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Saturday, June 4, 2022

artistic endeavors for the first week of June

 

see the bit of blue batik pieced in above?
Welcome to this week's round up of creativity chez LeeAnna. The above close up is my crocus banner that, wonder of wonders was made into a top ready for quilting, this week! I'll show more when it's done and dusted but for now, I needed to fill in some gaps in the improv pieced top row and pulled out my blue batik scraps in honor of RSC color of the month Bright blue. 

putting something like this together is very like making a mosaic, or a puzzle, careful stitching, adding more, trimming down, always with awareness that each piece changes the whole. I wanted this to have tones of green, blue, purple... all the tones of those colors, so the finished piece now sparkles somewhat like a glass kaleidoscope! I'm content with how it turned out... just a close up with some blues and a wonderful scrap strip of dots in all the colors!!! How lucky to find that in my little bin!

Can't wait to start overquilting this baby! lol  speaking of overworking...

Leaf Study is quilted, by machine, by hand, embroidered and beaded, more when the edge treatment/binding  is finished I'll show the whole piece. 


Love these smooth easy to thread and love this hand dyed size 5 perle cotton from artfabric

each leaf was handled a different way, usually combining stitch methods. I do love a french knot

I started two art pieces dear to me but they are still being finished... for now...

Joy told me about this new to me challenge to follow prompts and make an index card art each day. Link is  https://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/icad-2022-1  Here are my first four days...

I'm having fun with it so far, and it's not a bad way to start the day, cuppa coffee with a side of art supplies...


 

 thank you to this little fellow who holds needles as I work

purchased long ago in Annapolis at our quilt show, made by the Hmong people experts with tiny mola stitching

I'll end with one of my little experiments... I haven't used these dot markers for years, but pulled out supplies and experimented one day while out on the back porch...

cool effect, just daubing color over color, additive the way I like to work rather than planned

it was all good til one leaked and squirted purple ink all over the place including our outdoor rug... luckily dh came out of his office just in time to take a hose to dilute the evidence. 

art is messy

Linking to

patchwork Sunday                    

design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
lovelaughquilt.mondays 

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8 comments:

  1. LIttle Penguin QuiltsJune 4, 2022 at 11:28 AM

    That dit fabric for your crocus piece makes me think of Starry Night - it really is perfect for that project! Pretty beads on your leaves, too. Enjoy all the art you're working on!

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  2. Sylvia@TreadlestitchesJune 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM

    Such beautiful color, and shapes, and stitching!

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  3. scraphappyJune 4, 2022 at 1:07 PM

    Art is messy! But the beauty at the end makes it worth the bother.

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  4. PaintedThreadJune 4, 2022 at 5:40 PM

    All very pretty. I really like the scrappy curved pieces.

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  5. peppylady (Dora)June 5, 2022 at 3:10 PM

    Art is messy. But best part it is fun.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  6. SaraJune 5, 2022 at 6:02 PM

    Every week you amaze me with your artistry.

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  7. Alycia~QuiltygirlJune 13, 2022 at 7:21 AM

    It is very creative in Chez LeeAnna!!!
    What fun projects you have going on there!!

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  8. Jennifer Fulton Inquiring QuilterJune 14, 2022 at 10:24 AM

    Art can be messy! Good thing you have a quick witted husband to save the rug! Such lovely projects in progress this week. Can't wait to see how things progress. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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