This week's inspiration is from Patricia Caldwell. For this one she moved from the wall to the bed with a 78" square bed quilt made mostly with Stash Packs. Pattern is from the 2022 Moda challenge blocks . She choose one of the blocks that she liked and cut strips 2 inches wide. Sashing 2 1/2 inches wide. She had it professionally quilted with a pattern called Vortex.
You will see next week that this project was also inspiration for me! For sharing, Patricia received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. This week's inspiration is an art quilt by Wendy Tuma. It was a challenge quilt made for an art quilt group. The challenge theme was Animal Kingdom. The chicken's "floof" was made from trimmings from another quilt stitched onto water-soluble stabilizer. The background is the On The Horizon Gradient.
You can read more about it and see more photos on Wendy's blog. For sharing, Wendy received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. This week's inspiration comes to us from Patricia Caldwell. This is how her creative mind works with leftovers! It's made with dyed fabrics, fibers, cheese clothe, tulle, glass beads and drift wood gathered on the Oregon coast. The drift wood was washed, dried and then sprayed with water based polyurethane. Hand stitched with quilting thread, embroidery thread, dyed yarns and machine quilted. Here are some detail shots so you can see all of the beautiful hand stitching and embellishments.
For sharing, Patricia received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. Today's inspiration is Highland Bess by Stephanie Schneider. Bess is worked on a background of the Woodlands Gradient. Bess' lovely hairdo is made with dyed cheesecloth.
For sharing, Stephanie received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. This week's inspiration is another inspiring art quilt from Patricia Caldwell. The coastal influence of her new home in Oregon is really showing through. She use the Waves gradient as the jumping off point for her trademark stitching and embellishment. In this close up photo you can see some the the wonderful details that she's added to the quilt that include fibers, dyed yarns, Larimar and Chrysocolla crystal beads. She's also included driftwood pieces and polished jasper and small pieces of agate found on the beaches at the Oregon coast.
For sharing, Patricia received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. Today's inspiration comes from Heidi Kapszukiewicz. Here's Heidi's description of her challenge quilt: This is a guild challenge where we used our birthstone color for a quilted piece. I chose Vicki's blue fabric to be the basis for my aquamarine birthstone. I saw many flower and leaf images in the fabrics and I wanted to try thread stitching. So I used various variegated threads to bring out the shapes. I also wanted to have a natural border of leaves at the bottom. These were added later. This is all Vicki's fabric except the tummy of my tree swallow who decided to visit us with its mate. I added star shaped beads to complete the sky. I won "members' choice" at my guild and this was displayed at our quilt show with other entries. For sharing, Heidi received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount.
This week's inspiration is an art quilt from Karen Edwards. She used a brown Stash Pack for all of the elements.
For sharing, Karen received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. This week's inspiration comes to us from Linda Webster. She used the Pueblo Gradient and the Cranberry Shades Pack along with other hand dyed and batik fabrics. Her techniques included raw edge applique and machine quilting. For sharing, Linda received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount.
Today's inspiration is a challenge quilt made by Andrea Luliak suing the South Pacific gradient.
From Andrea: "This was a challenge from my FL art quilt group, the Dirty Dozen. We had to paint an ugly watercolor painting and pick a section for inspiration. The ugly painting was the hardest part of the challenge, and I'm pleased with the use of the gradient! I added a small bit of yellow, as the gradient piece could not completely cover the area. It will be exhibited at Quilts and Lace in Florida." For sharing, Andrea received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. Today's inspiration is a special and very personalized wedding chuppah made by Helen Ernst. The design is based on a photograph of the mountain where the groom proposed. Helen used a combination of gradients (Blue Sky and Forest Canopy), Stash Packs, Shades Packs and Stars in her composition. For the top of the canopy she had me dye yardage of the lightest side of the Blue Sky gradient . Here's a photo of the happy couple the day that they first saw the chuppah. They were thrilled!
For sharing, Helen received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. |
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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