The quarterly challenge that was due at the end of June for my 12x12 group was 'Leaves'. I was initially excited about it because I wanted to try a technique one of you members, Karrie, showed me. You take an Oliver Twist "One Off" and make a tree out of it . Here is a picture of a "One Off". You lay it out in tree form and stitch. (Side note- I also love, love, love the Oliver Twist thread shown in the photo. It quilts wonderfully.) Another note- I did not have a "One Off" in the color I needed, so I created my own from fibers in my stash. Last note, when I look back at Karrie's tree, I begin to see where I began to go off track; hers is free-flowing and artsy.
I got to this point and my work just did not speak to me (in fact it was yelling some bad stuff at me). At this point, I was already late on the challenge, so I decided to experiment.
Next I used Tombow markers and drew around the trunk and branches and spray it with water.
I made leaves out of used teabags and used a combo of Tombow markers and Dye-Na-Flow to color them. Still not loving it yet....
What do you do when your art is not going in the direction you would like?
Mt husband and I were recently visiting the Northern Michigan and its fabulous wineries. We stopped at a quilt shop (of course!) and hubby found this quilt stand for me to rotate my 12x12 quilts. Here is the website for it http://www.ackfeldwire.com/, it is called a table stand.
Enjoy! Kathy
