Another Art Quilt

Cleaning out the closet last night, I came across this quilt that I did about a month ago. You would think that the jiggy-jag edges would be easier to put together, but that's not true. This one was a real you-know-what! I like how it turned out, though. I'd seen one like this a long time ago, and when I came across the sketch in my journal, I thought I'd try it. It's about 30"x30"--a nice size to hang on a wall.

Monoprints

I was so inspired by the article on monoprinting in this month's Cloth, Paper, Scissors that I decided to make some of my own. Yesterday I experimented. Of course, I didn't have any glass on which to roll the ink so I used a piece of palette paper instead. And, oh gee, I didn't have any printing ink so I just used cheap acrylics with retarder added. I'm pretty good at making do when I have to.

I drew houses, much like she did in the article, and then added some big popsicle trees. I don't want to make a paper quilt with these, just individual prints. Yesterday I mentioned using this same process on fabric--that's on tomorrow's agenda. I'm still trying to figure out how to control the paint absorption by the fabric...

The bottom print is done, I think. I liked the combination of machine- and hand-stitching...

Another small quilt

I'm getting the chance to work on these small quilts during the evenings, and because they're so small (this one's 6"x8") they finish quickly and easily.

I don't feel like writing today, just sharing what I've done and getting back to work. Once the weekend is here, I don't get to spend as much time in the studio. I feel so blessed to spend my days doing something I love so much that I'm sorry (almost) to see the weekend arrive. Yesterday I spent much too much time drifting around the internet, so today I'm going to work!