“Corn” by Christina Fairley EricksonMachine Freehand Embroidery, decorative stitching, freemotion quilting Red! Thanks for all the comments, encouragement and opinions on the background for my corn piece. The little ends of the corn husk were challenging to applique down, but you can see a bit of the organza husk standing up in the picture. What […]
Well, I’m down to needed to pick out the background and do the freemotion quilting on my latest Salsa block- Corn. I’m not sure about the background color, however. Do you prefer the red or the orange? This may have been the most difficult of my salsa pieces to date. Trying to get individual kernels of corn […]
It’s hard to believe that we’re almost at the middle of March… almost 1/4 of the year is done! However, with that in mind today, I thought I should review and see how I’m doing on My Goals for the year. “Best Friends” by Christina Fairley EricksonCommercial and artist hand-painted cottons, machine applique, machine free-motion quilting […]
The background of these poppies is pieced with a traditional feelArtist unknown I love how some quilters mix the old with the new. I think this is a wonderful way to honor the traditional roots of quilting. I’m always amazed at how some quilters can make such beautiful pieced backgrounds that totally enhance their subject […]
Limes by Christina Fairley EricksonFreehand machine embroidery, freemotion quilting and decorative stitching Do you get more and more productive the closer you get to a deadline? This is a pet peeve of mine (not to mention my husband’s!) Why is it that we have to get right up to a deadline before we get motivated? […]
Only 3 more 5 x 7 pieces to go for my Salsa series! They’re looking good all together. I was a little worried that this red background might be too dominant with the rest of them, but it turned out fine. I wanted the complementary color to the green of the avocado, and the dark […]
Do you feel like you are meeting your potential? Or do you feel like you haven’t quite made it or like you aren’t really even sure how to get to what you think your potential might be? This question is on my mind after celebrating my son’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor yesterday. I […]
I finished My “Peppers” last night! Hooray! I’m quite happy with how they turned out… I struggled with making the red center one laying down so you are looking down on it. I think the key was both the shading and sewing directional-ly. By this I mean that I’m trying to capture the shape of […]
Artist Hanny Couwenhoven Back in the Jun/July 2012 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, a fiberart group named “Windkracht 10” was featured in an article by Lynn Krawczyk. Based in the Netherlands, these Dutch fiber artists choose to display their work outdoors. While creating work that will be exposed to the elements may be challenging, there […]
Isolation. It can be really nice to have time to yourself… time to do your projects, eat on your own schedule, stay up as late as you want. But this weekend was more than time to myself. Sometime on Friday, a critical piece of equipment broke down cutting off all Internet, email, WiFi and our […]
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