Felted Gossamer Top

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Last month I made this felted gossamer top using a variety of yarns and threads.  Artist, Diane Bykowski, taught this fun felting technique recently in a class at Sew from the Heart in Scottsdale, AZ.  Diane was introduced to the technique in the book, Crazy Felt, by Jeannette Knake, published by Search Press.  The primary foundation for this felting process is water-soluble stabilizer.  This felting technique enables  fiber artists to create fabulous, unique garments.

Pretty Bird Mixed Media Art Quilt

This mixed-media collage art quilt is the second in a Pretty Bird quilt series on my design wall.  Quilt One in the series is currently displayed at Sew From the Heart in Scottsdale, AZ, where I will teach a class on 1/25/13 regarding  the techniques involved in creating these art quilts.  Mixed media elements incorporated in this quilt include a piece of dress pattern tissue paper, coffee-dyed cheesecloth, scrapbook embellishments, rubber stamped images,  buttons, scraps of lace and yarn, a postage stamp, and some simple hand embroidery.   Quilt dimensions:  10" X 12".

Recent Creations

This 19" yo-yo Christmas tree was made on a styrofoam base and contains 60 yo-yo's .  The yo-yo's were made from a variety of fabrics.  The base of the tree is a repurposed crystal candlestick holder.

Here are two of my newly created 20" long newspaper stockings.  These were made from pages torn from the Arizona Republic Newspaper.  First, the newspaper pages were fused to woven interfacing.  I then traced a stocking pattern on to the fused newspaper and stitched the traced line with black thread.  Once stitching was completed, each stocking was trimmed with an Olfa Wave Rotary Cutter.  The ruffles were made from coffee-dyed cheese cloth and the cuffs of the stockings are strips of upholstery webbing.  The hanging loops and bows were made from strips of coffee-dyed muslin, each embellished with a button.  The stockings were then rubber stamped with black ink and distressed with Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink (walnut stain).  These stockings are surprisingly durable and make a wonderful giftwrap for small flat gifts and gift cards.

Welcome

Hello! and welcome to my new blog! I hope you will find it a place of inspiration and friendship. Please come back again once I have had a chance to begin to fill it with all the things that I love to do and am inspired by! See you soon!