TEXTiles part 3

Green with envy?

I switched to a newer interfacing, since there was not enough left of the stuff I was using, which was pretty old--at least 2 packaging changes ago.  This one is a bit crisper, making for neater folding on the edges, and the glue adheres a good bit better.  A bit harder to iron flat.  Red should be ready to sew in the morning.  The background change is intentional.

TEXTiles part 2

Am I Blue?  Nope! 2 down, 6 to go!  I do have to dye fabric for the last 2, though.

TEXTiles

I'm working on a challenge involving text on textiles.  I wanted to do something a bit pixelated, so I found a font called Minecraftia on daFont and printed my letters out to size.  My original plan was to paper piece each word, which proved to be near-impossible.  Next idea was to use a fusible product with a printed grid, but it was not to be found in this small town.  So I taped a sheet of grid paper to my drawing board and used lightweight fusible interfacing.  the trick is to keep everything lined up with the grid.  Interfacing tears if you tape it. You can see the grid in the photo below.  I am using 1 inch squares, 36 across, 14 down.

grid paper, layered with interfacing and one inch fabric squares

Next, each row was folded along the edge lines and sewn together with a 1/8" seam.  I found it easier to stay lined up if I pinned about every 2".

Laid out, ironed to interfacing, not yet stitched

Vertical seams stitched, and everything pressed.  Note how the squares have become rectangles.

Vertical and horizontal seams stitched & pressed relatively flat.

 I apparently needed either a hotter iron or to iron on the reverse side, or both, as some of the squares did not stay adhered before sewing.  I then pinned and sewed all the horizontal seams, again lining up & pinning each row.  One word done, 7 to go.

29th September Competition at Alexandria Museum of Art

L'Homme Vert du Cyprie're was juried into the 29th September Competition at Alexandria Museum of Art.  The exhibit opens September 2, 2016, and runs through November 19.  Juror Francis Pavy selected 50 works from approximately 300 submissions.  The piece is composed of layered sheer fabrics and cast fiber, and is approximately 36 x 72.  It is shown here on exhibit at the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge.

Free admission to the Museum on September 10, which is also Art Market day from 10-2.
My work was also included in the 25th, 26th & 28th competitions.

Fly Me to the Moon!

Three of my quilts will be traveling as part of the Fly Me to the Moon collection, celebrating the 50th (yes, really) anniversary of the moon landing in 2019.  Here is the current exhibit schedule:

November 3-6, 2016: Houston International Quilt Festival (54 quilts will be shown), including my "Moonlight Sonata"

Houston IQF sponsor http://www.equilter.com/

January 19-22, 2017: Road to California in Ontario, CA (all FMTTM quilts will be shown)
April 6-8, 2017: Chicago International Quilt Festival in Rosemont, Illinois (54 quilts will be shown), including my "Moonlight Sonata"
May 4-6, 2017: 14th Annual HMQS Home Machine Quilting and Sewing in Salt Lake City, Utah (all FMTTM quilts will be shown)
June 2-4, 2017: Quilters Unlimited Quilt Show in Chantilly, VA (all FMTTM quilts will be shown)
June 15-17, 2017: Sew Original Quilt and Creative Expos in Reno, NV (all FMTTM quilts will be shown)
August 17-20, 2017: World Quilt New England in Manchester, NH (quilts TBD)
September 14-17, 2017: Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA (quilts TBD)
January, 2018 Dates to be announced: Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show (all FMTTM quilts will be shown)
May 11 – 22, 2018    Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Germany (90 quilts will be exhibited)

Here are my quilts:

 By the Light of the Silvery Moon

  By the Light of the Silvery Moon, detail

By the Light of the Silvery Moon, detail

Moonlight Serenade

Moonlight Serenade, detail

Moonlight Serenade, detail

Moonlight Sonata

Moonlight Sonata, detail

Moonlight Sonata, detail

More information can be found at project coordinator Susanne M Jones's website

Exuberance

Selected for In the American Tradition, Houston IQF, 2013, and Chicago 2014, where it was on the program cover!  Traditional windmill pattern, tessellated.  All windmills are from the same fabric, stack & whack technique.

Once in a Blue Monday...

...at the Blue Note Cafe

Included in Hands All Around, Houston IQF 2013, Chicago 2014.  Also in Quilters Newsletter Magazine, Feb/Mar 2014 Web Extras (and the print magazine on p.89)!

Originally made for a crayon challenge at my local guild.  I was so relieved not to pull a brown crayon out of the bag!

Yes, It's a Quilt!

Three layers of fabric, held together by stitching.  That's the definition.
Outer layers: organza.
Inner layer:  woven copper  mesh with areas cut out.
Surface has applique stitched with metallic thread.
Binding is organza.
Title: Autumn Glory
20 x 17

Leaf Party!

Originally made for the 15th anniversary of  the QuiltArt list, there are 15 colors, 15 sunprinted leaves, 15 stamped leaves, 15 quilted leaves.  15 x 15 inches, of course!

My work at Quilt! Knit! Stitch!

Photos courtesy of Laurie Treib.  Thanks again, Laurie!