Sorry I have not posted

My partner and I are hosting a party on April 30 and we are updating a few things in and out of the house so I am working very hard on a very long list of  Honey-Do's. I hope as the end of the month approches I will get back into my art. I am itching to draw, paint, quilt, print, photo transfer... But the list has to come 1st... Like I told Lyric (Lyric Montgomery Kinard - http://www.lyrickinard.blogspot.com/ ) I have to make time for art because there never seems to be time for art. I do how ever start my day off by reading other artist blogs, and it gets me in the right mind set to start my day, coffee and a blog anyone? Hugs to all!  Here is a picture of the kitchen before and I will post afters...

I have had request!

Hi All,

I have had request from friends to repost the mini quilts. So here ya go!
The first two are at the bottom and if anyone wants to know more about any of them
just leave me a commit and I will reply.




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The Moth

As I am working on larger pieces I am finding it necessary to make a "test" piece. This is from the "Keyhole" quilt I am working on. I looked at many escutcheons and took this idea for my final work. I wanted to highlight the stitching with paint. I needed to see how it would work, were is the light coming from, how far does the light wrap the details, etc. There is an application of a light gray acrylic paint and then a pure white right at the stitching line. As I wanted to either sell this little gem or send it to The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative it needed something more. I liked the idea of something that loves fabric as much as I do...a moth. So I found a photograph for inspiration, drew him/her on a piece of black fabric, did a little painting, colored pencil, ink...then cut him/her out and fused it to the top with black Mistryfuse (love that stuff). I still needed to bind the quilt but I wanted to get it on the site. So, if I don't get back this week. Y'all have a good one!
"The Moth" 9" x 12".

Asian Scroll

This art quilt was inspired form the fan quilt. While doing research for ideas for the “Fan” I was looking at scrolls and was fascinated with the proportion of borders the Japanese use on scrolls. The distribution of fabrics and images is very different. I also remembered a flower I saw on a quilting show which featured a quilter who did fabric origami. A little more research and I found the pattern for the flower. The center panel is a original print of a fish in a pond while raining. I still have to add beads to the center of the flowers but even without the beads I love the piece. It is for sale, $150.00 on Etsy when I get it finished. If you want it, let me know...it will give me the push to finish and get it posted. Quilt is ready to hang with a dowel pocket and dowel sew in. "Asian Scroll" 12.75" x 68.75".

The Fan Quilt

The quilt to the right was a challenge from a fan who was following me on my old web site. She is a very sweet woman for Toronto, Canada. She described herself as a Asian woman trapped in a white girls body. So I knew when it came time to do her quilt it had to be Asian. All the fabrics are from my stash, I love Asian fabrics, themes and motifs. The quilt is based on a fan, the alternation of black is to show a fold or give you some idea of a shadow. I love the way color works with black however I have recently been looking how bright colored fabrics look on a field of white. "Fan" 36" x 18".

Got a new one!

Welcome to my new FREE blog. I will try to get up all the mini quilts form my quilt-a-day project I did last year. OK it only lasted 30 days but I learned a lot in those 30 days. I am working on two larger art quilts now, one is on a Southwestern Indian basket theme and the other is a key hole idea I have been playing with that I might take further. As I am making the larger pieces I am also making a smaller test pieces. These test pieces are being sent to The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) - Raising Awareness & Funding Research Through Art you can read more at : http://www.alzquilts.org/paq.html#ixzz1DBRsdW8Y I have watched the work they have been doing over the past 6-7 years at the IQF Houston and I have a friend who works for them and it is a good cause. I will also be posting a few pieces for sale on Etsy.com, so please buy a quilt or art quilt and help me pay my bills.