A Sneak Peek, and What I’ve Been Doing

On the left is a photo of another piece of my fused crazy patch fabric. This one has a lot more color in it, so I have been calling it my confetti fabric. The photo on the right may be a little familiar, the photo printed on fabric is from a piece I showed a few posts ago. It is one of the computer manipulated Echinacea flower photos. The colors in the photo are picked up by the confetti fabric. The piece contains other photos printed onto silk and cotton fabrics, but that is about all I can give away. It did end up being a compilation of photos taken during the whole year, so in a way is a bit of a garden journal of sorts.

The other things I have been working on, are my Art Quilt Pins. They were good sellers through my summer show season, and are selling well at a store in Towanda, I also have been trying to get better photos of them to put them in my Etsy store and on my Website.

I have been taking some of the photos with a ruler, showing their size. The photos are larger than life on the computer. This one has a goldtone butterfly bead at the base with assorted pearlescent, glass, crystal and cat's eye beads. The fabrics are medium rose, pale pink and ivory. I'm still working on the right set-up to get good photos that are as color correct as I can get. The biggest problem is that every computer mionitor is different, and colors don't always look right, so I have to try to describe the colors as best I can.

Here is another fan in peach and brown tones. The dark oval beads are wooden, the square ones are an orangy-brown goldstone that sparkles. There are also cream colored rice shaped beads made from shells, and peach cat's eyes, along with other glass beads and a silver tone flower bead at the base.

This one is a rectangular shaped pin of aqua, navy and ivory fabrics with assorted glass and pearlescent beads in aqua, clear, white, and teal. There is also a goldtone hummingbird bead, too.

These pins have been fun to make. I make up a big batch of the quilt bases, and have them ready for beading. They are kept in an old laptop case along with an assortment of small plastic divided containers of beads, beading thread, crystal setter, and other supplies need to finish them. This way, I can always have something to keep my busy while riding in the car (on straight roads- not too many in PA), or while I'm at shows. Lately I have set up a beading station by my  LR couch, so I can work there in the evenings, and Ken and I can at least be in the same room together, even if we are doing our own things. The studio keeps spreading.

These pins are available for sale- they are $20 each, and they also have their backs put on in the verticle position, so they can also be "pinned" to a chain or neclace as pendants. I usually am wearing one when I go out in public. I have also been making some barrettes for hair as well as smaller hair clips.

If you are interested in purchasing a pin shown, or would like to see more photos, just let me know. You can comment privately or send me an email from this blog.

I have come up with a new idea that will force me to keep blogging more regularly. I will be bringing that to you all on Monday. Until then, I better finish 2 more quilts needed for my local guild's show next weekend.