A Collaboration

                                                               

My sister, Marg of www.Nikposium.com is the artist and designer who manipulated one of her paintings into a mirror image thus creating a unique surface design for the lamp. She won  a little box of fabric squares in an online contest hosted by Jennifer Sampou, the designer who created the Studio Stash line in 2013 for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Since I am the fiber artist in the family, Marg gave me her winnings and I was inspired to make the table runner. It all came together so nicely - a beautiful collaboration. 

Love is in the Air

What fun I had creating my piece for the Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) Benefit Auction. I started with the background which was actually leftover from another project and then added the giraffe on the left. At first I was going to have him eating a large petaled flower but then I thought that since I had another giraffe that could face him, why not have them falling in love! 

"Love is in the Air" is the title of this piece. The auction begins on September 15th and you can see lots of fiber art submissions for the auction by visiting www.saqa.com. Each piece is a uniform 12" x 12" and fiber artists from all over the world are participating.  

All Occasion Cards

Lately I've been having fun making cards. I love taking  tiny scraps otherwise designated for the waste basket to create something useful and it's nice to have a few cards on hand ready to mail or include with a gift.  So get out your scraps and make a bunch!  Here's how:

Go to the scrap bin (or wastebasket!) and select a few coordinating bits of fabrics. Apply the base fabric to a small piece of Timtex using a light weight fusible.  Then place the smaller bits of fabric ( in this case I'm using a few precious scraps left over from a table runner I made with Jennifer Sampou's line, Studio Stash) on top of the fabric covered Timtex and stitch in place.  Trim to the desired size and apply to the front of the card using a small amount of blue to the back of the Timtex.