Waiting- the Fiber Funster’s Challenge
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Waiting by Charo Lopez |
My small art-quilt group, the Fiber Funsters, met yesterday with our every-other month challenge. We take turns choosing a theme. This time, Charo picked “Waiting” for us to interpret. Charo’s piece, left, features her cat gazing out the window at little birds and bugs made from beads, buttons, and embroidery. The pillow her kitty sits on is puffy and with little braid and tassels.
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Allison Chang’s “Waiting” (work in progress) |
Allison started with white fabric and she wrote “Waiting” in Chinese characters across it. She then fused shapes in a metallic gold, red, green, and black. The squares and plaids contrasted with the circles, spirals, and dramatic red diagonal slashes made for active composition. She also has put three half spheres of beaded wool felted roving.
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Carolyn Hitter posed for several photos for her quilt |
Carolyn started with having her husband, Jim, take some photos of her contemplating something from behind. Using a method she learned in Leni Levenson Wiener’s “Photo-Inspired Art Quilts: From Composition to Finished Piece“, Carolyn took the photos and applied a Cutout Filter in Adobe Photoshop Elements. She then chose the photo she liked the best (on the far left) and traced the shapes (below.) The background of Carolyn’s quilt is made from a fuzzy interfacing… just like on a design wall! Her title says it all: “Waiting for Inspiration”
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“Waiting for Inspiration” by Carolyn Hitter |
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“Waiting” by Lise Vandandaigue |

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“Waiting” by Christina Fairley Erickson (work in progress) |
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Leah Day’s FreeMotion Quilting Project
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
I love them All!!!
I am in a similar group. We generally dchoose a technique. But I like the theme idea as well. I am doing Nudes Bathing for the April Challenge of 3D and Texture.
Love all these very creative pieces. I love how it challenges my mind to take a step out of what I normally do.
Wow, I love how different people interpreted the same theme. Thanks so much for sharing these, Christina, and linking up with TGIFF!
I love challenges — they usually push me to do something outside my comfort zone. And I love to see all the different interpretations!
I love this challenge idea! Well done to all the participants!
It is always interesting to see how others interpret a theme! Wonderful ideas…
I'm speachless – you all have made so stunning quilts!
Our group often does a technique demo or practice together on the month between our challenge (we meet monthly, but have 2 months to complete our challenge pieces.) I'd love to see your April Challenge piece!
ohhh you are lucky to have such a group! What a great idea. I was going through them and liked them all – I get to yours and I went – ohhhhhh. Maybe because I spent so much time on buses (being a late driver) but I really love how you play with the forground and background subjects!
An interesting challenge and what a variety of interpretations!