Monday, October 3, 2011

Getting Up Close with Thread Painting - Quilting the Colors and Textures From My Garden

When I take photos of my container garden, I see quilts everywhere... This would make a great thread painted quilt!


And this one too... maybe a close up of the bee.  What do you think?


This might be a bit drab and boring, but I think it would be cool to try to make it. I like lots of colors in my world, but it is good to try new things! So I will add it to the list!


When I made the Blooming Beans Quilt I felt it was lacking in vibrant colors, but I still love that quilt. 
The idea for it came to me in a dream.  I have a container garden, so no rows of beans in my garden! You can read more about it - click on the link.
I am working on a strawberry quilt, but I will save it to complete at the next quilt retreat! It will look similar to this photo.


Not sure if I should do a tomato quilt, but this might be a cool angle ...  I like the deck railing in the background. This was taken in the fall, so I might have to choose one with ripe tomatoes to add some colors.



Then there are the Morning Glory photos that I like...


This one is my favorite Morning Glory Photo of  The First Bloom!
I will try to recreate all of them into thread painted quilts!  This way, my winter won't be so long... I will have all my garden colors in my home, when the snow is swirling around outside. Remember the post about: I See Quilts Everywhere.  You can find your inspiration anywhere and everywhere!

When I create these quilts from my garden photos, I will take photos of each step to share with you here on my blog.  You too, can bring your garden into your home when it's cold outside!


I think a plate of food would be a great idea for a thread painted quilt!  I take photos of food and quilts and share recipes on my "Lunch Looks Like a Quilt to Me Blog".  I would love you to join me there for more inspiration in food and quilts.  I am searching for Quick and Easy Recipes to add to that blog. Would you like to be a guest blogger there with your recipe?  Join in the fun and leave me a comment on that blog.

Where do you see inspiration for your quilts?  

Here are some delightful "thread painted" quilts that I quilted for my customers and for myself.  There are lots of colors and textures to thread paint.  Some you have seen before, but I included them to have a nice colorful display and variety of quilts... Enjoy...























And last but not least, my favorite ... Molly My Garden Angel!


I love Molly's garden boots!


If you would like to see more thread painted quilts visit my Photo Gallery.  


Thanks for following along ...

Marcia
P.S. If you have a Quick and Easy Recipe to share - click here. Join in the fun! Be a guest blogger with your recipe!

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Thursday's Thoughts -- Sharing Your Quilted Creations...

Quilt Blogging is all about the "sharing"!

Recently, I have been sharing my quilts in the Online Weekly Themed Quilt Show Contests at Quilting Gallery.   What a great place to share your quilts and quilted projects... You can join in too and add a photo and description of your quilted projects.  Quilts are shared from all over the world! 

In addition to that, I am sharing some of my posts with quilting, sewing, and craft blog linky parties.  There are several links in the side bar. --->

I share my quilted creations here... and on my second Quilting Blog.  On my second blog, I am in the process of adding photos of 40 years of my quilting and sewing projects.  I have a Picasa Photo Gallery and a Flicker Photo Gallery.  There are hundreds of photos on both.  I add photos of my customer's quilts and my personal quilts every week.  I share my blog posts and photos on my Crafty Sewing Facebook Page too. 


Quilt blogging is all about the sharing... 



This weekend I am sharing my "Come Fly With Me Tote Bag and Passport Bag".  I will share the direct link in the sidebar on Friday,(September 30th), when you can click on it, view all the beautiful quilts, and vote on your favorite ones. Link is in the sidebar and you can click here also.---> Enjoy the quilts!


I created "My Come Fly With Me Bag" for a quilt challenge at Project Quilting.  I based my Project on the art work of graphic artist MC Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher).  I found the two pieces of artwork on Google images and decided I could place triangles in a similar pattern to create a cool design on the front of the quilted bag.  I used orange and purple for my complimentary colors. Then I decided I needed extra borders to make it larger and added the strips in a log cabin fashion creating a step like design element to the sides of the bag.  


Then I repeated the V on the back of the bag - upside down.   

My original plan was to make a small passport bag for myself, but I was having so much fun with the triangles, I decided I had to make a larger bag. So when I quilted the fabric to make a large bag and created a little flying geese design to make my small passport bag. 


My Fly Bag is about 14" wide by  15" deep.  I used a poly batting to make it a little lighter, as I will pack it full for flying.  I don't have a passport --- yet, as that is another long story... I plan to eventually apply for one, but it seems I never do it!  Maybe next week!



Scroll down to the very bottom of my blog to view the quilted projects I have shared in the past few weeks on the Online Weekly Themed Quilt Contest.


I posted this today, so you can enter the contest too.  You can enter up until Midnight on Thursday.  The contest is every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hop over and check out what the themes are for each week. 


Share your quilts!  That's what it is all about!


Enjoy your day!


Marcia




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