READY TO QUILT

Good progress today.

Finished the 2nd quilt top. 

There they are on the work table. 

The 2 quilts are ready for machine quilting. 

More work tomorrow. 

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PONDERING POSSIBILITIES

Today I wrote some emails to new friends I'll be working with in Peru, partially in Spanglish.  Then on to the quilt top. 

Went through my fabrics and picked 2 that I thought would work on the back of the 2 quilts. 

I cut the low loft batting for both and ironed the backing fabrics.

I decided to work more on the first quilt, God's  Story Rope.  I moved aside the quilt top and moved over God's Story Rope quilt. Quilt-top on left side of table in lower photo.That one needs to perk some on surface design.

Photos of me working. Challenge is to finish this top, keeping it simple.  The fabrics will tell some of the story. 

The choices are still in flux but here are two shots working today. 

QUILT TOP FINISHED

Quilt top finished ....now to baste 
and machine quilt.

That will be next week. 

Will add buttons at end of process.

No title yet.

Quilt 'framed' with strips of felt. 
A way to 'clean up' edges for a crisper look while still in raw state.

I THINK THIS FABRIC 'SAYS' MESSY.

I was in and out but I did get the 9 blocks sewn together. I do like these colorful blocks and enjoyed using the machine. It's been a while. The piece of sky up there (pardon the pun) seems to work well.

This is a process to 'say' what I want to 'say' through this quilt. 
So much material.  I mean 'thought' material. 

It's messy, we say around here.
How does God get anything done, using us imperfect though forgiven mortals !? 

There I am with some 'messy' hand painted fabric. Maybe I'll use it.

Now I'm making a 2nd quilt before I finished figuring out the first!  How did that happen?

I just looked at my studio. It's messy. 

9 BLOCKS

Today in the studio.  

Right side of
God's Story-Rope Quilt.

BEGINNING THE QUILT

Yesterday I began the quilt I'll be taking to Peru and other countries.  It will pair up with making story ropes. 

Working title:
God's Story Rope

Organizing 'sky' fabric. 

Sewing first pieces together.

Golden roping.

More work on the quilt this morning. 

Explanation of the quilt ahead. 

PREPARING FOR PERU

This was Monday:

• reading my notes

• making more notes

• pondering a quilt

Lord! 
May I hit it exactly right!!

yesterday in studio:

rearranging space

'sky' fabric 

gold cording 

postcard size ?

MOSAIC ARTIST IN THE GROUP artist 3

On that Thursday night in Paris, talking over dessert and creating around the table, there was a mosaic artist in our group.  

She told us about a commission she did for a church, in Santa Barbara, CA. 

Instead of working on a 3 fold accordion book she chose a tag, cutting & pasting lots of little pieces, like she was creating a mosaic.

I've used the tags with other groups.  It always amazes me what creatives come up with, designing in such a compact space. 




As you see in the photo above, she took a turn sharing the 'story' behind her piece.

Moving on to other experiences in Paris in the next posts.

A MOVING COLLAGE in PARIS artist 2

A couple of my photos of the Thursday evening artists were out of focus. I Photoshopped them in the film grain filter - kind of embracing the blur!

With glue stick in hand, this artist really went at it! 

Her collage was amazing! 

She designed-outside of the borders of the tri-fold book, with movable parts even. 

I bet she was a fun person! 

Her playful nature came out in her artwork!