So this is an experiment. In the latest Quilting Arts Magazine there was 5 day challenge. Day 1 you paint fabric. I love my green squigglies. I don't like my flowers but that's ok cause this is an experiment. Day 2 you layer this fabric with organza and quilt it with rayon thread then you use a heat gun on it and see what happens. So I am on Day 2 today. I'll post the results when I get it done. Also working on a Mother's Day gift for my mom. I'll have to post ...

So if you don't know what Lutrador is, I'm sorry! It's so fun! I have had a piece of it in my studio for over a year and didn't know what to do with it. I finally watched a DVD from Quilting Arts.com on using it and it was so inspiring I didn't even watch the whole thing before I started playing! So it's polyester that they put on the bottom of box spring mattresses. It's quite stiff, transparent and it melts.

This is a quilt I made in honor of a wonderful anniversary trip that my husband took me on to McCall 2 years ago. We went fabric shopping together! and we picked out these fabrics. Outside our hotel room were these gorgeous tall trees. So now I need to bind it and my quilt group suggested that I do it in a fabric that picks up all the colors but not in black. what are your suggestions?

This is called Spring Explosion. I did the top in 2006 and had no reason to hurry and finish as I usually do ...

I haven't posted in a long time and my friend pointed it out. Well, my camera broke and I didn't want to buy a new one until I could afford a really nice one that would take inspiring photos, alas, I cannot afford to not have a camera. I am missing out on my small children's lives. So we bought a small "cheaper" camera this week. I am taking off to my mother's to quilt this week so I will post what I finish when I get back. I'm sure there are not many followers ...

This is a technique I've wanted to try for years. It's Norieko Endo's idea.  You take your scraps and chop them into itty bitty pieces with your rotary cutter then sprinkle them on a piece of fabric and put tulle over the top then quilt the heck out of it!  One night I was extrememly frustrated with my son, who is having a really hard time and we just don't know what to do but find help, which we are.  So chopping up the fabric with my rotary cutter was very stress relieving and then making ...

Ok so I didn't even know where Bolivia was until I saw this show called "Art Wolfe: Travels to the Edge," on PBS.  It's my new favorite.  He is a photographer that travels the world taking these amazing pictures.  WHile in Bolivia he took a picture with a long exposure (8 hrs) of the stars crossing the sky while shining a flashlight on a cactus.  The stars left their "trails" through out the night and it was so inspiring.  So this is in honor of that show.

This is blog is a journey for me. Most of my fellow art quilters are doing these. I wanted to keep a running record of my journal quilts that I am making this year. I made a goal to make one a week. So far I've only made 4 or 5. So I'm behind already. SO this is something that will push me to complete a journal quilt a week and you can see the why's and how's of each one.

Journal Quilt: A quilt measuring the size of a paper (usually) that is used for ...