The Face Quilt..... Progress - slow but progress

I have been moving along slowly with the face quilt that I am making from one of my AI artworks.  It is quite time consuming to cut out the rather small pieces and fit them onto the background. 

I confess that it looks a little sloppy right now, but that is part of the process...... Hopefully, this ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan

The photo is our of square, but the quilt should work out nearly square.

There are a few things that I will "fix" with the quilting.  

I do love that he is starting to develop some dimension.  

I think that this may be the most complex face I have attempted. 

I am linking with Nicole for the Friday Face Off for this week.

I think this should count as a "face" even though it is only part of one, so far. 

Well, just to be sure here is one I created with AI on Night Cafe.

FYI,  I consider this one a FAIL because I asked specifically for "clean shaven"

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Sewing a Face (and some AI art)

One of my AI artworks is being used as an inspiration for an art quilt.   I am excited to see it coming along.  I spent part of yesterday evening creating the background.

It isn't perfect but it will look great when it is finished, I think. 

A few days ago, I had cut out the head shape from black fabric.  There is a lot of black in the head/face of this so I decided that I would applique the colored parts over it rather than try to sew tiny pieces.

The pin tells me which side goes up. 

I used a paper template to cut out the shape.

I think it worked out pretty well, so far. 

Here is the original piece:

Some of those colors will likely be changed in the final work. 

Now a new AI piece for the Friday Face Off

This one will NOT become a quilt because there are far too many tiny pieces. 

Happy Friday.  

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A couple more AI pieces

Here  are a couple of images that I created using AI on Night Cafe. If you are interested in trying this, you can use my referral link. Gene’s Referral Link.

First up is a Trio I created. I asked for the style of Kandinsky, I don’t think this seems a lot like Kandinsky.

Next is an image that I created using AI that I am thinking of using as the inspiration for a quilt.

I think that he would fit nicely in my gallery of quilted faces. 

I am linking to the Friday Face Off.

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Quick AI Creation FFO

Here are a couple of images that I "created" using AI - just for fun. 

Linking to the Friday Face Off.

Sorry it is such a quick post. I am taking care of Mom full time for a couple of weeks.

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Friday Face Off July 11

I am posting this on July 10th for Friday July 11th.  For this Face Off I am sharing a couple of old family photos in remembrance of my sister, who died in a medical tragedy many years ago - and also my father who died in 2011 (fourteen years ago.)  

First up is my sister.  This is one of her school photos. 

Next up is my Dad. This is picture is one of the earliest ones I have of him. I am guessing he was an early teen in this photo as I don't see any signs of facial hair.  

You may notice a strong family resemblance in these two.  

I think I don't look "just like" either of my parents but I look like both of them in some ways.  I have been told more than once that I have my father's walk.  I also have a few of his facial expressions. (for better or worse.  LOL) 

And just for a more cheerful photo,  here is one of me at a cooking class in Cancun. It was an excursion that we chose to do . I have to say that it was a very fun excursion.  We cooked, ate what we cooked, and then had the run of a day resort at the beach (open bar and more food - if we could bear to eat anything else. 

 

We took this photo before the class started. My pan is actually empty.  

I have to admit that this was years ago, but I still wear that shirt. 

Linking to the Friday Face Off.

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Friday Face Off 7-4-2025

For today's Face Off, I am featuring an AI created elephant face.  I used Night Cafe to create this image.  FYI that link to Night Cafe is my referral link.  I get "credits" if you sign up to use the program.  It is free OR you can purchase a membership. I am using the free version.

Have a great weekend. 

Linking to the Friday Face Off 

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Pattern Clash Notebook Cover

Early last year (2024)  I was playing with some fusible applique. I had some scraps and made a smaller piece - just for fun.  I had  no real plan for it. As far as I can tell, I never shared it.  In fact, I didn't even take a photo of it.   It went into the "I'll do something with this someday" pile. 

I am participating in a scrap challenge and the June prompt got my mental gears in motion.   The prompt: 

"A Clash of Ideas a clash of patterns, June is about challenging ourselves to design with unexpected pattern combinations."

I had assumed that I would finish this piece with all hand dyed or batik fabrics.  But how about a "pattern clash?"  I saw some red and white polka dot fabric on my shelf.  Hmmmmm....promising. The red will go with the color scheme, but the evenness of the dots clashes with the abstractness of this piece.   Next there was a piece of black and white batik - to tie in the small black and white bits in the fused image.  I made a "frame"  around the piece with those two fabrics.  And then, I  decided that it needed more blue.  So I added another frame. 

 

Somewhere in there, I decided to make curvy pieced lines as part of the design. And I also painted some blue on the back and white batik as well as some blue dots in the red fabric.   The decision to make it into a notebook cover was an easy one. Except!  The piece was too tall.  So I cut out a section and finished making the "quilt top" for the notebook cover. Then I layered and quilted it.  And started constructing this notebook cover.  Above is the front of it closed.  The collage shows the block prior to adjusting (top left) Closed notebook (top right)  The notebook opened out so you can see the batik strip that was cut out was not wasted (bottom left)  And The inside pocket with label.  (bottom right) The "pattern clash" doesn't clash in a bad way but it certainly changed the piece and make it more interesting.

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Friday Face Off - Re-Do edition

 For the Friday Face Off,  I did a re-do on last weeks drawing.  I think the skin tones look better. 

I also have this AI creation of an alien in the woods with hot dogs. 

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FFO (Friday Face Off)

For the FFO, I have this face that I drew on my iPad using the Procreate drawing program.

I think it still needs some work.  I may start over on it. 

Linking to The FFO

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Friday Face Off

For the Friday Face Off, I have made a couple of AI images.  I decided to go with the theme of "Cosmic Cowboy."  

I have been so busy lately with other things that I haven't had a lot of time to sew, paint or create in other media. 

I will link with the Friday Face Off. 

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Landscapes, and a Birthday

I have been playing with some simple fabric landscapes.  It is always fun to try new things.  As I have lots of fabric to play with, I thought "why not?"  

Here are two landscapes that I made using hand dyed fabrics and one fabric that I was challenged to use as it represents one of my first quilts. 

The first is all hand dyed fabric. I dyed some of it and I got the other from an internet friend. 

Next up is the one with the challenge fabric.  See if you can find it in the photo before you read anymore.

The big clue is that it is the one that isn't hand dyed. 

The Red/Pink? dotted fabric has been in my stash since my early quilting days. 
I think it adds a bit of whimsy to this imaginary landscape. 

In other news, a certain lady in my life had a birthday party. 

She is 89 and she means the world to me. 

Happy Birthday, Mom. 

And with Mom's lovely face, I link with the Friday Face Off. 

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AI Quilted Faces

I had planned to "get ahead of the curve" and have a post ready for this Friday Face Off.  Guess what?  I failed.  

So, I used Canva AI - one I haven't used before - to create some quilted faces.  Then I put them into a collage. 

I think these came out quite nicely.  It is possible that I will look at there for  ideas for more quilted faces. 

Linking up with the Friday Face Off

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Friday Face Off

Today I am going to show you a painting that I did long ago.  Then I am going to show some photos of myself and explain what happened and why. 

First the painting.  

Honestly the background is my favorite part of this painting. 

Now,  for the photos of me. 

First is from many MANY years ago. 

My eyes and particularly my eyelids are the reason I am sharing this photo. 

(yes, my eyes were "dreamy" in this photo.) 

Year later, those lovely eyelids were sagging as the tissue aged. 

The one on your left (My right eyelid) is particularly saggy. My eye doctor told me that if they were disturbing my vision, we could do a  blepharoplasty.

 And we did.  

For a few days after that I looked a bit like a raccoon. 

Yes that does look horrible, but it healed nicely and my upper lids are nice again. 

Sadly, insurance will not pay to fix the lower lids, so they are still saggy and baggy. 

If you are thinking "You could use Plexiderm."  Well, I tried it. The results were great ---for about an hour and then it failed. For me, it isn't worth the effort. 

I am linking to the Friday Face Off. 

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A Short Trip and FFO

Last weekend I went on a short trip to get away and recharge my mental batteries.  I went with three friends and we had a good time.  

While on the trip, we went to a restaurant and enjoyed some good Mexican food. My favorite thing is that they made the guacamole right at our table. We got them to put only a little cilantro in it because I am "one of those people who dislikes cilantro."   But as we walked in the door, I saw this and immediately thought " Here is my picture for the Friday Face Off."  

Thus I am joining the Friday Face Off for May 2, 2025

And just for the heck of it my "porch version" of 

Hard Times Come Again No More

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Friday Face Off and More

Here are a couple of faces that I created with Pixel Studio on my phone for the Friday Face Off.

And here is my latest art quilt creation using the wave technique. 

I think I need to work on choosing fabrics with stronger value differences. 

Linking to the Friday Face Off   

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