“Stephanie from Perth”* traversed the country to join her friends at the Sydney Quilt Show. At the Gala dinner she shared an array of Artist Trading Cards inspired by her trip to Broome. Even better, I got to take one home and here it is on my wall along with postcards, ATCs and ACEOs from […]
ATCs and Postcards
Ladybird, ladybug
I’ve finished Sasha’s wall hanging, including the zig zag edging. Now, do you call this a ladybird or a ladybug? In this linguistically diverse household, I say ladybird and the Laundry King looks at me blankly.
An Aunt’s Prerogative
Inspired by fellow “Twelve” Terri Stegmiller’s book Creative Paper Quilts, I’ve been experimenting with making fabric-backed paper. This is my own design for my niece’s room. I need to do the stitching and may add some flowers but you get the general idea.
Finishing Off
With Quilt Camp coming up next month, it is certainly time to finish off some projects from my workshop with Susan Mathews last year. I used Terry Grant’s fine satin stitch/zig zag finishing technique on this postcard. Although my edges are still are little shaggy, this is a gazillion times tidier than some of my […]
Postcards from Quilt Camp
Here are some things that I worked on at Quilt Camp in my Sumptuous Surfaces workshop with Susan Mathews: The cross needs more stitching and the tree postcard needs edging. I’ll probably slice the striped piece up for Artist Trading Cards and add some applique shapes.
Ragged around the edges
At Saturday’s Guild meeting, Erica shared her collection of Artist Trading Cards. Here is just a small sample: I haven’t made many ATCs partly because I don’t enjoy working in such a small scale and partly because I get dissatisfied about the finish I achieve. My satin stitch edging invariably ends up uneven, shaggy and […]
