Weekly Art Project - Week 5

Fall Colours 4 - Left Behind.

There was a leaf on the tree behind my house all winter last year and there are a few still there this year.  While playing around in my journal to come up with a design it occured to me that I could use quilted lines made with my new rulers as a way to suggest branches.  The brown boarders got added when I thought it was a bit unfinished.  The blue fabric is hand painted.

This is the photo I started with.  I love the tree towards the left with the crocked truck.

Weekly Art Project.  Week 3

This is another interpretation of the same photo.  As the leaves on one of the trees I can see from my kitchen window changed colour they formed an arch against the trees behind them which were still green.  I found it hard to avoid making my piece releastic.  I kept wanting to add leaves instead of concentrating on the arch shape.  I will be interested to hear what you think.

Fall Colours 2.  Applique.

Hand painted and commercial fabric, coloured pencil (to make the sky blue so it would read as sky) machine quilted,  I added a few hand stitches to give more texture accross the lower front piece.  

Weekly art project

I have been inspired by Brenda Gail Smith's post about making a 6 inch quilt weekly as a creative exercise and to have fun. It is to be inspired by ones surroundings.  Here is my first effort for week 2.  It is inspired by the colours outside my kitchen window.  I live in Alberta, Canada.

Fall Colours 1 - Embellishment.

I used a small painted piece of fabric which was a test of Setacolour Paint on cotton poly fabric.  It was paler than on cotton but worked.  As well I used painted cheese cloth and embellishment.by hand and machine.