tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651873710950033262024-03-13T03:05:33.103-07:00SoulfulthreadsArt quilting, embellishments, free motion quiltingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-85669104571404194492016-04-17T05:52:00.002-07:002016-04-17T05:52:33.287-07:00Back from the Quilts en Beaujolais exhibit, where my 2 series were on display with my online group "Stitched".<br />
I had a great feedback on our work and I got to meet new wonderful artists and admire beautiful quilts.<br />
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Here are the pics of our exhibit ...<br />
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Gillian Travis and I </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-59603212346565286532015-07-29T04:19:00.000-07:002015-07-29T04:26:06.315-07:00These are the 4 quilts of my first series (Trip to Tuscany) which will go to the Open European Quilt Championships in Maastricht, Netherlands in October, part of the "Stitched" international quilt group I belong to <a href="http://stitched-art-textiles.blogspot.fr/">http://stitched-art-textiles.blogspot.fr/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">And these are the 4 quilts of my second series (Color fracture) which will also be at this exhibit. </span><a href="http://www.textile-festivals.com/oeqc2015/en/">http://www.textile-festivals.com/oeqc2015/en/</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-62425029403083941152014-02-21T04:48:00.000-08:002014-02-21T04:48:45.756-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
Last time I was in US, my friend Gloria and I decided to work on a landscape quilt of our choice. It should have been finished by the end of 2013 but other things got in the way and I just finished it today.</div>
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It has obviously a surrealistic feeling, which I've always loved and I named it "Zenitude"</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-43148688471637777972014-02-05T04:40:00.000-08:002014-02-05T04:40:30.609-08:00Trip to Tuscany #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I recently joined an online international art quilt group, http://stitched-art-textles.blogspot.fr/</div>
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and we have planned to work in series on a theme of our choice.</div>
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We have to make 4 pieces in a year and I decided my work would be based on a trip to Tuscany I made 2 years ago.</div>
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These are my first drawings and I decided to play with lights and darks. I will keep the same design throughout the year.</div>
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I was not really happy with the flowers on the bottom right, so I decided not to include them in the final design.</div>
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This is the final quilt. It is pieced and raw edge applique, then free motion quilted. No binding, just a facing to keep a contemporary look to the quilt.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-46125362356317170892014-01-22T08:01:00.001-08:002014-01-22T08:01:48.639-08:00Free motion quiltingJust finished free motion quilting on this piece for a friend. She painted the sunflowers in a class we both took years ago with Phil Beaver. I offered to finish hers.<br />
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I must say that mine is still a UFO, but now that I see the result, I might dig into my drawers to finish it!<br />
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I hadn't quilted in a while and was a bit anxious, but after a few minutes, I got into the rhythm again and enjoyed the process!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-67311092464663877702013-04-08T04:24:00.000-07:002013-04-08T04:24:52.222-07:00Finished Owl I finished to quilt my owl this morning and I fused the binding on and embellished it with one the fancy stitch on my Bernina.<br />
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I put the owl on the side while I was working on a commissioned fabric photo album.</div>
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It's for a little girl's first birthday, so the grand mother asked me to use pink and purple fabrics, my favorites!</div>
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I first decided on the strips layout and fused them onto a rectangle of heavy muslin</div>
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I embellished each strip with threads, ribbons, using one of the fancy stitch on my Bernina</div>
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I added some Fast to Fuse Timtex covered with pink fabric, where I embroidered the name of the little girl </div>
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I was asked to come up with an owl design in order to (hopefully!) teach a class, so here it is :</div>
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I then decided to use Susan Carlson collage technique</div>
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A bit messy, but how much fun!</div>
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When satisfied with my design, I cut out this beauty and I have now to find the right fabric as a background</div>
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I then had to use the ribbons... I liked the idea of using the white one but the two purple didn't inspire me at all! Anyway, I wanted this exercise to look like a shrine (in some way...)<br />
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Life changing 3 long years... Some good things happened, but some others are still weighing on me, the most difficult one is being apart from my children, my friends and my country. But life goes on and I can't complain, I have a nice old house that needs a lot of fixing but my sewing room is great (thanks to my hubby!) and it's a pleasure to come in here every day and work on some projects.<br />
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In December, I had fun participating to a local Christmas market and it was quite a success, I made lots of useful little things (jewelry bags, luggage tags, mini wall hanging, cards, etc...) and some more artistic things like the "Fairy" shoes, bowls and fabric leaves.<br />
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I was also commissioned to make 3 "Fairy" shoes for a friend.<br />
I really enjoyed making them and it's always fun to come up with new ideas of embellishments!<br />
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I also just finished a special order to make a "Drums box", birthday present from a mom to her son who is into African drums<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the flyer for the exhibit, where my box and 3 other quilts will be displayed<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-62203736527035264792009-10-15T14:39:00.000-07:002009-10-17T05:21:36.883-07:00Dream BoxThis project was made to be part of an exhibit that will take place in November at the Whittier art gallery in California.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To make the box frame, I first started to draw my pattern onto a stabilizer, added a piece of felt underneath and stitched along the drawn lines <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I then cut out a a piece of silk Dupioni the same size, layering it on top of the stabilizer, then stitched again on the same lines but on the felt side, added another piece of silk on the felt and followed the same stitched lines again (still following me ...?!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started free motion quilting the 4 layers, using invisible thread in the bobbin and metallic sliver thread on top<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same process of layering the drawned pattern on stabilizer and sandwich it with felt and silk, was used to make the box itself<br />
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Once quilted, I cut out along the roof shape<br />
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Gathering different colored threads/cords, I then prepared my own cord to use along the box and frame<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And couched this cord with a zig zag stitch along the sides of the box and frame<br />
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I then decided to embellish the "inside" of my box, adding 5 letters drawn onto painted Lutradur, looking for some meaningful word to fit the 5 sides of the box...<br />
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After thinking about 5 letters words I could use, and eliminating "lunch, match..." , it became obvious that "Dream" was the one to chose !<br />
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I then decided to embellish the front of the box, adding a different colored rectangle of silk<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To create this box, I got inspired by a wonderful book from Janet Edmonds, called Beginner's Guide to Embroidered Boxes, and a 2004 Quilting Arts Magazine<br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-78750514798598075962009-10-08T19:44:00.000-07:002009-10-08T19:44:21.754-07:00Sherrill Kahn workshopSherrill Kahn is the nicest teacher I have ever had, willing to share everything she knows and encouraging you to try different techniques and most of all, have fun with it !<br />
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I will share with you some pictures of her work and what she demonstrated. She mostly uses Jacquard paints - Textile, Opaque, Dye Na Flow, Lumiere, Versatex - but also colored pencils, oil pastels and permanent markers, we also tried Water Color Magic by Sergeant.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She works on fabric as well as on paper, using an eye dropper to add more paint<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here, we made a stamp out of a piece of styrofoam plate, carving the design with a ball point pen, sponging it with paint and applying the print on the fabric<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here, using a hot plate covered with foil, she applies crayons on fabric and let them melt. It works also on photo paper<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We used hair gel, which works as an extender with the paint, made a resist using school glue and Dorland wax, and so many other crazy and funny things !<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I learned a lot during those 3 days, and have now to play with what I've learned !<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I recommend 2 books from Sherrill Kahn :<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Creative embellishments - Martingale publication<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Creative stamping with mixed media techniques - North Light Books publication<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course her website<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.impressmenow.com/">http://www.impressmenow.com/</a><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-85857696360772991142009-09-27T17:10:00.000-07:002009-09-27T17:10:45.651-07:00Dyeing Fabric with Procion Fiber Reactive Dyes from Dharma<div style="text-align: center;">On Friday, we dyed some fabric at Claudia's house and the goal for each of us was to make a gradation of one color.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I picked Fushia.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Carollee and Chris picked Chartreuse and Yellow<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our 8 pieces of fabric were in different bags and we had to "massage" them several times and keep them in a cooler overnight, so they could stay at the same temperature<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to Claudia for showing us the process, it was fun but kind of too long for me and now... what the heck am I going to do with this gradation of Fushia fabric ...!?<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-30972589277029457232009-09-22T14:44:00.000-07:002009-09-22T17:35:55.258-07:00"AFTER THE STORM", my latest quilt, story behind the frog ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XwOTdPGGmH89dMd0ZyrC0gfbURZhVL5q8YAeJgVLP0XQktFhbMe7H-tAzeM-ikHg-eqkDiXPnDA6TnrPlCMxckl8i43s1SgqTJuGULKb1dWnGIe5L3xuKF6490eu32XMvaRCBYiLGm0/s1600-h/IMG_4718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" iq="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XwOTdPGGmH89dMd0ZyrC0gfbURZhVL5q8YAeJgVLP0XQktFhbMe7H-tAzeM-ikHg-eqkDiXPnDA6TnrPlCMxckl8i43s1SgqTJuGULKb1dWnGIe5L3xuKF6490eu32XMvaRCBYiLGm0/s320/IMG_4718.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my latest quilt, kind of created because I didn't know where to put my frog on !<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Frogs have a special meaning for me... that's how the British call French people and a dear friend of mine keeps on reminding me about this fact, buying me all kind of different objects related to this charming animal...<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my native language, frogs make a weird sound : "croa-croa", but I like the sound of the English speaking frog much better : "rippit-rippit" because I know what this sound means !! I use my seam ripper a lot to undo those mistakes...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, a couple of month ago, I made Froggy using the "Thread Painting" technique, learned many years ago in a class with Nancy Prince and more recently with B.J Adams. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You trace your design on a water soluble stabilizer and make a "sandwich" using 2 layers of tulle and another layer of water soluble. You then use a hoop and start free motion "painting"with both, a straight and a zig-zag stitch.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coming back to Froggy, she, (because in French, it's a female ...) was jumping from one background to another and couldn't really find a cosy place to rest, until she landed next to my cactus...<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hubby kept on telling me that one can't find a frog next to a cactus next to water ...but in my fantasy world, you can !<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then added some silk flowers (torn from a bunch bought at Michael's years ago) with a bead in the center of each one.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-49994487940174107862009-09-17T20:00:00.000-07:002009-09-17T20:00:40.879-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The class with Terry Waldron was really interesting and inspiring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is a wonderful artist who knows how to free you from your preconceived ideas about quilting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBmGxiIDPcr3EDYgFO-9ethT2FK0fqhWlzelQlHsWzdL8LIONiVv8YFaVUXojMA6uFl4yjHg5ZUzUaW3F0ZrfyGbMZWZM2f_P2saJGuKgjcfyNoAfBjIHuBUPLNCQ0-HFDimMAZ8YE-E/s1600-h/IMG_4691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mq="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBmGxiIDPcr3EDYgFO-9ethT2FK0fqhWlzelQlHsWzdL8LIONiVv8YFaVUXojMA6uFl4yjHg5ZUzUaW3F0ZrfyGbMZWZM2f_P2saJGuKgjcfyNoAfBjIHuBUPLNCQ0-HFDimMAZ8YE-E/s320/IMG_4691.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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You then have to add branches, flowers and leaves, everything cut out without a pattern, using whatever fabric inspire you. <br />
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I am still piecing my background so no picture of my work right now, but it was for sure an eye opening class to create your own piece of art !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-76297091871810585572009-09-15T07:57:00.000-07:002009-09-15T07:57:51.905-07:00So, tonight is my guild meeting and Terry Waldron (<a href="http://www.terrywaldron.com/">http://www.terrywaldron.com/</a>) is our speaker. As the workshop coordinator for the South Bay Quilters Guild, I will get to take her class tomorrow which is "An artful vase of flowers", using scraps of fabric and best of all, no pattern !<br />
I can't wait to tell you and show you pictures !<br />
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I am currently finishing a facing (instead of a traditional binding) on a quilt. You can see a close up on the head board of this blog, with my thread painted frog. I will show you in a coming post the process behind thread painting.<br />
I have also started a 3D box/shrine, using silk and am taking pictures as I go, to share with you very soon.<br />
Stay with me !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-63048615620613820582009-09-11T16:22:00.000-07:002009-09-11T17:54:30.895-07:00RJR Visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2RF-UjOBxBxzjKhw1z5Zspz41rOeWZZvXL5SyrgpxXxYJFvUCwUf-F8N99OpUBPSZXw2_brkZMsoyo9elzv52hNCqbTiKFFXobYiM7yi2G7XgogbWd6LjFHVTb17UM6sv2P7l7YDBrk/s1600-h/IMG_4621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380359239290681250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2RF-UjOBxBxzjKhw1z5Zspz41rOeWZZvXL5SyrgpxXxYJFvUCwUf-F8N99OpUBPSZXw2_brkZMsoyo9elzv52hNCqbTiKFFXobYiM7yi2G7XgogbWd6LjFHVTb17UM6sv2P7l7YDBrk/s320/IMG_4621.JPG" border="0" /></a> What an exciting day today ! My friends and I went for a tour of the famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RJR</span> fabric company. It is located only 5 minutes from my home and Mr John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Durnell</span>, Vice President of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">RJR</span> organised a very well documented visit of the plant.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUjOfrUSSQL_G4r3rDXfuxpOwEw6bIKlXMfwMP1M_lmjT9KQGDR2H1vSHuyrzC2VJv3T5s7qZwCx_rhWkReodxTON6145OE43u2WNAv5KbNvkSeIu-6rs4D9GOEpR47QABMVRG4CmT5U/s1600-h/IMG_4622.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380359056617902242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUjOfrUSSQL_G4r3rDXfuxpOwEw6bIKlXMfwMP1M_lmjT9KQGDR2H1vSHuyrzC2VJv3T5s7qZwCx_rhWkReodxTON6145OE43u2WNAv5KbNvkSeIu-6rs4D9GOEpR47QABMVRG4CmT5U/s320/IMG_4622.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">RJR</span> was created by Robert, the father, James and Richard, his sons in 1978 and John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Durnell</span> purchased his share of the company 18 years ago after James had retired.</div><div></div><div>Among many others, Robyn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pandolph</span>, Jinny Beyer, Lynette Jensen and Susan Branch are designers working with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">RJR</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ey-_X0y28CDob6kyHsSCHASPzBXTx_24BYoS4d-Lx0FwGEUJ2vt9Ix1hyphenhyphenyIM0OWMTn2jEJvpLlkdldPeOTeQ4SGkL4pZjf_Ib7r6w17-GB_mpYi0PSXnrep3RCjrTjs8PhQAevkIAcQ/s1600-h/IMG_4624.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380358844412398466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ey-_X0y28CDob6kyHsSCHASPzBXTx_24BYoS4d-Lx0FwGEUJ2vt9Ix1hyphenhyphenyIM0OWMTn2jEJvpLlkdldPeOTeQ4SGkL4pZjf_Ib7r6w17-GB_mpYi0PSXnrep3RCjrTjs8PhQAevkIAcQ/s320/IMG_4624.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is the room where they have the sample boards for marketing the collections.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1VZvFZqGyNi2ujHSKj8gW4FiKLg1oTmYPwIyYt2qxZcb3SMzhd5Wm8dzm9qsCZmMQ9OcstD5H8whwMc7cZQU7B2aCBg_Q4HoJpTNkGUmGY1tLroDpbUxXRSOJBMAazdou5lhEYYS3HY/s1600-h/IMG_4625.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380358655812548738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1VZvFZqGyNi2ujHSKj8gW4FiKLg1oTmYPwIyYt2qxZcb3SMzhd5Wm8dzm9qsCZmMQ9OcstD5H8whwMc7cZQU7B2aCBg_Q4HoJpTNkGUmGY1tLroDpbUxXRSOJBMAazdou5lhEYYS3HY/s320/IMG_4625.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A sneak peek of Susan Branch new baby line of fabric, which will be available at the end of the year.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kUcRRD1fPqdaI0WzMCz1kCHxeB-y7wAkdTGfvQuypFsWhxBNwUipsmIKBUdTAEApTOEoH1ic7fYXmNRXT3WrMoNCz9sF2ZFVb-h9QDifeNwODB0r0R9V1pPQntA7a1BsjnfTODbX_y0/s1600-h/IMG_4626.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380358442076935250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kUcRRD1fPqdaI0WzMCz1kCHxeB-y7wAkdTGfvQuypFsWhxBNwUipsmIKBUdTAEApTOEoH1ic7fYXmNRXT3WrMoNCz9sF2ZFVb-h9QDifeNwODB0r0R9V1pPQntA7a1BsjnfTODbX_y0/s320/IMG_4626.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We were like kids in a candy store ...!!! So much fabric in front of our eyes made us drool ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R64bDw1-JhKVQ5AxGCdRBs3TEKn0o2aC5Z_w2tS_qINWGBER9rW4QQPCaeTT-XfN2gsATKZPkCIADiyfq6laD9Qq3YEohbNlQ16QPba6Ul0w2t7NP4G8d3N-8hcw1rW13YPKVvW8enI/s1600-h/IMG_4630.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380358169521735906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R64bDw1-JhKVQ5AxGCdRBs3TEKn0o2aC5Z_w2tS_qINWGBER9rW4QQPCaeTT-XfN2gsATKZPkCIADiyfq6laD9Qq3YEohbNlQ16QPba6Ul0w2t7NP4G8d3N-8hcw1rW13YPKVvW8enI/s320/IMG_4630.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here, they put the kits and charm packs together<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtdTHdVTzG3JHsFQh9pjKS5_9YfMq48hOKAwkG2bBeCz7Uu4vAS9cTdn2mWymya0EzE7Q0JzEICOCaUaSkG1C6NlnMJ6RnZC-ZQCfwt3OVe9kdqafmNFYnmQ4UNJZuDLqb9itTAfvd0g/s1600-h/IMG_4633.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380357954186749778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtdTHdVTzG3JHsFQh9pjKS5_9YfMq48hOKAwkG2bBeCz7Uu4vAS9cTdn2mWymya0EzE7Q0JzEICOCaUaSkG1C6NlnMJ6RnZC-ZQCfwt3OVe9kdqafmNFYnmQ4UNJZuDLqb9itTAfvd0g/s320/IMG_4633.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">RJR</span> sold 30 000 yards of the following fabric (Potatoes) in the last 3 years !</div><div>Everybody wanted to make this microwaveable <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">potatoe</span> bag and used this print !</div><div></div><div>How many lbs of potatoes were sold during the same period ...?</div><div>If you can answer this question ... good for you !<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0yE5xlsa7Ag2QwtyekUN1C_03ywTrXHrYa9crmy7S8u7s-cCEdSrMRhSBFH8VyayJYV6mgj022kdaU4oLFT_X96IvWaqLcrSdXd5BF-OCfPoyZgMxsfwPqWIia6Wz-WV5i_HC83xXR4/s1600-h/IMG_4635.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380357688657277970" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNYoctiU7ssRcl9PhZIOfhgiDoXcIij-xyA_qaoUvxmDLUhw0KcUYiaHLhieDsSaYrr1wq3WZuBPlCX0faDxPlWoM2UeRLJrZevbneLMCyZuC_FIDUFGm3lX-Vs-WvRcdQ3gXig1iDjE/s320/IMG_4645.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the little designer corner</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRBX5vUWgXuSfKRe9GgLe89evtPvw5DvbmBc8RtiOOPMcMyjtBPPW6dJ6BCgkaleEK_nqG7NkkzbfyCy9P0S9Omm2iCffgEWBPFJHabdKrxjRWfo3_DMwZvA1FAu7fDJ8rf_A5m5Hssc/s1600-h/IMG_4647.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380355538679555058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRBX5vUWgXuSfKRe9GgLe89evtPvw5DvbmBc8RtiOOPMcMyjtBPPW6dJ6BCgkaleEK_nqG7NkkzbfyCy9P0S9Omm2iCffgEWBPFJHabdKrxjRWfo3_DMwZvA1FAu7fDJ8rf_A5m5Hssc/s320/IMG_4647.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And the icing on the cake for this great tour was when John gave to each one of us a </div><div>big charm pack !<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBouTZEpxr4H0ycDepvLY6Inp0vyMzPbLFWSWtaUvy4cl2OQE_4dTrrWxp4NTuF_t2-6P1Tca_FhhkmEYyv-Xben4bA_yGIasW0-6J4RJBMKqj9JxNpCHZugU1cQ_u7_KNd21W6j5feCg/s1600-h/IMG_4648.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380355320926473586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBouTZEpxr4H0ycDepvLY6Inp0vyMzPbLFWSWtaUvy4cl2OQE_4dTrrWxp4NTuF_t2-6P1Tca_FhhkmEYyv-Xben4bA_yGIasW0-6J4RJBMKqj9JxNpCHZugU1cQ_u7_KNd21W6j5feCg/s320/IMG_4648.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />What a great visit !!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265187371095003326.post-21622940730077187942009-09-09T16:26:00.000-07:002009-09-12T15:28:03.442-07:00"Archeology quilt challenge"<div>Enough of procrastinating... this will be my first post on my new blog. Welcome to all of you who will take sometime to read my scribblings.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div>A while ago, my art quilt group, "Quilts on the Wall", organised a challenge on an "Archeology" theme quilt. A lot of options came to my mind, but as I was digging into my small amount of fabric ... I re-discovered my husband's old vest he was wearing in the 80's... (no comment !) I had cut out the front of it as I liked the shiny blue fabric with Egyptian designs, guessing that one day, I will just need it. </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKMkxHt30_KDoSyhtWE7YGAmVdo2iM-5xpxXfXg4_4FOmj5ZGwybC90O62couQ9QFpKKh5bWgSOvxZMrKQZ7nPwZMEuXtoHYeY9JVtDzHgZyA5aS7LkoN0IxPbLPQRh6XPxwgNBK7Kto/s1600-h/IMG_4461.JPG"></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380007940560295826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WWkoBi2-1gdNEIII0hUG4V9CDYit9ae63_53iEyozfnA45nSW9l3h_Wyle3giVe4bgajwGWkeQ5FvgRzS4tgwLYaU5g9LyBaJ-v0Fq_vSTT5_6mnnMoTSarqB89Txd0ZjvoBXoVIrQ4/s320/IMG_4461.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Well, that day has come and it was the beginning of my journey into the past ...<br /></div><br /><br /><div>I decided this vest needed a "head", so here I went and spent 2 hours at my local library to find books about Egypt, trying to find the right guy who would end up replacing my husband's face and chest... This was not an easy task, he is so handsome ... at least for me ... but I must say I discovered on the back of a page, the beautiful face of SETI I, son of RAMSES I and I knew he would be the one ! You will notice he has half of his brain left, but we are not asking him to talk...</div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380008722560833442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HLjGdcvkpXlPozQPLKrBtb-YywTBq3aCxbbj1aZHOa8HFEnMLGvxZ_XZGdyV53KfPpEwpgGaQssrs98Vrkvu8XpXmGJd4xH-U1r_oYtDD0jBym8KmwCnscIZJ6WI8jx15_PPr8tzlmY/s320/IMG_4597.JPG" border="0" /><br />Anyway, I then decided I would use a deconstructed screen printed fabric I had painted last year in a workshop with Kerr Grabowski, that looked appropriate to the theme, and following the advice of my "hubby" (always... well, almost always...) I sewed some ceramic Egyptian scarab beads on the vest, in place of the original buttons. I ordered them on line and they all look a bit different.</div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379886409405830562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJCZSVhZhn6diXwAjYLXAeQoWaaYbwWjavZLJL3PaZ-xSxvQDSSlPiWGcpXaQxJBgewqeYhDDnWwvINnvlOfGBhRuXYLrpTlxqa8iLhVy3e2NGLEMH7YJKkgTqtwP6T6tlhkj1lelBaY/s320/IMG_4465.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><div>I used T-shirt transfer paper to applique the face on the background and used the same technique to applique the big scarab at the bottom of the quilt. I then used gold beads to sew around the scarab.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379891181354166914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgs7pzYZrC9-6PmC57SntIG4Nk_eCo4oj1KAIDBt_TsSQupRni900c0SzIcJrAqkQ_Jv4hDBi6-1DIdv_db3apgTvSrXZRv2WuqgbsyXR69LjqDbFG841m7aGLW0bCWXvfhi2M9c_s7E/s320/IMG_4567.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Did you know that the ancient Egyptians gave a lot of power to the sacred scarab, symbol of life, hope and regeneration ?<br /><br /></div><div>On each side of the vest, I appliqued some "gauze" fabric, that reminded me of the strips around the mummy ...</div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379891444546449090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbhaHUEBvkuSG1tH9k_qDpu8W9InbEW-w39ao5gWFtuR-U1svf5ZIX98Ld6lRsRL2pQapsq374EQuVltyhgZ5xNiyM4pJH3atAmt61Gt8-Q_a3py1QerK8SkCEQ_T7kb6K9EY19TGWz8/s320/IMG_4566.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>I finished this piece by quilting with metallic gold thread on the vest and off white and invisible thread on the sides.</div><br /><div></div><div>This quilt will tour for 2 years in different places with my art quilt group and it was really an "out of the box" project for me, but I really enjoyed the process !</div></div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072953045089389718noreply@blogger.com13