One of the members of our art quilt group, Capital Region Textile Artists, brought some scrap kimono fabric to a meeting and challenge us to make a quilt using them. We finally convinced her that we should be allowed to add one or two of our own fabrics. She also stipulated that it should be [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Lila’s Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Circle Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The spring challenge from my quilt guild (Q.U.I.L.T., Inc) in Delmar NY was to make a quilt that included something circular. I had some silk fabrics that have been gestating for several years; the kind of fabric that is so precious, you hate to cut into it. So I gulped and went at it. Each [...]
Fast Friday Fabric Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The June challenge for this group (http://fastfridayquilts.blogspot.com/) was to make a quilt using a fungus motif, split complementary colors and texture or dimension. I made the shelf fungus by fusing the top to a bottom fabric, then stitching each on one edge to the brown “bark” that I had scrunched and textured by stitching. I [...]
