Left Out In The Snow

I was stopped in my tracks when I came across this firetruck. It was knee deep in snow and had been plowed in good. I was able to capture several shots. This particular shot spoke to me and was transformed to fabric. This uses an outline of the picture printed on fabric, I the rust dyed the doors and sides that I wanted to show as rust, I then hand painted with fabric paint in with a watercolor effect. Free motion embroidery edges areas of the truck and the quilt lines. I did not feel the need to background quilt as I felt the cloth speaks for itself. I appears old and warn like the truck and that suits this one perfectly.

Second picture is a detail shot of the first picture

Firetruck Detail

This is the detail shot of Left Out In The Snow, processed the same way with original photography, rusting, fabric paint, free motion quilting

Swirling Nine

This was also painted interfacing fused to layers of fabrics. I then added painted fusing to lay over various bits and strips of threads and fabrics. I then swirled on paint and heated to expand. It was finished with hand painted buttons.

Butterfly Garden

This was a fun piece done by layering various thickness of painted interfacing. The butterflies are embossing powder affixed to a foil and then attached. buttons are UTEE and embossing powder then dotted in centers with paint.

Barn Doors

These where done like the trucks they are smaller at 10x13.

Libery 2 finished

I was able to finish Liberty 2 today. There was a snow day so I got to play. I photo transfer the border and then fused it over the previous border. I then backed and quilted the piece. i am very happy with the outcome of this.

Liberty hill farm truck 2

This picture is larger than before I had to use two pieces of fabric and piece them together to get the size i liked. I feel this one is much more realistic than the first one. I used the same processes accept added some Angelina fibers to get some added iridescence.

Liberty hill farm truck

I took this picture near my home in Bedford NH at the Liberty Hill Farm for a the Urban Decay challenge. This online challenge is to take a picture of urban decay and transform it in fiber art. I first transformed picture in Photoshop and then printed it on treated muslin.The picture was then hand painted.,it them has free motion embroidery and thread painting. The outer border was transformed with melting the fabric and adhering painted fusing, to get the rusted effects.

I've Gut A Hole In My Patch

The fabric was hand dyed. I then hand painted medical equipment and thread painted the finish.
The original idea was from an online challenge of showing artistically a old quilt or pattern. I came up with the pattern of nine patch and just kept saying it in my head for days trying to come up with a idea "nine patch, nine patch, nine patch". It was coming out of a shower when I looked into the mirror and said to myself now don't I look like a nine patch. Within just a few moments I could see in my brain the quilt. It even threw me what a concept using my own medical equipment in an art piece that I called my sister and run it by her first. Even she agreed it was pretty out there but by then I had to do it.
Oh ya in case you had not figured it out yet, or just have never been exposed before the painted circle things are ostomy flanges.

Purses

Theese were quick and fun. I used a piece of scrap hand painted cloth and backed it with old hami-down quilted cloth. Finished with some thread painting and then just add the zipper. It will be nice to give them for holiday gifts.

Christmas cards

I have been making some fabric art Christmas cards here is the first batch. The backs are plain muslin for eazy writing.

Sacred

Sacred, EPU11 was created as apart of a Quilt Arts chalange from a fellow Fiber Artist. This piece encompasses the culture of the Native American tribe that I am a adopted member of. This the Sacredness that encompasses so much of the traditions. The four sacred herds, Tobacco, Sweetgrass, Sage and Cedar. The Four sacred elements are represented by a Shell for Water, String for the Plants, Feather for the Sky and Bone for Animal. The four Sacred colors of my tribe are Blue, Red, White and Yellow all In the Sacred Circle of life.