So this is a little ballsy, but I am making a double-sided game board! One side is checkers and one side is chess. I have here a view of both sides and some of the finished game pieces. This is going to be functional and you will actually be able to play the game – which is awesome. My only issue right now is quilting the board so that the two sides are lining up just right – which is a lot harder than it sounds.
So for our final piece we were told to make something great . . . so I decided to explore quilting some more. This is a mildly complex quilt block that is rotated to create a larger design. If I could go back and do this one again I think I would change up my colors so that I had two interacting shapes as opposed to one dominant shape and one background shape. Either way, I’m still happy with how it turned out.
Water everywhere! These are my finished 3 independent study waterscapes. Approximately 17 in X 23 in (they were 18X24 before binding) and they are all of different water scenes. The first is a view of a prismatic pool in Yellowstone national park, the second is the dock polls down at Thomas Edison’s estate in Florida, and the last is of Artists point at Lake Superior. All have block-quilted fields and appliquéd piecing. All are then free-motion sewn and the last piece has layers of organza and tulle.
3 views of Louisville KY
Our latest class project was to use a map of our favorite place ever and use that as a “place of departure” for our piece. I decided to do a large print of the city, broken into 3 sections with a large overview of Louisville, a close up of Bardstown Rd, and a view of Old Louisville. This is it!
So I’ve got a project going now for class, and I’m still trucking on my independent study. Here are some photos of what’s up. This project is a map of our favorite location – naturally I chose Louisville. This is a break down of the city into zip-code zones, the overall city of Louisville. There will also be a panel of Bardstown Rd and a panel of the Old Louisville Downtown area. Pretty fantastic stuff.
Break down of zip-code boundaries for the city.
And this is my next independent study piece. This is a deteriorating dock at Edison’s estate down in Florida. There is a lot more sewing on this one than there was on my last piece, but not as many tiny fabric cut-outs so it all evens out.
Come on Edison buddy, you can do better than this!
Complex cloth done! Take that! Anyway, enjoy.
1. Foils 2. Discharge & Over-dye 3. Layer 3+ different kinds of Fabric
4. Discharge & Print same screen 5. Discharge & Print Text 6. Direct resist
7. XOXOXO 8. Funtivity 9. Recondite
So when I started out on my independent study journey my first thought was to make Temari Craft balls. I quickly nixed that one, but now I have this cool book! The whole thing if full of detailed instructions as to how to make a temari ball. First you have to cover a Styrofoam ball in batting, then add a layer of yarn and finally wrap it in sewing thread until you don’t know what to do with yourself. Then you measure out the ball into quadrants and start embroidering with pearl cotton thread – size 5. It is really prety neat and not super difficult. Diana has a few books out on temari, but this book has really great beginner level instructions. The book has 12 traditional patterns ranging from very easy to more intermediate/advanced level. This would be a fun thing to pursue and see what kinds of patterns you can create. Super fun and not too hard to pick up. The book is easy to follow and has a good pattern selection. Definitely something I’ll pick back up later.
