Itty Bitty Knitting

Our summer was more than busy with a move to a new much smaller home. With that and fitting in a bit of summer holidays - look at the Pow Wow photos at Kamloops, BC, I have been remiss in publishing my Cloth N Paper work. I have been remiss in actually making any Cloth N Paper projects. Now that fall is here I am busy and happily at it again. I have just finished knitting the baby sweater above for my niece's baby Liam. There Liam, now you are famous. More knitting is on the way and that will be in my next blog post. Birthday yarn turned into 'something sweet'. DO YOU KNOW is a new feature of my blog. It will be an information section to give you ideas and where to find information for your projects. DO YOU KNOW that Golden Artist Colors website has free videos on all sorts of subjects relating to their products and can be found at http://www.goldenpaints.com/VIDEO/library.php. Have fun looking through all of these videos. If you find something that particularly interests you, let me and my blog followers know.

Print and Stitch

My Saskatchewan students pushed their creativity beyond boundaries for two days. The first day was the painting and printing. Then 'what do I do' with these lovely pieces of fabric. The second day students worked at their sewing machines to interpret their prints. Choosing thread colours for stitching and fabrics for borders took up some time in the early morning. Input from others in the class and some from me helped each person choose threads and fabrics. Discusions and sketches helped students decide how to 'put it all together'. They worked on designs for their art quilts, then they got right at it. Sewing machines hummed madly for the rest of the day. Have a look at the results. Some people were planning on going right out to purchase their own setacolor paints to work on projects over the summer. I can't wait to see photos of the finished works of these creative people! Send me your photos.

Amazing!....From White to Glorious Colour

My student's work from the Saskatchewan Stitches Conference Every time I teach a class, my students absolutely amaze me! I offer materials to work with, suggestions for design, thoughts about my own work and that of other artists. These few thoughts and ideas along with a field trip to collect materials and 'get out into the world' stimulate imaginations far beyond my wildest expectations. Everyone has something different that gets pulled out of their brain. So many tell me that they are 'not artistic' or 'not creative' but look at what they produce. All of this glorious colour from a sheet of white fabric, a few fabric paints and brushes. Over a number of years I have taught many classes in fabric painting, decorating and surface design and each group of my students never cease to amaze me with their creative juices running wild. This was the painting day. Next each person in the group created a small art quilt with piecing and machine embroidery. Look for those pieces in my next post. I would be really pleased to hear your comments about these works. You can now follow my blog by subscribing by email. Have a look at the box at the top right of this page the fill in your email. You can always unsubscribe. I DO NOT GIVE OUT EMAIL ADDRESSES ANYONE.