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…
Progress is being made on big Fear Quilt, despite interruptions mentioned previously. Anyone who has tried to keep a blog going consistently…
Precious creations are dangerous. Becoming attached to what you’ve made, either because of the look of it or because of knowing what…
Excited to make my first people for this quilt. Upon starting this project, I challenged myself to improve both drawing skills and…
My color memory is such that I can go to a fabric store and quite accurately remember the colors and patterns that…
Now I put my collection of reference images to work. Using the magic of Photoshop Elements, I make a quick photo collage…
Reference images are crucial for translating a line drawing into a realistic art quilt. With my intended plan for a 3’ high…
The size of a human figure is often shown in “heads”. Height: 7 ½ heads, Width: 2 heads, Arm length: 3 ¾…
How do you become a better artist, a better anything? Identify what needs improvement, then learn and practice.I need to study up…
An imaginative world requires convincing size, shape and space in order to be believable. Photographs can give me the basics of how…
For my next quilt: Topic: fearSetting: amusement parkStyle: believable reality Have you ever thought about different kinds of artistic reality? Photorealism strives…
The assembled quilt has been loaded onto my A-1 longarm sewing machine. Not only will the stitching hold down the fabric collage…
Before quilting, I need to play with the position of flowers (I’ve painted a smaller second one) and butterfly on the painted…
Added some paint to soften the edges between black border and fused color spots. I’m liking it! #butterfly #wings #fabriccollage #saqawip #fabricpainting…
Building a butterfly with fabric -the photo shows back and front. The black fabric has fusible on it, which made it easier…
Flower painting has been put aside – now for something completely different, creating the butterfly. Hard to go to straight black after…
My painted flower had a transparency problem. The background was showing through, especially the trellis lines, even with a white backing applied….
There’s a problem here-do you see it? (Painted flower from Andrea Brokenshire’s workshop and painted background from my photo reference.) #paintedfabric #paintingproblems…
First steps…painting a background for a new quilt using my photo for reference. I’ve maintained some areas of white by ironing on…
“Controlled mess” is so much fun in painting! Here I’ve protected areas that I want to keep white with freezer paper templates,…
Using a black and white photocopy enlargement underneath the fabric, I’ve painted the main structures. I can wing it from here by…
The background begins! #artworkinprogress #paintedquilt #saqawip #susanpolansky
My photo from the summer is perfect for the background of the flower I painted in Andrea Brokenshire’s fabric painting workshop! #artstart…
I made this painted flower in a workshop taught by Andrea Brokenshire. She’s a very talented quilt artist and generous teacher. Only…
It’s not a perfect photoshop edit, but it’s what I need to make a quilt from. I love making my own reality!…
India quilt composition in progress. #photoshopedit #ilovephotoshop #artistsoninstagram #neqmexplorations #saqawip #jaipur #susanpolansky
Of course my India quilt will have people, and maybe a few animals (like the cattle and dogs that were everywhere.) Fantastic…
Kites dotted the skies wherever we traveled in India. I like my quilts to have meaning, and kite flying seems so symbolic…
I’ve begun my next quilt, and as a departure from my usual method, I am making it specifically for an exhibit at…