Transient Art – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
on Nov 18, 2009 in Videos Animated Sand Art Transient art such as that created by environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy, and even the beautiful and mysterious sand mandalas made by the Tibetan Lamas of Drepung Loseling Monastery is often quite controversial and certainly leave us feeling awed,...

Simply Fabulous Fabric Paper
on Nov 16, 2009 in Free Lunch Cafe Free Stuff Fabric Paper If you haven’t visited the Free Lunch Cafe recently then take a few minutes to check out the terrific samples and projects being submitted by students from the Fabric Paper class that’s currently underway. The photo gallery below shows yo...

Please Excuse My Mess
on Nov 14, 2009 in Inspiration Special Notices Please excuse my mess as I do a little housecleaning on the blog. If you’ve visited here within the last couple of days you’ll notice that I have a brand new home page and a brand new main menu system which I hope will make it easier for...

The Perfect Embellishment
on Nov 10, 2009 in Digital Grounds Image Transfer Embellishments Printing on Sheers I posted the other day about this little art quilt and after living with it for only a day, I decided it needed some changes. First of all I chopped off an inch on the bottom and rearranged things to give it a little better balance. Then I added a tr...

Printing on Organza
on Nov 9, 2009 in Digital Grounds Image Transfer Printing on Sheer Fabric Yes, I'm still playing with Digital Grounds - it really is too much fun because the printing results are soooo good, particularly when printing on organza. This is a little art quilt I just finished using some of Laura Murray's beautiful overdyed ki...

Fun with the Flower Stitch Foot
on Nov 5, 2009 in Art Quilt Tutorials Flower Stitch Foot Titivations Water Soluble Stabilizer love playing with the flower stitch foot. If you've never used this foot, I can guarantee it is way too much fun. But did you know that you can use this foot with water soluble stabilizer to create all sorts of decorative effects? The Flower Stitch...

Priscilla Kibbee
on Nov 4, 2009 in Interesting Websites Doors Molas Puppets In between the upcoming barrage of photos and techniques I'll be posting soon as I continue with my Digital Grounds experiments, I thought I'd share some of the fun new blogs I've been introduced to by some of my lovely students at the Free Lunch Caf...

Fabric Paper Treasure Chest
on Nov 2, 2009 in Art Quilt Techniques Fabric Paper Some time ago I made this piece of embroidered fabric paper and just haven’t had a chance up till now to do anything with it. So this weekend I took a little downtime, added some more free motion stitching to the surface of the fabric paper ...

Surface Design Association: Online Auction Begins Today
on Nov 1, 2009 in Special Notices Digital Grounds Online Art Quilting Classes Surface Design If you've been thinking about signing up for Exploring Digital Grounds on Fabric: The Basics and the upcoming Exploring Digital Grounds on Fabric: Advanced Techniques, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to help support a great organization...

Fabric Paper Instructions
on Oct 30, 2009 in Free Lunch Cafe Fabric Paper Online Art Quilting Classes Just a reminder that if you haven’t yet signed up for the November mini-class at the Free Lunch Cafe, this month we’ll be working with techniques for making fabric paper. There are lots of different recipes for making fabric paper and o...