Tension of a Line quilt, judy

This is one of the two quilts I described at the last meeting at Penny's about the phrase 'the tension of a line' which featured in a novel by john updike that was loosely based on jackson pollack's wife's career.  the first one i did had the same background but the vertical 'lines' were red and did not have the 3-d quality that the 'lines' (which look more like buildings to me) in this one has.  the first one went to live in England and i have a photo of it on some other computer, but this one still lives in my workshop.  it is roughly 36"x45".   judy ross

Flowers in Winter--Judy

Over the past few months, i have managed to squeeze in the knitting of 2 little fuschia-like (in form, not color) flowers everyday, such that i now have a couple of hundred of them.  the purpose is to bedeck the small trees and bushes in front of our house in the winter.  ed put some of them up on a dead arbutus tree in the back yard and here's a photo of them.

they're simple to make: it takes about 10 minutes each if you are a competent knitter.  i think only acrylic yarn should be used because it resists water better.  the design was focused on not getting rain easily into them.  anyway, if you are interested in the instructions, i'll be happy to share them.  and i'll bring some of the product to the next meeting at penny's.  judy

from October 2012

Martha Tatman (above)

Laura Mann (above and below)

For Christmas Craft Fair

 The tall sunflowers are about 8 inches tall; the birds, below, about 5 inches tall. they're christmas tree ornaments..i'll do about 20 of each kind (ie, birds and sunflowers (tall ones--the small ones were a trial that didn't please me all that much).  the background is wool felt and on the back is sunflower or bird material, as appropriate...

they're cuter than this pic which suffers from much flash exposure...

judy ross

Judy: getting an early start in the garden

Here's a sunflower.  the back is sewn, the flower, leaves (more to come, and stem) are not.  the back is unknown.  but it looks as if i could finish it by next spring anyway...judy

July 2012

By Sandra LeHeup following a workshop with Catherine Nichols

July 2012

piece Sandra LeHeup with reverse side showing the stitching

July 2012

piece in stitching progress by Jill Sullivan

July 2012

sample piece for stitching by Laura Mann

July 2012

piece by Laura Mann with close up..

July 2012

two 20" x 20" pieces in progress by Sharon Roye

July 2012

another piece by Martha

July 2012 meeting

Martha Tatman's piece

Deconstructed Silkscreen 2012

A 3 piece deconstructed silkscreen project started in a workshop in October 2011 with Kerr Grabowski

New Project for 2012, Judy

Last year, I did a tree-postcard-of-the-week and then mailed all 52 out for Christmas/New Years.  It was one of my favorite projects, but in the process I got somewhat acquainted with the plum trees in my back yard,  They are pretty old and have very lovely, twisty trunks.  I took a photo of one of them and a friend said it was if the tree was a dancer.

About the same time, a photographer internet-acquaintance was showing a series of a photo a week of a single plant.  I decided to combine these two for a 2012 project.  Each week, I would take a photo of the plum tree...closeups, mostly...and reproduce it as a 4"x6" quilted piece.   Instead of mailing them out as postcards, I'd put them together in a single quilt with one-inch black sashing.  I've just finished the 7th one, but the picture I have at this moment is of the first 6 sewn together.  It's really interesting to take the photo (to find the photo) first, with some sense of how I might work it into fabric.  The first six are all cold weeks, of course, but the photos make me realize how much green we have here all the time.

Here is the picture of the first six.

If you are interested in seeing the quilted pieces next to the photos, you can go here.  I think the format will be 7 wide by 7 high, which translates into 35 inches wide by 49 inches long.

Boxes to Go With Baskets, Judy

Here we have little quilted boxes: they are about 4 inches tall, 3 inches wide and deep.  The face piece is a total of 12 inches by 4 inches.  It is backed with timtex, lined, and densely quilted (about every half inch).  Then the little pictorial piece is made independently and machine sewn to the front.  Last, I make a bottom, zigzag it to the bottom of one face; steam-set the folds (every 3 inches); close zigzag all exposed edges; and then hand-sew the remaining four joining seams.  They are mostly made of fancy fabrics: lames, silks, satins, velvets, like those things.... (2/1/12)  Happy Valentine's Day Soon!

Januray meeting

here are some photo's of work from members who attended the meeting at Penny's two weeks ago