 Crystal Rainbow by Patricia Caldwell, 28 x 43 This week's inspiration comes from Patricia Caldwell. She mounted 2" mini squares on a pale gray background. The squares are all from 1 fabric, the Sundance Gradient! They are embellished with embroidery floss, beads and 49 different gemstones. The gray background and darker gray binding were custom dyed. The panels are connected with silver jewelry connectors. 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.  Sundance Gradient
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 Women's Empowerment Minister's Stole Lauren Furey is a fiber artist who specializes in custom minister's stoles. This one is for a Unitarian Universalist minister in Syracuse, NY. The guidelines were intersectional feminist empowerment in pinks with texture and a flaming chalice (symbol of the UU faith). She chose women as trees because they are strong and bending. They are connected to each other through their roots and branches. The symbol for "woman" was turned into the flaming chalice. Materials include glass beads, Czech glass beads, Swarovski Crystals, high end batiks, Dupioni Silk, ceramic faces and hand dyed Shades packs in Sepia and Walnut for the flesh tones. For sharing, Lauren 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. Lauren shared several photos for us to see the beautiful details of her work.  Alexa, Play Jaws Music by Cindy Piklington This week's inspiration comes from Cindy Piklington. She made this quilt in response to a challenge. This challenge had to include three particular fabrics (#1- orange in swimmers trunks, # 2- shell fabric, #3- light blue speckled fabric near the top), include curved piecing, and also include a bobbin in some manner. The theme was Bobbin on the Beach. She won a scrap back from one of my drawings and included some of those fabrics in this really clever quilt.
For sharing, Cindy 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.  The Eyes Have It by Margaret Griffiths Margaret Griffiths is back with another featured quilt this week. The Eyes Have It is made with some of my "waste fabrics" that she purchased from one of our local quilt club fund raisers. I bet this one took as long to face as it did to quilt!
For sharing, Margaret 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.  Camp Memories by Joanna Mack 24.5" x 35" Joanna Mack brings us our inspiration for this week. She wrote a blog post explaining the inspiration and construction challenges for this wonderful quilt. Be sure to go check it out and read her blog for lots more great inspiration. Joanna made this using the Nightfall Gradient. For sharing, Joanna 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.  Nightfall Gradient  Poppies in Vase by Margaret Griffiths Margaret Griffiths, an artist and friend from Richmond VA, brings us this week's featured piece. She created this as a challenge to take inspiration from but not copy one of Van Gogh's painting Poppies & Daisies in Vase. Members of Fiber and Stitch Art Collective have their challenge works on display this month at Studio IX, 969 2nd Street, Charlottesville VA. You can see more photos from the exhibit and get other details on their Facebook page. The works will be up through October 27 but only on weekdays. The gallery space is closed on weekends.
For sharing, margaret 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.  Crystalized Vitamin C by Patricia Caldwell, 21" x 31" This week's featured project comes from Patricia Caldwell. Her piece is based on a photo that her husband, Bill Caldwell, took of Vitamin C under a microscope. She used Black and a purple Stars for the background and Sundance and Southwest Gradients for the elements.  Detail of Crystalized Vitamin C by Patricia Caldwell 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.  Sundance Gradient  Southwest Gradient  Bamboo by Marcy George - 38.5" x 30.5" This week's inspiration comes from Marcy George. The background pleated dyed fabric that she purchased a few years ago was here starting point. Marcy is a friend of mine and loves getting bags of thread ends from me. I save them when I'm ironing and packaging fabric. She used lots of those, some Shibori fabrics and fabrics from her own stash. She added surface design with paint and quilted with cotton and silk threads.
For sharing, Marcy 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.  Hallucinating Hibiscus by Irma Lubbe, 34" x 19" This week's inspiration is from Irma Lubble. She began Hallucinating Hibiscus in an workshop with Jane Sassaman. She used Groundhog Day Gradient as the background and the flowers are made with Sugar Maple and Jenny Lake Gradients.
For sharing, Irma 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.  Felicia and Fiona in Florida by Jeannette Ringuette This week's featured quilt is this fun flamingo quilt by Jeannette Ringuette. It's 32" square and she used a Reflections fabric for the water and Claret Shades Pack for the birds. It is based off of the pattern Felicia by BJ Designs and Patterns. She made it as a gift to my niece who lives in Florida. She added paint around the sun and thread for the sun reflection in the water and quilted the birds to have some semblance of feathers.  Here's a close up of the stitching and quilting detail.
For sharing, Jeannette 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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