Sunday, October 21, 2012

Get Your Art On - Day Twenty-One



So, apparently I'm not so good at this making art on a regular basis thing.  I have completely lost track of the days and have definitely not gotten my art on everyday.  Today I met with some friends who are knitters and did some beading on the embellishment piece while they clickity-clacked away.  At the end of the afternoon, they had made some progress while I decided I hated the beads and took them all off.  Going to do some hand stitching and then re-evaluate the bead situation.



Last weekend I went to Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara and, among other things, took a class with Janice Gunner. It was a free form piecing class and I brought a picture of an autumn forest in Virginia for inspiration.  This is as far as I got so far, will be adding something to represent birch trees soon. I've got a great piece of Mickey Lawler fabric that I have been saving for years that should just do the trick.  So, something else to work on this month. I'll try to post a better picture for the next step. And, by the way, Janice Gunner is a great teacher, lots of fun and very encouraging.  She demonstrated the technique and then let us all loose and no two students had pieces that looked anything alike.  As far as I'm concerned, the best measurement of a good teacher.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Get Your Art On - Day Seven


I am not getting my art on on a daily basis, but I am checking in now and then!  The top photo is a bike I saw on State Street today and it fascinated me with the colors, shapes, and textures.  It's an old rusty bike and a work of art. 

This morning I did some quilting on Dyed Roads and this afternoon I added borders to the piece I started on Wednesday.  Our Fibervision group has an embellishment challenge - we're to create a 12"x 12" piece with surface embellishment of our choice.  I think I am going to add some fused appliqué and beads. And whatever else comes to mind.

 Oh! And I threw an a white tee-shirt that got stained with taco sauce in to be ice-dyed.  So, I've already started getting my art on for tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Get Your Art On - Day Three




Okay,  it is much cooler today and I actually spent an hour Getting My Art On!  I collaged some scraps from my last three projects by fusing them on to a base fabric with Wonder Under.  I don't know what the next step is. Could be some surface design, could collage more fabric on to it, might cut it up and use the pieces in another project, it's all under consideration for tomorrow's hour.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Get Your Art On - Day One



This is not a very auspicious beginning for 30 Days of Get Your Art On.  Too danged hot in my work area for me to do anything besides melt over there!  I had to do something, so I chose the threads I'll be using for the Dyed Roads quilt.  May not be much, but I touched fabric and looked at colors and that's as arty as I'm getting tonight.