Granddaughter's Sweater

This is a sweater I knitted for my granddaughter. She calls them "jackets". Just to show I can do something besides cut and paste! I also finished a pink and purple cardigan, but it needs something more so I will post it when finished!

MORE LITTLE BIRD COLLAGE QUILTS

I love making these little bird quiltlets/fabric collages, ala DJ Pettitt, Lisa Engelbrecht. I use the background fabrics made with techniques taught by Lisa using ink washes on muslin. Then I added bits of fabric, lace or ribbon and the bird image with buttons to complete the pieces.
Now all I have to do is to figure out how to hang them and if I should mount them on some heavier material. I forget to say I backed the images with wool felt pieces for stability.
The next ones I make I will extend the washes closer to the edges, check out what words are on the music before I sew it into the collage/quiltlet! And maybe work more lace or fabric into the piece.

Then I hope to utilize the soldered holders like DJ did as hangars for them.

Mini Bird Quilt

This is a page I did in one of the Calendergirlz group calendars. It is a mini quilt using techniques learned from Lisa Engelbrecht and DJ Pettitt. Plus I love birds and seem to put them on every single thing I do these days. The background is scrapbook paper, then some color washed canvas with a page from a bird calendar showing the anatomy of a bird layered again with fabric and a bird stamped on another piece of color washed muslin. There is a matching tag tied into the binding with the blue fiber that is showing.

Want to see Adorable Children?

Hannah and Charlie, two of the cutest grandchildren in the land, having a great time playing together at grandma's.

Lynne Perrella 2008

So, here I am, two years later, again taking Lynne Perrella's class. She is such an inspirational instructor. Talk about making you think outside your comfort level! It is really challenging and fun, too. These two photos are parts of the large collage I did. Lynne cuts it and folds it into a book for you, these are two of the pages that result. I am still working on it so will post the more finished pieces when they are ready. Already they are looking different.

Here is my tribute to the Fourth of July. It is a spread in my calendar RR. I forgot to take a photo of the card open! It has images inside. The background is a portion of a collage done in Lynne Perrella's class I took at The Artists' Nook in 2006! I can't believe it was that long ago. The bottom has a postcard on it where I used another part of that same collage as the background, Celebrate Freedom Day!

Did I tell you I love calligraphy now?

I am still practicing my calligraphy. I hope Lisa Engelbrecht is proud of the inspiration she was to me in her class at the Artists Nook in Fort Collins! I never thought I could do calligraphy, and I still can't, but I am getting closer. I am going to try to make a fabric book similar to the one she did using every letter of the alphabet and having a quotation utilizing each letter, one on each page. This is page one! F is for feathers. Maybe I was forced to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" over and over again. Who knows? I am not totally satisfied with my first page, but it is okay. Hopefully by the time I get to the last page, my technique will better. It takes lots and lots of practice I am learning. And it takes quite a bit of warming up before you start, each and every time. Well I don't think Lisa does, but I have to. Thanks, Lisa!