Hey Creative Friend, In this chapter of My Moxie and Me (Then story of my longarm machine), I’ve been challenging myself to learn to thread paint on the long arm machine. Before we go on, I want to be clear that I know the long arm was not built for thread painting. However, I like […]
Art in Progress – Stacked Houses #2
The Essence of the Color Black I love a black and white piece of artwork – maybe because the first type of art I fell in love with as a child were pencil/charcoal drawings. But I also love colorful work and I’ve actually got a knack for creating some intensely colorful work. So, I’m often torn […]
Stacked Houses #1 (Work in Progress) PLUS Video
I started some stacked houses in my sketchbook a while back but I never followed up on them. So recently as I thought about what to create, I decided to go back to those sketches and start from there. In this post, I’m going to show you the process I went through in creating my […]
WIP (Part 4) – Under The Microscope #2: Finishing Touches
How to Put The Finishing Touches on An Art Quilt Finally, “Under the Microscope #2” is almost complete. Just a few more finishing touches and I can let it go. In phase1, Phase2 and Phase3, I showed you the entire process of how I created this piece. So now, let me show you how I […]
WIP (Part 1) – Under The Microscope #2: Basting with Fusibles
In recent months, I’ve fallen back on doing work in progress updates. Today, I’m going to show you what’s on the work table in my studio and I’ll teach you how I use fusibles to hold the various layers of my materials together without stitching and explain why I use facings to finish my work. I’ve […]