Back to Blogging

After another few weeks away from blogging, I'm back again. I have been going through another bad stretch of fibro flares– not fun at all. I have only had a day or two at a time where I could get  anything done at all, even on the computer.

I have been trying to get more items listed at my Etsy shops. I have managed to get a few more art quilts at Andrus Gardens Art at Etsy.

Rustic Windows Quilts

These two 8"x10" mini quilts are a couple that I got uploaded. They are from my "Windows and Doors" series. "Rustic Windows 1" and "Rustic Windows 4". In this pair, I used fabrics that I printed using textile paint mixed with shaving cream for the "scenes" outside the windows. I mixed the paint with shaving cream, and placed a layer of it on a plastic covered table. I then placed pieces of white fabric on top and pressed them into the paint mixture. When the fabric is peeled off, the print is revealed. I added or moved colors around so that each print was different.

Roses on the Window

Another from this series is "Roses on the Window". This one is also 8"x10"in size.

These little quilts are some of the first ones I did in the smaller sizes. In my first ones, I wanted to depict flowers on a garden trellis. Many people thought they looked like windows, so I began making actual windows.

In addition to these, there are more new additions in my Art Shop, as well as a new set of Fall Place Mats at my Original Etsy Shop.

My short term goal is to get more of my many mini quilts on the web, either in one of my Etsy Shops or on my Website. Since I have not done many shows this year, I still have a lot of inventory on hand, and need to get it in front of anyone who may be interested in purchasing any of it. Taking all the photos of everything and getting them on the web, takes a lot of time.

I am slowly working a page at a time on my Website, and now have my Postcards page up and running again.

Hopefully, little by little, I will be ready for the holiday shopping season.
 

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I am a former textile artist and new pattern designer with a degree in horticulture, wishing to share my love of nature, flowers and gardens with everyone through my photos, sunprinted fabrics, and now pattern designs. Chronic Lyme Disease has caused major changes to the direction my life. I have to limit the amount of time spent digging in my gardens, and quilting has become more difficult. I discovered pattern design as a way to get art back into my life. I now use my gardens and photos to inspire designs that can be used on fabrics and print on demand items.