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Saturday, July 6, 2024

watching paint dry and stitching small scraps of fabric... creativity this week

 

Let's start with aqua/turquoise scraps...  the color of the month at RSC.

I love this color range, and got out my box of scraps, organized them to size and shape, and used them. 

I sewed some free form geese, used abstract piecing, sewed some squares and rectangles. Then put them together int the table topper above. 

in this pic of the flimsy before it was quilted,you see the one I did in blues last month compared to this one

It's 13" X 21" and fits on my bedside table. I quilted it in metallic threads. Mylar halogram thread by sulky, and sparkly metallic by madeira. 

I picked scraps and clipped them to papers for thread basting my EPP monthly blocks

I chose a dotted fabric for the hexies to join them. I love seeing them.

One large painting done this week: 

I like the boldness of it, despite being watercolors.

The index card prompts for this week.... 

and some close ups

Parfait on the left, sepia on the right. The cards are cheap 4X 6"paper

I painted the face, then drew inked lines over her to interpret the word pixel

steampunk was hard, I looked up steampunk poodle, flamingo, cow, art, betty boop printed them cut them out and collaged them. 

castle... I googled paul Klee's castle with sun and did my interpretation of it.

Bonsai... how to imply miniature size? Display next to a woman looking at it


no pattern needed for this cool bag, I hope to make


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdyZBVcXZw


design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts

https://songbirddesigns.blog/

finished or not

https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

https://beadwright.blogspot.com/

art for fun Fr

 

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18 comments:

  1. HelenJuly 6, 2024 at 4:44 AM

    Love the yellow daisy painting!
    love, Love, LOVE the turquoises and aquas!

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  2. Debra She Who SeeksJuly 6, 2024 at 4:45 AM

    Blue is my favourite colour so I love that table topper!

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  3. PaintedThreadJuly 6, 2024 at 6:37 AM

    Aqua is pretty! That bag video was fun to watch. She makes it look so simple!

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  4. Susie HJuly 6, 2024 at 11:34 AM

    The painting of the flowers in the pot of water is BEAUTIFUL! You've done an amazing job with aqua so early in the month already. Probably a good idea since the EPP project is handwork and that will take a bit longer. Thank you for that purse video. Doesn't look too difficult. I'll wait and see how you do first! Lol! It's very cool construction.

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  5. Pat at Bell Creek QuiltsJuly 6, 2024 at 6:05 PM

    Your aqua projects are awesome!

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  6. KarenJuly 7, 2024 at 5:51 AM

    I really like your little quilt, especially the curved sections in the middle and how you followed them with the quilting lines. Magnificent!

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  7. Karen @ Beatrice EuphemieJuly 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM

    Lots of fun creativity! Love the aqua and blue table runner, especially the interesting way you pieced it together. The sunflower painting is wonderful, too. Like all your interpretations in the prompts. Steampunk had a real moment there for a while. I went to a flower show in Seattle in its heyday and there was a whole booth celebrating the style and it was really fun with all sorts of wild gadgets made into fountains and planters. Hope you are staying cool and enjoying these long, summer days filled with light. Hugs xo Karen

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  8. LIttle Penguin QuiltsJuly 7, 2024 at 9:29 AM

    That is a sweet aqua improv piece you made! I love this color range, too. That bag looks like a fun one!

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  9. Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork AppliquéJuly 7, 2024 at 11:33 AM

    I love your mini in aqua, with the little red and green scraps, so pretty!! Beautiful painted cards too, I love them, the Splash is cute ;) The bag looks fun to make, thanks for the link!

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  10. grammajudybJuly 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM

    Lovely art and fabric art this week! Do you finish your ICAD art into a book each month? Seems like that would be fun!

    You are the improv queen in my opinion! So cool!

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  11. thatfabricfeeling.wordpress.comJuly 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM

    I really love your freestyle aqua quilt. There's a lot going on but it really takes skill to sew all those bits and pieces together. Well done. It's a one-of-a-kind which makes it extra special!!

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  12. TerryKnott.blogspot.comJuly 7, 2024 at 7:53 PM

    Those free form hard str tiny! Love the interest they add to your finished piece. You have the best sense of value!

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  13. SaraJuly 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM

    Some awesome play with aqua this month. Metallic quilting makes such a difference, doesn't it?

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  14. Jennifer Fulton Inquiring QuilterJuly 10, 2024 at 8:11 AM

    Turquoise is such a fun color to play with and you obviously enjoyed it! Love your little bedside quilt. So happy and pretty! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
    https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/07/10/wednesday-wait-loss-388

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  15. My name is Erika.July 13, 2024 at 4:37 AM

    You always have so much fun art to look at. I hope you're having a super week and have a great weekend.

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  16. Alycia~QuiltygirlJuly 13, 2024 at 11:16 AM

    I'm guessing the paint dried pretty quick this week haha! Hope you stayed cool!!
    You are right you have a great selection of teals/aquas - love your piece!!!

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  17. Brenda @ Songbird DesignsJuly 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM

    Lee Anna, I love your scrappy improv quilting! Your EPP project looks fun and I always enjoy seeing what you've sketched and painted during the week! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!

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  18. Divers and SundryJuly 15, 2024 at 11:46 AM

    I love the colors and design of your quilted piece.

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