Quilting Arts Challenges : Quilt

A Green world through my Green eyes

2clart — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:54:44 GMT

What's your" Signature Color" ? I love nature so I tend to lean towards green.My entry is a combination of Applique,Beading,Embroidery,Illustration with a permanent pen and quilting.The binding was done with several rows of zigzag on top of varigated grosgrain ribbon I like to use batik fabrics alot because everyone is different and you can find many images in the -at random dyeing process if you study the fabrics closely.

Staycation - Swimming

nsroths — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:04:37 GMT

Hi,

My name is Savannah Roths, I am 12 years old and this summer, my staycation will involve swimming and hang out with my animals.

Savannah Roths

nsroths@employees.org

Staycation - Playing Soccer

nsroths — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:01:13 GMT

Hi,

I am Andre Roths. I am 11 and I will play soccer during my staycation. This is my fabric postcard challenge for the magazine.

Andre Roths

Courage- Affirmative Quilt Challenge

okiegirl97 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:57:07 GMT

I've been feeling a bit like the Cowardly Lion here lately, so I made myself a courage medal to pep me up and strengthen my focus!

spring fever

artemix — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:27:31 GMT

I discovered the fascinaing world of quilts some weeks ago ... though I am textile artisit, I didn't experiment anything in this way until last week. This is my first quilt ,dear ladies, I was exhausted but pretty pleased. You should initiate a conquest for our "first quilt" as this feeling is unforgettable like first kiss, first love, first child etc. I hope you also lile it.

Sun Angels: Meerkats

CYooOhio — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:35:52 GMT

I had so much fun learning to needle felt on this little project!! The story behind my Sun Angel's Art quilt follows. In some African countries the meerkat is known as the "sun angel" as it is thought to protect villages from the "moon devil" or werewolf. I just discovered needle felting and wanted to make an art quilt with some felted, fuzzy meerkats. While digging for ideas in my stash, I stumbled upon a gorgeous button that clearly resembled the sun! An image of a glowing savannah came to mind and the Sun Angel quilt was born!

The savannah is often shown in shades of yellow and brown and I wanted to make sure my savannah was stunning, so I weaved strips of cotton fabric backed with fusible webbing and fused them down to canvas to create my background.

I thread painted the savannah trees using my newly acquired free-motion skills (smile). The fuzzy meerkats are made from felting and shading with various shades of wool-felt blends.

My inspirational sun is a wooden button. The glorious shimmering sun's rays, sewn with gold metallic thread, provide the quilting for this piece. The edge treatment is a coordinating yarn, couched in place.

The shadow meerkats are cotton fabric that I dyed with inks and fused in place. There are various other embellishments throughout the piece such as buttons, hand embroidery, and wood.

Sun Angels...not your typical house "kat."