Time Slips By, Friday Face Off

Time has slipped by and the month of March will quickly be a memory.  My life has been busy with other things that just aren't fun to post about. 

For this post let's take a look at my newest quilted face, art quilt. 

Cameron

This is Cameron - I purposely used an ambiguous name as I can't decide if Cameron is male or female. And Cameron isn't telling me. 

 One friend quickly chose to say "he" in talking about it.  Ha ha.  I think we often decide things based on the   "lens" of our own experiences. 

For this one I chose to use both a painted cloth for the background fabric AND a painted canvas for the backing behind the quilt.  The colors seemed to play very well together.  Truthfully, I liked the canvas but could never find a focal point -it just seemed bland. But it was perfect for this little quilt.  AND I didn't have to do any extra painting on the canvas. I call that a win-win situation.  Also, this uses the idea I got from the Paul Klee painting, "Old Woman" simply using the line and fabric cut to delineate the nose.  While Klee's painting had glasses for the eyes, I chose to simply abstract the eyes a bit, using a batik with  a swirl pattern that was fussy cut for each eye.  The mouth is a print fabric that is also fussy cut to simulate pursed lips. 

 I am linking this to the Friday Face Off hosted by Nicole at  DVArtist.   Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun to see how various people interpret the challenge. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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A Face and A new Stitchery

Welcome!  I am glad you are here to visit.   This is posting on March 17th 2023,  which happens to be Saint Patrick's Day.  Yes, I do have some ancestors from the green isle of Ireland. 

Many of you probably are here to see what I have created for the Friday Face Off.  This past week I worked on a paper clay face.  This was  my first attempt at creating with paper clay.  I decided to make a strange/scary face for this week.  

*** Oops I was wrong this is an air dry clay but it is not a paper clay.  

I would certainly be frightened if I ran into this strange lady. 

Perhaps you would prefer to see something a bit lovelier. 

I started on a new stitchery piece recently.  The background fabric is a piece of a new gradient fabric that I ordered from Colorways by Vicki. It is called Aurora. 

To start, I couched some yarn, rattail cord and some ribbon on it. 

Then I added some decorative machine stitches. 

And then I started adding hand embroidery. I was going to say that is the fun part, but honestly, all of this is fun.  If you see the silver heart there, it is my needle minder. Perhaps you see the needle on it. 

That came from Tonya's Sewing Room on Etsy.  Tonya has a lovely and varied selection of needle minders in her shop.  If you do handwork, I highly suggest that you get one -or more. 

Both Tonya and Vicki are internet friends AND vendors that I have ordered from several times in the past, just so you know. 

 I am linking this to the Friday Face Off hosted by Nicole at  DVArtist.   Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun to see how various people interpret the challenge. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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A Little Finish

This little quilt is now finished. It was fun to decide how to quilt each area.  

Because the thread is variegated, some of the designs fade into the background in the photo. 

So here is the back view. The bobbin was always an off white thread. 

That makes the designs show nicely. 

I haven't put a label on it and I am tempted to not label it.  I also didn't put any hanging method (sleeve/ triangles, etc.) because it looks nice from either side and I want to leave the options open. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Paul Klee - Artist

I have several favorite artists. At the top of my list are Van Gogh and Monet.  However, two others have always intrigued me also:  Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky.  These two were a part of the Bauhaus movement in Germany (1919-1933.)  In some paintings their styles are very similar.  They worked together and in fact lived close to each other.  Thus each influenced the style of the other. 

Today I want to share with you this painting by Klee. 

The semi-abstracted face  speaks to me.  I love the way Klee used a simple line and shading to create the nose. I am thinking of using that idea for one of my quilted faces. I love the abstracted glasses also. 

I wonder if the big red drop is supposed to be a tear - and if so, why was she shedding a tear?  

I have started a sculpted face using paper clay but it does take that some time for drying. That is especially true while it is rainy with high humidity here in Alabama. 

I have been quilting on a project, Here is a photo of the back of one section.  As I was quilting it, I thought,  "I am not sure I like this."  When I saw the back, I suddenly saw how intriguing it is. 

Yes there are some small flaws in that - so don't look too closely. 

**Tom, in the first comment mentioned that it looks like Zentangle art.  
I was doing a lot of Zentangle drawings at one time.  Another friend commented that I should start quilting as "they all look like quilting designs."  And thus the circle goes round. 

Thanks to the face by Paul Klee,  I am linking this to the Friday Face Off hosted by Nicole at  DVArtist.   Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun to see how various people interpret the challenge. 
 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Starting to Quilt A Fun Project

Way back in July 2020,  I watched a class on bias tape applique.   I started a project and then wondered what I was going to do with it.  It languished in the "whatever" stack until today.  I pulled it out and ironed away the wrinkles.  Then I layered it for quilting.   
I decided to use a variegated embroidery thread for the quilting - with a natural colored cotton in the bobbin.   I am planning to quilt only in the open areas, but I may choose a different thread and quilt the bias tapes also. Only time will tell. 

Here is where I started (and for now, stopped to write this post.) 

I am sure that I will use several quilting patterns to fill these areas.  This is a fun type of quilting for me.  Plus, I can stop and return later easily.   It will be a bit more time consuming because I will have to bury threads at the start and end of each little area.  If it is finished in time,  I may put it in my current exhibition.  It is nice that I can change pieces out as I like in this venue. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Drawings in my Sketchbook

Life has been busy with several things lately.  I haven't had time to do a lot of creating.  Of course, I found a little sketchbook that I have carried around in my backpack.  When I am having to wait, I can draw to pass the time.  These photos are pages from my sketchbook. 

If I can catch someone sitting still, I can do a bit more, like this fellow who was reading. 

 

 I am linking this to the Friday Face Off hosted by Nicole at  DVArtist.   Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is great fun to see how various people interpret the challenge. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible. Of course if you are a "No Reply Blogger"- I can not reply. Links in comments will result in the entire comment being deleted.