Published

The new issue of Art Quilting Studio comes out today.  I am excited to announce that I have an article in this issue!  Four pages, full color.. looks fabulous!  Now i need to figure out what my next quilt/article/book will be!  Looking forward to 2014!

Drawing again

I seem to move from medium to medium... Some days, I can't do anything but sew, some days it is drawing that captures my attention.  I started doing these fast sketches at night.  They are all done in pen and i add some pencil in later.  I have mentioned before that i like to draw in pen.  I had read a book years ago that mentioned that some people would erase and erase their drawing to get it "perfect" and in the process loose some of the spontaneity and get themselves stuck always making things perfect.  One option to get yourself to move on.. was to use pen.  no erasing.  Just the option to work with what you did..

I really like that.  Makes it easier to just sit and draw.. I not creating masterpieces here.. just an exercise for my brain to keep moving ahead to keep creating. 

The Wolf

16 years ago i made my first art quilt.. and my first wolf.  This piece was hand appliqued and hand quilted.  I have been tempted over the years to re-quilt it. 

Recently I have had the opportunity to work on another wolf quilt.  The BART Charter school named their Cross Country team the Wolf Pack.  So I decided that they needed a banner for their team.

  

I had so much fun making this banner that i decided to make another piece for their fundraiser auction.  this little piece is 15 inches by 13 inches. 

 

I do have two more wolf quilts planned, it's nice to take a break from the dark side and do something a bit lighter.  

Im still in the studio painting up gift cards.. Im really finding it alot of fun to paint on these little cards.  My daughter has challanged me to do a dragon.  So next week's challange is to make a dragon on the cards for her.  Meanwhile, I will continue to work on my faces.. they are morphing with each one.. and i really like the direction they are going in.  hope you do too!

I have always been someone who recycles.. although they sometimes call me more of a pack rat or orgainized hoarder.  I love to find things and make them into something else.  A while ago i made a widow shade out of gift cards. 

After about a year of use.. i decided that it needed an update.  so i have taken it down and are reusing the cards again to produce more art. 

painted cards provide even more possiblities than using them as is.  i love the look of painting on them and plan to make more artwork with the cards.  I also have started to repaint cd's. 

the possiblities are endless. 

Check out my Etsy site.. i have put up a few more things for sale.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/lonewolf
The face and 5 canvas bags.

      Just received my copies of Fabric Surface Design by Cheryl Rezendes.  I am honored to be on page 213 of this book.  Not really crazy about the photo.. but i love the two pieces that she choose to use in her book.  This boost was just what i needed.  I have been feeling a bit down about life and work.  Hopefully this is just the beginning of an upswing for this year.  

 I have been working on quite a few pieces lately.. some are UFO's and some are new.. Im not entirely happy with them.  Im not sure what they are missing.  the first one is the man in the moon.  this is an older piece that i finally finished.  Although there are parts that i do like.. there seems to be something missing.













     The next one I did was another half done one with a painted face as well.  I do however, like this piece.  i like the painting, the colors and the quilting.  it all seemed to come together.  

      The next piece was a pieced face.  This was another older piece and i do like the quilting on this, i over all feel there is something missing from the composition.  

     Well, i have some new ideas... and need to get back to the studio and get back to work.. hopefully alot of new work to pour out of me this year.

 

New Start

New Year.. New work... time to get started with my quilting again.  i have started at least a dozen pieces and will be posting photos of them in the next week or so.  Nice to be back to working again.. :)