david owen hastings

Progress on Several Fronts from The Cozy Quilter

I managed to do some knitting or sewing or cross stitching every day this week! My Gross Morne scarf is now 1 foot (31 cm) long. I have decided to include the measurement each time I show it as it is hard to tell from the photo alone if I have made any progress. I still have a ways to go on this project!

I made my husband and my daughter pillowcases for Christmas but ran out of time to make one for myself so I did that this week. The two main fabrics were purchased in the East Coast ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 11 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , david owen hastings , finn , i spy quilts , knitting , modern sampler , pillowcases , pincushions , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Architecture Class, Borders, Sunflowers, Christmas Bazaar and Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Last Saturday, I took a zoom class with David Owen Hastings. For the project, we were to each choose a picture of a building or structure to inspire our quilts. My husband and I visited Dunnottar Castle in Scotland a few years ago and I took lots of pictures there. The castle is mostly a ruin and my picture was of the end wall of the chapel. We then used some paper frames to zero in on a particular part of our picture, drew a pattern and made the quilt using three shades of solid fabrics and a pop of ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 1 month ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , david owen hastings , finn , knitting , modern sampler , slow sunday stitching

Why Do You Take Classes? from The Snarky Quilter

In the week since I wrote about the Map Play class I took with Valerie Goodwin, I read two posts about art classes. The first by Jane Davies responds to a student’s comments that she wanted to play and have fun at a workshop and then had a meltdown when she was asked to dig deeper.

From Jane Davies’ blog.

Making art IS about play and it IS fun, but that is not all it is, usually. If you are always playing and having fun, with no angst or frustration, and you are also generating images that really speak ...

added by snarkyquilter 2 years, 7 months ago. under art classes , art quilts , chris' quilting universe , collage , commentary , david owen hastings , elizabeth barton , jane davies , mixed media , techniques , wanderlust , workshops (Comments)

Paper and Thread from The Snarky Quilter

What if I could have the fun of creating art with paper without the gluey mess? Last month I took David Owen Hastings‘ Stitched Paper Collage online class in the hope of finding an answer. As a result, I now … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 10 months ago. under david owen hastings , paper collage , stitched paper , techniques (Comments)

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