gone to the curling club to watch and my dad’s friends taught me card tricks and entertained me while my dad curled.

A Hanging for my Mom's new digs!

This small hanging is for my mom’s new digs in NC. She said that this move is”a new adventure”, that’s what my dad said right before he died in 2009. I hope this hanging will give my mother happy memories.

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The Jacket has been sent!

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

close up of the dancers

I sent the Jacket called “Dancing with Life” to my best friend in California. I  took more pictures of it, unfortunately I was  too lazy and didn’t iron it before I took the pictures…………But it is done and it only took me 6 years to finish it!

Favorite Things-Uptown Coat

Knowing that my best friend has been through such a struggle with cancer, really made my choice of fabric important. When I saw the fabric on line I knew it was exactly what I was looking for.But in my haste I didn’t order enough fabric to do what the pattern called for. But then I didn’t look at the pattern I thought I would use till after I bought the fabric.

Finished garment front view

Then I changed my mind completely and picked a different pattern.In making the jacket , I learned quite a bit and will be able to recreate the look of this jacket with less hassle and brain cramps.

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Inspiration from Quilting Arts Magazine!

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Thermofax,rubber stamps and recycled plastic packing material

I got my Quilting Arts Magazine Late last week. I was looking through and found an article on using plastic erasers. The article (pg. 62) is called:

Figure It Out: Kathy Reid
From stamp to stitch: simplifying the
human form with carved-eraser stamps

Don't you love the hair!

Well I read the title and said”I can do that, I didn’t read the article, I just went with the pictures and flew from there. I usually start this way and then go back and read the directions. So I started with a piece of muslin that I has been practicing a screen printing technique using Thermofax screens. I had downloaded a video by Surface design artist Lynn Krawczyk called “Print,design, compose which provided thorough demos of her favorite surface design methods, including Thermofax® screen printing”.

I let the Thermofax print dry and then set the fabric paint/Plaid Simply Screen Water-Based Screen Printing Paint with a hot ,dry iron. I couldn’t decide what to do next. So the piece sat rolled up on a cardboard tube. Today I took it out and set up my padded printing surface. It was great fun to print the human forms and then I added the hair,hearts and faces using fabric pens.

Let me know what you think!

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