142 – Toxic Spill
Progress is being made on big Fear Quilt, despite interruptions mentioned previously. Anyone who has tried to keep a blog going consistently…
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134 – Spool Party: stitched fabric collage
How about diving into a little bit about thread? Do I have loyalty to any brand of thread? No, but I do…
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122 – Here’s What I’ve Got
You’ve seen many posts with unconnected sections, so thought you might enjoy seeing what I’ve got so far for the amusement style…
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109 – Ta-Dah!
Bet you’ve been curious as to how the separate elements of my amusement park scene will look together. Pinning the pieces to…
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106 – Steps of Instruction
My imagery of a funhouse with a rolling barrel entrance perfectly represents the inviting rabbit hole of the internet, but this amusement…
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105 – Nailing the Roof
Does the house top seem familiar? I modeled it after “American Gothic,” an iconic painting by Grant Wood that has often been…
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100 – How Good is Your Color Memory?
My color memory is such that I can go to a fabric store and quite accurately remember the colors and patterns that…
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99 – Putting Reference Images into Place
Now I put my collection of reference images to work. Using the magic of Photoshop Elements, I make a quick photo collage…
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98 – Reference Images for Translation
Reference images are crucial for translating a line drawing into a realistic art quilt. With my intended plan for a 3’ high…
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97 – Rolling Along
I have three remaining feet of drawing to trace onto muslin. I taped foam core board to the wall as a temporary…
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96 – The Tracing Begins
A little struggle ensued between me and the 11’ long drawing, but we finally came to an agreement. The horizon line needed…
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95 – Let Me Get This Straight…
This design wall is made of two 4’ x 8’ Styrofoam panels covered with flannel. I won’t be able to work on…
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93 – Moving Along
My thoughtful husband put an overhead camera set-up on my studio ceiling. My work takes a long time to go together, so…
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90 – Quilting Fear
Intimidation by size of project and social media hesitation will not stop the forward progress of Susan Polansky’s art quilt.
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57 – It will be a quilt!
You’ve seen a lot of drawing, but have I mentioned that I intend to make the final piece of this project out…
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35 – Facing invisible barriers
What do you do when you come up to a barrier? Do you shirk away from things that scare you, or do…
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9 – What is reality?
For my next quilt: Topic: fearSetting: amusement parkStyle: believable reality Have you ever thought about different kinds of artistic reality? Photorealism strives…
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5 – Waiting for ideas to float by
“Adrift’ was my last quilt. It was unplanned. I missed being absorbed by an all consuming project, but nothing was grabbing my…
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1 – Find out what I’m thinking
Art Work … there’s a lot of that required to make an artwork. Follow my latest project as I bring it from…
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1 – Welcoming the Unexpected
We’ve all had times when the original plan didn’t work. How did you proceed after facing the unexpected? Many artists happily embrace…