Stretching Art Challenge

I've finished my piece for this American Challenge organised by Doll Maker Amy Nelson, and I am pleased with it now. This has definitely been a challenge as I have used screen printing, image transfer and even appliqeing paper. Its certainly stretching, this experimental stuff! just have to stitch down the sleeve and attach the label and get it posted off to Texas. Here are some pictures of the work in progress:

Post Card Swap

Here are my "Naked Flowers" postcards. Naked as they are to go through the post without an envelope - well I usually send my cards that way and when I joined the postcard swap, an offshoot of BQL (The British Quilt List) which is free to join, cards were always sent that way. These are made from a 100 year old linen sheet given to me a couple of years ago. It was pink with holes worn in it but was beautifully hand sewn with wide hemstitched hems that were also beautifully hand stitched in the mitred corners. I've included some of the hemstitching on some of the cards. I printed with a thermofax screen bought last year at FOQ in Birmingham, and then added the Periwinkles with a printing block I made. They are FMQ.

Fabric Printing

Rattlesnake resized for Jelly roll strips

Having dutifully made 4 more blocks for my Winding ways quilt and another small rattlesnake centre:
 I played with paint on top of the dyed fabric that I had thermofax screen printed with seed heads.

Printing block

Edge of old linen sheet

Hopefully my next Journal quilt when it is stitched.

Daisies for Postcards

The printing blocks are made with Funky Foam self adhesive shapes made for children, but I have cut the shapes up to make my own designs.
The next postcard swap is flowers, so some of my dyed sheet will be printed and stitched into postcards.







Daisies and Periwinkles.Hopefully these will look better after they have been stitched.

You can see the hemstitched edge of the old linen sheet!