 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.
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 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.  Levi's Quilt by Katie Lewis, 40" square This week's inspiration quilt is from Katie Lewis. I wanted to share her quilt this week since all Crystals are still on sale 25% off! Just use code CRYSTALS25 at checkout. As Katie shows, you don't have to get crazy with quilting on these fabrics. She hand quilted this quilt for baby Levi.She mostly followed the design lines. She said that where she needed to make she used Crayola Ultra Washable Markers and everything came out when she washed the quilt. Her quilting left the quilt very soft and snuggly. You can read more about this quilt and follow Katie's other projects on her blog.
For sharing, Katie 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.  Look Out by Sue Kelly Today's inspiration comes from Sue Kelly. As I've said many times, to be featured in the gallery you only have to use some hand dyed fabric in your piece and Sue used a perfect piece for her art quilt. Here's what she said about it:
"Here is an abstract quilt inspired by my own photo looking out of Golden Canyon in Death Valley, towards the western sky. The name of this quilt is “Look Out”. The edgy, predominant fabrics are by Marcia Derse. The hand dye represents a refreshing airy place beyond the rather ominous walls of this narrow canyon. It also provides an interesting color contrast, and textural variation. In fact it creates a focal point as important as its surroundings! This was one of the “waste” fabrics I won in a drawing a few years ago. Not a waste at all! As an art quilter, I enjoy working with the huge range of fabrics that are available to us, and I appreciate how your work is often just the touch I need in combination with others, to convey a vision." Keep you eyes on the blog in August because there's going to be another opportunity to win some of these waste fabrics in a few weeks! For sharing, Sue 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.  Lava Flow by Patricia Caldwell, 18" x 29" This week's featured project is Lava Flow by Patricia Caldwell. She made this with only one fabric, the Sassafras gradient! She added lots of detail quilting and White Jade and Sunstone gemstones. 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.  Sassafras Gradient  Treasures of the Moonfish by Jeannette Ringuette, 30 x 30 Jeannette Ringuette was inspired a photograph of Moonfish. She liked the underwater fantasy effect of the Beach Walk gradient and the Yellow Red Shades Pack.. Other embellishments include stenciled fish, Angelina fibers, melted/painted Tyvek beads, founds objects in her stash appliqued or sewn on and fussy cut embellishments from netting fabric. The Moonfish were painted and appliqued along with their fins. 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.  Beach Walk Gradient  Yellow Red Shades  Chrysocolla Meditation by Patricia Caldwell, 16" x 35" This week's featured quilt is Chrysocolla Meditation by Patricia Caldwell. She featured a large piece of copper and gemstone beads of Chrysocolla highlighted with dyed yarns. It's all created on the Riverside Gradient.  Here's a great close up of the copper and gemstone centerpiece for this quilt. You can follow Patricia on her Facebook page. 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.  Riverside Gradient  Sunburst by Marijke van Welzen 43" square This week's inspiration comes from Marijke van Welzen. She quilted a Crystal mandala for a challenge in the MQX Quilt Show.  You can see in this photo the amount of dense textural quilting that she did.
For sharing, Marijke 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 project has to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount.  Copper Apatite Energy by Patricia Caldwell, 18.5 x 20.5 This week's featured quilt is Copper Apatite Energy by Patricia Caldwell. Used Mystic Jade Shades Pack, dyed yarns, copper and apatite gemstone.  Here's a great close up of the copper and gemstone centerpiece for this quilt. The fabric matches the gemstone perfectly. 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.  Mystic Jade Shades Pack |
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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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