The highlight of our March meeting was the celebration of Gen's 91st birthday. I've said this countless times before on this blog.....we all want to be Gen when we grow up.....besides being the sweetest, most kind and generous person that one could ever know...she can do anything with a needle....talent galore!!
Here's an eye popping 12" square that she collaged and embellished with both hand and machine work. Isn't it a great color combination?
She also used paper to create this design style .
The technique we explored this meeting was painting over previously quilted pieces. Since I didn't have any samples at hand....I dug out a couple of small completed hand quilted minis that I used as samples for my workshops.
After probably 8 different colors of both traditional indoor house paint and craft acrylics, this was the result. I know....it's pretty ugly.....but I'm not finished yet....not sure where it will go....but I haven't given up.
Here's why.....this is a 12" piece (sorry photo cut off at top) of another quilted piece I treated the same way the first time we played with this technique two years ago. AND.....it sold....so ya never know! As is typical....it's obviously more attractive in person!
Judy played with this piece made from sections of previous quilted fabrics.
Susan was just beginning this one.....she didn't use a brayer or a squeegee to apply the paint, instead she sponged it to the fabric. I like that affect a lot.
I'm pretty sure these were Kate's......we envy how productive she always is.
Here's another one that Susan made.....a winner we all agreed.
We may use our next meeting as an opportunity to stencil over these pieces to create another layer for more depth and texture....I'll report back after our April meeting.
1 comment:
Way to go, Gen! I hope I'm going as strong as she is in my 90s! I like the effect of the paint over the quilted surface. It enhances the hills and valleys of the quilt surface in a nice way.
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