SuZ Stuff~~~a journey from point A to point B~

and the winner is......

2009-03-26T19:19:00.005-04:00

I used a internet random generator to pick our winner for my big birthday give-away !!!

I put in the numbers 1 to 25----( because that's how many are playing )

and the number that instantly came up was.....

3

so than I counted down to the 3rd comment and it was.....

sixsisters !!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SIXSISTERS !!!!

you may choose anything from my etsy shop in folios-journals-bookcovers or custom book covers----what ever strikes your fancy !!!!

Big Birthday Giveaway

2009-03-08T23:10:00.012-04:00

when I signed on to etsy there were no "teams" & the listing fee was 10 cents for 6 mos...not sure how much the commission was...I was also on ebay in their early days..1999 ? also 10 cents listing fee and the site was forever crashing just when your auction was about to end..LOL...it was all very exciting back than...and I was also one of the first to sign-up for paypal...they paid us to recruit new members...can you believe!!??? I made about $500 for getting my ebay customers to use paypal !!!!!!! oh, those were the days !!!!

WoW !!!! double birthday fun~~~~~

this is my "real" birthday month (march 9th)
& my etsy birthday month (march 25th, 2006) !!!! ........
soooooooo to celebrate I'm having a giveaway !!!!
the winner can choose any folio or journal or book cover from my shop....

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=30958&section_id=5908259

or here

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=30958&section_id=5941863

or here

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=30958&section_id=5355024

just leave a comment on my blog & I will randomly pick a name on *****March 26th*****and will contact you *****

~~~~~ and I also have a birthday wish ~~~~

I would love to reach 300 hearts in my shop by my etsy 3rd birthday (march 25th)...so please "heart me" if you haven't already~~~that would be awesome ! thanks !

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=30958

Vintage SuZan-early 1990's-Altered Jean Jackets/Vests

2008-06-07T11:26:00.014-04:00

with so much "ALTERED CLOTHING" becoming popular again I thought I would post a few pics of "ART to WEAR" jean jackets & vests I made back in the early 1990's....I made over 200 collage-decorated jean jackets to sell in my up-scale boutique-way back than! these I show here are my own personal jackets & vests that I still have...lol...I may have pics of some of the others on video...I'll have to go look...maybe I can get them put on a cd or something...anyway here's a show for ya'.............

I used appliques/stamps/paint/glitter/trims/beads & more...

I also re-cycled the black sun/moon vest (1993) for Artiology 2004 by adding with paint more swirls and the name/date of the event ... the theme was Time Travel...so it worked out perfect...I took a class with Pamela Allen & Jackie Sullivan & ???, darn, can't recall her name now...but I'll add it when I remember...

been on a BLOG DIET !

2008-05-06T23:32:00.010-04:00

it's been a really long time since I added to my blog...I have been creating stuff-honest-vbg...just not blogging-or reading blogs ...a BLOG DIET !!!

I'll post a few pics here today of some quilties I have created for a monthly swap I do...the only swap I'm committed too this year...

these are 5" x 5" each with a different theme each month...I try to use a different technique each month...

Spreading the word~RE-CYCLE~

2008-04-01T10:27:00.003-04:00

with Earth Day coming up I thought I would post this blurb for anyone interested in a simple project or to give voice to our concern about our environment....it's a very cool idea for crafters....

http://morsbags.com/

let’s do something positive to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags being used - 1 million are consumed per minute globally - of which hundreds of thousands end up in the oceans.
the idea is to get together with people in your local community, drink wine and make reusable cloth bags (from old duvet covers, curtains from charity shops etc) and hand them out to the unsuspecting public for free on specified dates outside different supermarkets.
meet new people, do something marvellous for the planet and beat other pods (groups) of baggers with your morsbag tally.
go to www.morsbags.com to be a part of a wonderful thing!

Short Tutorial on Eco Cloth Shopping Bag

2008-02-26T14:03:00.020-05:00

OK everybody...I'm giving a short tutorial on how to make a very basic cloth shopping bag that would be the same size as a brown paper grocery bag...this is just one method to construct a tote...there are many others but this is the one I'm playing with now...very simple & quick...Blogger & I do not always see eye to eye on picture placement but I'll do the best I can here...you can email me with any ?????? ....

1...choose some very cool/funky fabrics ---I use a light weight decorator fabric...it has a bit of stability or body for this style bag...you need about 1 yard ...1/2 for outside & 1/2 for lining...you can use the same fabric for both the outside & the lining but I like to contrast the fabric for cuteness !!!! so I use two different fabrics...

I cut 4 squares of fabric about 18 in. each...2 for the outside & 2 for the lining...you can use any size you want I guess if you want a larger or smaller bag...but this is the size I used here...

Handles...well for my handles I used some old wide grosgrain ribbon I had on hand...48" long & cut in half...you can also make fabric handles or look around your stash & see what you have...maybe some webbing ???....to attach handles measure 5" from each side...I drew a chalk line as a guide for placing my handle straps...starting at the bottom, stitch your handle straps on the inside of the line going up towards the top to about 2" from the top edge...now do the same thing with the other side...make sure your handle is not twisted at the top...I stitched both sides of my ribbon handles & across the top (2" below top of bag)...you will do this for both sides of your outside fabric squares...now if you want an outside pocket you would cut a piece of fabric scrap to fit between your handle straps before you stitch them down...just stitch the pocket at the same time you stitch the handle straps...& stitch the pocket across the bottom...

Lining...be sure & fold down your handles so they are out of the way before you start stitching the lining to the top of the bag...place one square of your lining fabric right sides together along the top of edge of bag front...stitch... repeat with the bag back piece...you now have 2 pieces...open the bag pieces out flat & press...

Finshing-almost...place the 2 pieces right sides together...handles on top of each other & linings on top of each other...stitch the side seams (long sides) together on both sides...you now have a long tube...both short ends open...now fold the lining side over the main fabric...lining should be outside now...press the top edge of bag...even up the bottom edge of bag...I do a final trim cut before I sew the bottom edges together...all four layers get stitched together now to form the bottom seam...if you have a serger you can finish the edge...or you can zig-zag the edge...I have a Janome 6600p and have a nice overcast function to finish the edge...

Final Finish...OK, almost done ! before you turn your bag you have one more step to do...pinch together the bottom seam & side seam to form a triangle...try and match the uper seam to the lower seam as close as you can...you can press them flat...now you will draw a line across the triangle...about 7" will do it...stitch across the line you drew...repeat on other corner...fold the triangles toward inside of bag ... you can hand stitch or glue the triangle pieces to the bottom of bag...

TURN YOUR NEW CUTE CLOTH SHOPPING BAG RIGHT SIDE OUT NOW....just do a topstitch on the top edge & your FINISHED !!!!

and there you have it ! a very cool eco cloth grocery bag just like the brown paper bags !!! it takes about an hour to make one of these bags...I usually make 2 at a time...one for me & one as a gift !!!

I have included a series of pictures I took as I went along on this project...I hope they are helpful...& PLEASE leave a comment about this tut...feedback is important to me ...

measure 5" from each side for strap handles...

place & stitch pocket between straps...

double scrap fabric for pocket... stitch across pocket so stuff doesn't fall out !
fold handle down & stitch lining to top edge of outside fabric...
overcast stitch on bottom seam...

measure appox. 7" across to form triangle...

stitch across triangle on bottom of bag...
bottom inside of bag with stitched triangles...

another finished eco cloth shopping bag...

Eco- Cloth Shopping Bags

2008-02-25T15:15:00.004-05:00

I have a good size stash of old novelty & decorator fabrics...good stuff but out-dated but I can never seem to just get rid of it...vbg...so I decided to make some grocery shopping bags with it...here are a few I made this weekend...you can see in the photo that they are the same size as a brown paper bag or plastic bag from the market....I put a pocket on the outside for keys/ cell phone ect and they are lined....I'm going to make 3 different styles/shapes...one brown paper bag style...as seen here...one will be a plastic bag style...the flat one with the flamingos in 1 of the pics is the one I have made so far...and a third will be a simple shoulder type bag of soft cloth for shopping....not made yet ...but hopefully soon...the best part is I'm able to use all this funky fabric that has been just sitting around & taking up space with no real purpose...and now it is being re-cycled/re-purposed/reused !!!!!! I love it !!!!

oh, I made 2 of each fabric design...one will be for gift giving....

Rusty Fairy Art Quilt-2008

2008-02-21T10:59:00.006-05:00

last spring I was crazy for rusting fabrics...I made some rusted images from my garden ornaments .... http://suzstuff.blogspot.com/2007/05/rusty-day-2.html ....the images were a bit large & I had no clue what I was going to do with them...WELL ! I am happy to report that I have made an Art Quilt with one of the rusty fairy images & my handpainted cloth...same technique I used from Ellen Lindner's IAQ class...the backing is also from the rusted fabric with patches of the handpainted cloth sewn on with metalic thread...I used metalic thread on the front too...and painted wonder under for some of the rectangles...I am pleased to be able to use the pretty rusty fairy & have it all come together for this wall quilt....the colors look softer in real life ....

Instant Art Quilt

2008-02-14T17:17:00.008-05:00

WoW ! thanks Ellen for the link from your website ! I'm honored ! & be sure everyone & ck out another IAQ I did with Ellen's AWESOME technique called "RUSTY FAIRY" ... here's the link...
http://suzstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/rusty-fairy-art-quilt-2008.html

I took an on-line class from Ellen Lindner call "Instant Art Quilts" ....

http://tinyurl.com/2fr6ds

...this was a super fun class & Ellen is a great on-line teacher !!! I highly recommend this class for anyone who wants instant gratification with an art piece...I love it !!!!

here are my results....

I started with a not so great piece of my handpainted art cloth...but with Ellen's fantastic technique it has turned into fab-u-lious wall art !!!
I made the larger art quilt first & with the left over scraps made the second smaller quilt....

this is the first Instant Art Quilt...

this is the not so great painted cloth...

and than I made another one...and than another small one with the left over scraps...it reminds me of when I was a kid & my little sister & I had to wear the same outfits...big sister & little sister..LOL...

I will most likely add some surface embellishment to the 2 smaller art quilts...I do like the glitz !!!!!

sorry if the pictures are not in order...BUT I just cannot figure this blogger thing out...it's very frustrating for me.... I'd rather be making art quilts...vbg...

and this is the not very pretty painted muslin...........................................

CYBER FYBER EXHIBITION

2008-02-09T11:30:00.000-05:00

CYBER FYBER EXHIBITION is an international event scheduled at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, USA from January 8th through 20th, 2009. The focus of this exhibition is to highlight the influences of Internet access for today's fiber artists.

http://cyberfyberexhibition.blogspot.com/

Yep ! I am also in on this one !!!I'm trading ATC # 127 & postcard #103...as pictured above !!! they are AWESOME !!!

Susan has made up some great ATC's & postcards from her own fiber art...can you imagine ! she has re-purposed (cut-up) some of her older exhibition pieces for this trade...so hurry on over for this great opportunity to be in an exhibition & recieve a fantastic trade from Susan...

and you can also send her 3 ATC's for a trade with other fiber artists...here's the link info for all the trades & how they work...

http://cyberfyberexhibitiontrading.blogspot.com/

I am soooo excited about this !!!!

ONE WORLD-ONE HEART Give Away

2008-02-03T06:56:00.001-05:00

AND THE WINNER IS #29..............KATHY WAGNER..........
http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

ONE WORLD-ONE HEART give-away ART JOURNAL !

http://oneworldevent.blogspot.com/

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BLUE GODDESS handmade blank art journal---

raw-edge patchwork...the goddess element is machine embroidered onto my handpainted fabric and I used scraps of fabrics/yarn/ribbon for texture & color...on the inside is a pocket for a pen/pencil...I used an art paper & deckled the edges & made 4 signatures to sew into the journal...and a ribbon closure...the pictures show the front & back and also the inside...

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on Feb 14th I will randomly pick a winner for this journal ...you MUST leave a comment with your email addy ... that's the only way I can reach the winner ! so PLEASE leave an email addy... GOOD LUCK !!!!!

Happy New Year 2008 & Blog Anniversary

2008-01-01T07:25:00.000-05:00

Christmas 2007---picture of 3 yr old Sawyer-my grandson---and his stocking full of goodies!

well-well-well !!!!!!!!!!!! I have been blogging 2 yrs today !!!!!!!!

Wishing everyone a very happy-healthy-creative-fun-safe & every other good thing in life that you can think of NEW YEAR !!!!!!!

I do not make new years resolutions.....no point in setting myself up for dissappointment......hahaha........I just do the best I can with what I've got !!!!!!!!!!

it seems to be a tradition to have a give-away on one's blog anniversary......sooooooooo-------anyone who leaves a comment will recieve a small handmade gift from me.......not sure what it will be yet.....

a surprise for sure !!!!!!

Holiday Greeting Cards-2007

2007-12-12T07:46:00.000-05:00

I made these holiday greeting cards for a swap...I machine embroidered motifs on my mc300e...than did a fabric collage with mostly vintage christmas scraps that I have saved from years & years ago...vbg...
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lately I seem to be in a mood that what-ever I make has to have a useful purpose !!! sooooooooooooooooo......
I made these cute cards into needle holders !!!! yea ! now I'm satisfied with the project !................................
showing fronts-backs-inside........I still haven't figured out how to control this blogger thing with the placement of the pictures.......oh well !!!!!!!!

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Hats-Hats-& more Hats

2007-11-27T23:22:00.000-05:00

I've been busy making fleece hats...here are a few...they are for sale...

Pillowcases everywhere!

2007-11-21T07:07:00.000-05:00

oh boy!!!

this just proves how obsessive/compulsive I am !!! Patsy sent me a technique to make pillowcases with no exposed seams...well, I tried making one & totally became hooked on making them...I had yards of OOP novelty fabrics from a previous time that I otherwise would never use now...and I was going to give it all away...until I made that pillowcase! well, now everyone in my family is getting pillowcases as gifts this year...what fun this is...and I had to buy more themed novelty fabrics for my grandson's pillowcases...ha !!! he'll have a set for every month this year....geeeezzzzz....but ya' know...it feels really really good to do useful sewing again....I think this year I'm going to do a lot more of it....

Feeling Blue Swap

2007-11-03T11:09:00.000-04:00

I used my new toy-"the flower stitcher foot" to make a 5" square quiltie for a trade...the theme was "Feeling Blue" ... I put a blue piece of chiffon over the top & zapped it...but it hardly shows...next time I will use a more contrasting piece...also did a little beading...
and in the same trade was a bookmark challenge...so there are my 2 bookmarks done with my Babylock embellisher...love that machine...punched asst. fibers onto blue cotton & added a bit of beading...statin-stitched the edges...added fibers for the tassel...

Orange Art Squares 2007

2007-10-19T11:43:00.000-04:00

here are my embellished Orange Art Squares for a trade...they are 1.5" square...I have decided that art squares or inches are not my thing...I've done a few trades with this small size & really do not enjoy it...maybe it's just the mood I'm in at the moment...VBG...

Summer painted fabrics

2007-10-02T11:06:00.000-04:00

I didn't do much art this summer...I've been in a kinda' funk...we had a lot of sudden life changes..un-expected type...but we are adjusting now & life goes forward no matter what....

I did do a lot of fabric painting/dyeing...here are a few pictures...but I must have colored close to a hundred yards of various cotton types....

UPDATE !!!Art Card Ideas contest !!!

2007-09-06T12:21:00.000-04:00

Thank You everyone who voted for me in the Art Card Ideas Contest...my goal was to be in the deck of 52...Well, I made it into the top 10----placing 4th...only 1 vote out of 3rd place....I am a very happy camper !!!!!

VOTE for ME !!!! VOTE for ME !!!! VOTE for ME!!!!

here is one of my entries #074 in the Art Card Ideas contest....I am shamelessly promoting myself...hahaha....

PLEASE PLEASE go vote for me !!!!! and this postcard #074...Mermaid Garden...SuZan from New Jersey !!!!!

here's the addy to registar to vote....

http://www.artcardideas.com/

I need votes !!!!!!

thanks in advance for your vote----

this message has been appoved by Suz....LOL.... that would be me!!! VBG.....

Tag Challenge - Arty-facts & Monet-ish

2007-07-31T14:15:00.000-04:00

I made these tags for a challenge on Carol T's Yahoo group....
I started with a tag shape & glued some fabric paper I made last year to the shape...wrapped it around the tag...than I started to play with embossing powders & built up some texture with Misty Fuse & nettings...all melted together with heat tool...great textures! this was just the backgrounds...than on each tag I added different elements....bits & pieces of Model-Magic air dry clay---Tyvek---hot glue shapes---beads---lots of Lumiere paints...fancy yarns...
I had a great time playing with this....they look so much better in person though...I could not get a picture to capture all the niffy texture & color...oh well...I did use up some stuff I had from experimenting with different techniques from last year...the lesson is ---NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY !!! hahaha.....

answer to "what's this?"

2007-07-28T11:02:00.000-04:00

OK you guys--- you were all VERY close to the figuring out what this technique is....you smarties you....

YES, it's paper---- a scrunched up MAGAZINE page!

Yes, I used embossing powder with a heat tool !

I used a dark color magazine page...scrunched it up & applied it to cardstock that I had run through my xyron machine for a super sticky adhesive...than I brayered it down...than dry brushed a bit of gesso...than took an ink pad to the folds and added some embossing ink and embossing powder & zapped it with a heat tool !!! and that's it !!! it was fast and easy...I found this technique on a yahoo group as a challenge....

I was looking for a simple technique for the presentation of my embellished art squares....so this worked out great...

thanks for playing & leaving your comments....I appreciate you taking the time to do that....

sorry it took so long to get the "answer" up .... but I wanted the art squares to get to their new homes before I posted this....

what's this????

2007-07-19T10:45:00.000-04:00

can anyone guess what this technique is???? it was a challenge in a yahoo group-something I never tried before-well, I love it-these are made for a background for art squares...I'll post the technique later & show the art squares too!!! OK, go ahead & guess now!!!! LOL.....

MERMAID embroidered fabric journals

2007-07-12T18:06:00.000-04:00

front
back
front
a bunch

a backyard visitor-2007

2007-07-12T17:58:00.000-04:00

more fabric blank journals-FAIRIES

2007-07-12T17:50:00.000-04:00

frontback

front back

Blue Goddess Journal

2007-06-23T12:36:00.000-04:00

I made a few journals for gifts...I saw this technique somewhere awhile ago...but I can't remember where...ummmm....

these are raw-edge patchwork...the goddess element is machine embroidered onto my handpainted fabric and I used scraps of fabrics/yarn/ribbon for texture & color...on the inside is a pocket for a pen/pencil...I used an art paper & deckled the edges & made 4 signatures to sew into the journal...and a ribbon closure...

the pictures show the front & back and also the inside...

Art Nouveau Poppy postcard

2007-06-14T14:17:00.000-04:00

postcards made for swap on Surface Design yahoo group...Art Nouveau was the theme...I wanted to try a tissue paper technique...I traced the design onto white tissue paper than fused it to white craft felt....than I satin stitched the outline of the flower & stems...I used oil pastels to color the flowers & background....fused it to a lite craft pellon...zig-zagged the edges...sprayed it lightly with a fixative because the tissue seemed a bit delicate...I very much like the way they turned out...

wonderful Mail-Art x 4

2007-06-09T18:01:00.000-04:00

I have recently recieved some awesome mail-art....

from Terri S...ahhhh...luck of the draw...I was one of the lucky ones to be picked from a random drawing Terri had on her blog....this is a "paper quilt" created by Terri....

next is this lovely postcard from Mafanwy Hart---this is from a swap we have at Embellisher-Art-Postcards...we use our punching/felting machines to create pc's....

and this Art Nouveau pc is from Sue Miller...another theme swap I am in at Surface Design...

and another fantastic pc I got from a blog comment is from Carol Clasper...she couldn't help herself...VBG...& sent us all a postcard !!! am I a lucky girl or what?????????????????

Inchies Swap 2007

2007-06-03T14:47:00.000-04:00

inchies swap...
9 inchies to a player of their color choice...

I made these inchies with the embellisher as well as the matching postcards for presentation...these are the colors that started me on my "Color Study in Texture" series....

Aqua...
Orange...
Burgandy...
Pink/Orange...

Color Study in Texture

2007-05-16T06:40:00.000-04:00

I have been playing with color & texture...this is going to be a series of postcards...made entirely with the BabyLock Embellisher & pulling whatever I have in my studio...

this is Aqua....color does not show well but you get the idea...
background fabric is a crinkle cotton punched into a craft pellon..than dyed cheesecloth-angelina-fancy yarns-silk ribbon was punched on...I love the effect...

close-up...

and the next color is orange...done the same way....I want to do as many colors as I can over the summer...

and more rust-day 3

2007-05-06T15:53:00.000-04:00

day 3 of rusting fabric...I used a variety of white cotton fabrics....they all took the rust but each has a different look...this dragon image turned out well....

this piece I had used for the "drop cloth" from the first day and than re-used for the sun face impression on day 3....I find it very interesting...it's a large piece...close to a yard...

3 large pieces (folded)
more "drop cloths" (cloth put under rusty items)... they produce faint images ...

Rust fabric-day 2-rusting

2007-05-05T14:50:00.000-04:00

day 2 of rusting fabric...pic of my rusty fairies & friend....this batch turned out a bit different than day 1...it was a much cooler day and I also did not rub the fabric onto the rusties like I did on day 1...so the images are not as clear...I'm doing one more batch today...a warmer day...and will post the results tomorrow....
a sun face...
a dragon...you can see the bubble-wrap impression on his body...
fairy...
hummer....

Rusty Fairies day 1

2007-05-03T18:58:00.000-04:00

OK-here are my first day experiments with rusting cotton fabric...

I took my rusty garden fairies and placed them on bubble wrap... than I placed wet cotton fabric made with a solution of vinegar & water on top of them...than sprinked salt on top...so far (about 12 hrs) this is my result !!! I did rewet them during the day...I'm going to let it cure over-night & see what happens in the morning....next time I will place another piece of cotton fabric under them too....also I found these rusty garden tools and wrapped them with the same solution of wet cotton...so far look'n pretty good !!! .... much easier than the one I did last year...

Embellisher-Art-Postcards~Wildflowers~

2007-05-01T10:58:00.000-04:00

I made these postcards for a swap I'm in at Myfanwy Hart's---Embellisher-Art-Postcards group...they are made entirely with my BabyLock Embellisher. (except the edging-zig-zagged w/my Janome 6600) --- background is cheap black lining fabric machine-needle punched into craft pellon...than the pretty yarns/ fibers/ organza ribbons & a tad of Angelina are all machine needle-punched to the background fabric...BUT a flower patch MUST have bug of some sort !!!! soooo....I added the dragonfly element that I had purchased at the last quilt show I attended...perfect!!!!!!

I am pleased with this series....

April Showers bring May flowers & sometimes postcards

2007-04-28T14:52:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday to our FAF April birthday girls!!!!----Terri-Kim-Emmy-Carol M......I was a little late getting these pc's out to you but they are on their way!!!!

a Simple Fiber cord

2007-04-28T10:13:00.000-04:00

here is a very simple fiber cord made with pretty yarns & fibers that we all have...

I used 9 strands of fibers/yarns in bright colors...this one is about 3 yds each...but any length will do...

take 3 strands & machine zig-zag (wide) together with a pretty thread---I used rayon---do this with the rest of the fibers-3 and 3-so you now have 3 strands of zig-zaged fibers---now I stitched them together across the top a couple of times---and than you just braid them together tightly! and stitch across the bottom to secure the braid...you can leave the top & bottom loose if you want a tassel-like effect...or bind the ends with cord or fibers and dip in glue for the finished look....easy-peasy!!!

Happy Easter !!!

2007-04-08T14:12:00.000-04:00

Happy Easter !!!!

it's hard to believe it's the 4th month into 2007 already !!!!..............Hey, our Surface Design Yahoo group is having a fund-raising auction on Ebay ..... for Greenpeace .... you must go take a peek at all the handmade items by the best artists ever! postcards,purses,wallhangings,boxes,ect and a very special "map" made by very special artists...go check it out ASAP...

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZjoannavan2

I made my 28 month old grandson a simple raggy quilt in pretty spring colors...I sometimes like this kind of mindless sewing ... it clears my mind ... and I have a quick finished project !

anyway, this blankie goes into his Easter basket/bucket...when he opens it he will find all sorts of goodies...cars, lantern,bug keeper,fishing toy & a bit of his favorite sweets...

and check this out !!!! I found these verry verry cool CAT sneakers....I HAD to buy them....I LOVE cat stuff....all my clothes & jewelry used to have a cat theme when I had my boutique back in the early 1990's....after all, when you have a shoppe called "Just Cats" what else could you wear...LOL...VBG....ohhh, how I miss that time of my life....ummmm....Well I love these sneaks & so will my grandson Sawyer !!!! hehehe...... ps---the sneaks are for ME!!!

the whole gang together-March birthday PC's FAF

2007-04-01T14:23:00.000-04:00

outside my window today...
Daffy Dills & pussy willow tree with Catkins...

well guys, the party's over...but what a party it was !!!!! here's the whole gang together....aren't they beautiful ?????!!!!!

THANK YOU SEW MUCH to all the members of FAF Yahoo group...this was one of the best birthdays I have ever had....each & every pc is a creative work of art I will always treasure....you guys are the best!!!!!

my Art 2 Mail group #17 box

2007-04-01T13:25:00.000-04:00

fabric box for art 2 mail #17 postcards..................open w/pc's inside.....................................

25 postcards inside fabric box...................... feet on fabric box............................................

last Sept. I joined what I thought was the Art 2 Mail group...well, as it turned out they do not accept any new members into the original group....but they wait till 25 people sign-up & they send a list out to these 25 to form a group....and that's it!!!! soooooooooooooooo....I found myself with a list of 25 names of people who want to trade pc's......I waited 24 hrs. to see if someone on the list was going to pick it up ....not a peep....so I jumped in & asked if they wanted to open a Yahoo group & went ahead & opened one....that worked out fine & I was able to learn a lot by moderating the group....we had an almost 100% trade in a 4 month time span...a great bunch of ladies for sure...and about half went on to form another Yahoo group because they formed a close bond....anyway, I have been wanting to make a fabric box for pc's since I saw Sue B's last Oct. .....

and here is my result...

this one is just for the #17 group exchange...

I wanted to make my own fabric from the postcards soI scanned the pc's I had recieved & printed them out in my inkjet printer onto silk fabric...I free-motioned quilted the fabric & made the measurements for the box to fit the postcard group....I made feet for the box by rolling up left over craft pellon...I'm happy with them ....and than I embellished the box lid with a fabric bead made from scrap postcard fabric...this box has an attached lid...I am very pleased with project....

postcards-postcards!

2007-03-30T17:24:00.000-04:00

this stunning & perfect free-motion-stitched & beaded Art Nouveau postcard is from Carol S....for a trade in Surface Design Yahoo group....it's just beautiful!!!!!!!!

and this little beauty is another March Birthday pc from a new member of FAF....Elaine G...it's it's wonderfully felted & free-motion stitched...
thanks a bunch ladies...

and the party continues

2007-03-24T08:10:00.000-04:00

YES!
3 more March birthday pc's to enjoy...

the first is from Carol...shades of purples/blues and full of textures w/hand-stitches...ummm...yummy...

second one down is from Dianne...
yea, I wish I could still move like that..VBG...

she's great Dianne...thanks a bunch...is she made with paper/fabric?

and the 3rd one is from Angela...
hand-dyed fabric & clever stitches...very very nice...

thank you all for making my birthday month soooooo special....

GREAT MailArt Day !

2007-03-20T12:27:00.000-04:00

and 3 more birthday postcards have arrived via mail... from the Fiber Art Friends yahoo group... all treasures!!!

the first one is from Anna N...the fibers are woven through the felted background...a technique that I have never seen before...it's so unique!...I must give it a try...very cool Anna!!!

and this lovely pc is from Terri S....I am a great admirer of Terri's work and now I have a piece of her art for my very own! I love this Terri !!!

and the 3rd beauty is from Micki M....felted & stitched...it's awesome! love it!!!!

Pretty ladies postcards

2007-03-11T23:14:00.000-04:00

I stitched out these pretty ladies on my Janome 300e embroidery machine today...They are for my Mother's birthday (March 17th)...she likes pretty things ....yep, they are postcards & she gets all 3...
each one takes approx. 2 hrs. to stitch out...maybe even a bit more...I also added swarovski crystals for extra embellishment...gotta have that embellishment! ...
she will really like these pc's a lot...Art Nouveau is a favorite of hers & mine....

FAF Birthday PC from Lynda-2007

2007-03-11T07:48:00.000-04:00

WoW!!!!
another FAF March birthday postcard for me...from Lynda.... not only a fantastic postcard but a "wild" pin to play with too...this guy likes to dance !!!! (vbg) ... I love interactive art! ... thanks Lynda...great fun !!!!

March birthday postcards from Fiber Art Friends

2007-03-09T11:41:00.000-05:00

two beautiful March birthday postcardsthe white pleated pc is from Helen B & the cool blues/purples is from Sue B.....don't you just love 'em !!!!

NJ Quilt show & failed Tyvek

2007-03-03T10:52:00.000-05:00

Thursday we went to the Quilt Fest of New Jersey lll up at Somerset, NJ....this is not a really large quilt show but really does showcase some wonderfull quilts...I was impressed with how many "Art Quilts" are now represented...it wasn't that long ago when this type of quilt was not even allowed in top quilt exhibit's....I was very excited to see the one women show of Jeanne R Beck....WOW !!! (She has an article in Quilting Arts #25 page 63) .... to see her art quilts up close and personal is beyond belief...the texture & colors & size is so much better than the pictures in the magazine or on her web site!!! I love her work....a lot of the pieces from her web site were on display here...it was a real treat for me! Yay!!!

On another note....

here are a few pics of my tyvek experiments I did today....and BlackJack shows his opinon of them...LOL...I feel the same way...VBG...I was trying for flowers & leaves...and the other will just be used as some sort of elements in a project....

also is a pic of another experiment I did with weaving felt/fancy fibers/wrapped & beaded pipe cleaners...before and after I zapped it....I like this piece...weaving idea from WOW...

I WON ! I WON !!!!!

2007-02-28T18:49:00.000-05:00

I am just so excited !!!!! I actually WON a Sonji Bundle !!!!! yes indeed ... a authentic Sonji Hunt Bundle !!!! and mine was created just for me...BUNDLE # 114...
she had a little contest on her blog a few weeks ago... contest ....and just for fun I wrote about why I love bundles !!!! boy, was I surprised to be picked as a winner...I have long admired Sonji's art and I do love her bundles .... now one is all mine....

here's a pic of MY bundle !!!!

Charmed

2007-02-26T14:07:00.000-05:00

First I want to take this moment to thank everyone who has made comments on my blog these past few months...I really appreciate the time you take to do that .... I don't answer each one back because my time on the pc is limited due to a annoying eye condition... "dry eye" ... so I can only spend short periods of time on the pc...bummer...so thanks everyone!!!! ...

ok, here are the pictures of the charms I sent out for the BIG charm swap on the Surface Design yahoo group....these are not the same charms that I posted earlier...these are fluff-ier and with a very cool bead I found....I sure hope they all get delivered OK...this will be my last swap for awhile....I need a break and want to persue some new projects for me...LOL...and finish giving my home a much needed re-do...

CHARMS & another felt melt

2007-02-20T08:24:00.000-05:00

these are the little 1" charms for a large group charm swap I made...and one more
"FELT MELT" experiment...this was machine embroidered and than zapped with heat tool...I love the way it came out!

more Felt Melt experiments

2007-02-13T15:31:00.000-05:00

a FELT MELT experiment

2007-02-11T00:57:00.000-05:00

just for fun & a monthly challenge on a yahoo group....I painted some cheapo felt and zapped it with my heat tool...these pieces will be used as elements on a project....

What Planet are you From????

2007-02-08T18:49:00.000-05:00

my sister gave me a "bulb kit" for christmas...everything in a box to grow this flower...well, it is 2 ft tall and my Black Jack thinks it's a cat toy...LOL...

after I answered the quiz questions this is the profile I got back....ummmm...yes, I can relate....

***You Are From Neptune***

You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability.
You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea.
Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion.
You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone.
If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything.

What Planet Are You From?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatplanetareyoufromquiz/

Hand Emb & Beaded postcards

2007-02-04T17:02:00.000-05:00

I created these postcards for a hand embroidered & beaded trade...I also used a paper & fabric study exercise...I embroidered on fancy tissue paper...the background is painted fusible web on muslin with bits of threads...and than added the beads...I like the way these turned out...

DREAMING of SUMMER

2007-01-24T18:51:00.000-05:00

SWAP MELTDOWN !!!!!

2007-01-16T11:14:00.000-05:00

Well, it was bound to happen....I had a SWAP MELTDOWN...LOL...yep, it's true...here's what happened...
it was getting really really close to a valentine postcard swap deadline...I mean like 3 days...talk about pressure...I had no idea yet as to what I was going to make...I only needed to create 4 postcards...not a big deal when you have some kind of idea...but when you are in one of those creative voids it may as well be a thousand....you all know what I mean...you've most likely been there-done that-right? ....well, I played around & played around and finally things started to come together...so off & running I was on getting these pc's finished and feeling quite content with myself...ha!!! I printed out my list of addresses and started addressing the pc's...as I got to the 4th one I realised my name was not on the swap list! OH NO!!!!!! did I forget to sign-up for this swap???? I thought I did :0( ....went back to closed swaps & looked again...my name was NOT on this list...ummmm...DUH...I was looking at the WRONG list...there were 2 groups for the valentine swap...and I had addressed these fiber postcards to the OTHER swap list...Geezzzzz...panic....now there is no way I'm gonna be able to correct this without making a mess of the fiber postcards...........soooooo........my solution was to MAKE MORE and just send them to ALL the swappers on both lists....sooooo it looks like EVERYONE who signed up for the VALENTINE swap at SURFACE DESIGN will receive a pc from me...and YES I did make the deadline after all....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whew!!!!!!!!! I think I need a break from swaps for awhile...

so the pic of the pc's is above....I used a few techniques on vintage velvet (embellished felt & decroative stitches)

ANCESTORS circa 1920's ?

2007-01-15T19:03:00.000-05:00

WALTER & MAY OK, this first picture is of my Grandparents & my Grandmother's best friend...they went to the "shore" (Atlantic City) from Philadelphia on a regular basis...and this is a photo postcard...very popular back in the day !!!!

second picture is my grandmother May with her best friend...sorry, I do not recall her name...I'll ask my Mother...she may know....

and the 3rd picture postcard is my grandmother May & her favorite sister Jane and again with the best friend...
my Mother has a ton of picture albums from her childhood...she was born in 1927...my Grandparents were always up on the latest technology...the first on the block to get electric-radio-tv ... whatever it was they had it first...LOL...they would have loved this whole internet thing, for sure....my grandmother lived to 99 & my grandfather till age 76....they both came from Poland when they were young teenagers...

ABSTRACT ART QUILTIE for QA

2006-12-09T17:19:00.000-05:00

Geeeeez...........I haven't posted for a very long time !!! I'm doing a kitchen make-over (myself, with a little help from my DH) and have not been looking a blogs or blogging myself....just painting cabinets ***inside & out***and moving stuff & moving stuff & moving more stuff !!! when this project is finished I will post pics....

In the mean time here are the pictures of my ABSTRACT ART QUILTIE that I sent to Quilting Arts magazine challenge....

I took the photo of a marigold from my garden and than I painted my own fabric...and cut it up....stitched it back together...and it has a little beading too...like dew drops...I called it "MARIGOLD SQUARED" .... I tried to keep it simple like I thought an abstract should be...I sooooo wanted to add more but to me an "abstract" is a basic interpetation of the subject...so here it is!!!!

Happy Birthday Sawyer -2 yrs old today!

2006-11-15T10:34:00.000-05:00

Today is my grandson Sawyer's 2nd birthday...here are some things Sawyer likes to do...

Sawyer likes to sit in pumpkin patches

Sawyer likes to build castles....
Sawyer likes to think OUTSIDE the BOX...

Sawyer likes to knock castles down....

Sawyer likes to drive...

and Sawyer likes to color OUTSIDE the LINES....

Hoo-Ray for Sawyer !!!!!

ARTY MEME-a pay it forward game

2006-11-10T08:06:00.000-05:00

"Quote"
Arty Meme
The Arty Meme is a chance to have a piece of needleart from a fellow needlewoman!The idea is to offer 5 pieces of your work on your blog. The first 5 people to ask for your work will get one of the pieces.Her obligation to the Meme is that she must then announce the meme on her blog and offer 5 of her pieces to others.The exchange of artwork continues. . .Mediums, methods, execution, deadlines are up to the offering needlewoman! Have fun

I joined from Jeri Mihn's blog....

http://scoobagirl.typepad.com/

Soooooo....the first 5 comment responses will recieve from me a fiber art postcard...

House of Cards poster

2006-11-09T10:20:00.000-05:00

I recieved this poster & paper ATC from the House of Cards exhibition that I partcipated in...I sent 5 cards...this is a Artist's Edition limited...mine is #31 of 400...last year we got the whole catalog....ummm.....

Stamping on Fabric postcard series for trade 2006

2006-11-07T07:56:00.000-05:00

postcards made for swap....technique....stamping on fabric....I used glaze paint & foam stamps...stamped front & back...handpainted muslin background fabric...free-motion embroidery....

EMBELLISHER postcards

2006-10-29T17:39:00.000-05:00

these postcards were done completely using Babylock EMBELLISHER machine...that's a needle felting/punching machine....

the background is vintage velvet & the flowers are made with regular yarns from Joann's....I just made it up...no patterns...for a swap with other Embellisher owners....

Molten Metals

2006-10-24T16:21:00.000-04:00

fabric postcards made for a themed trade...METALS... I fused & melted asst. glitzy polyester fabrics with a soldering iron and added inspirational words elements...

Adventure at the Post Office-a postal story

2006-10-04T13:36:00.000-04:00

mailed pc's out today!!! but what an ordeal at the postoffice...you'd think they never saw mail before..LOL...I had bought my stamps and put them on before I even got to the post office..39centers...which is first class mail...and I wanted the clerk to handcancel them before I put them in the clear sleeve...well, the clerk could only see a postcard...and had to call his superviser out to ok this...now the superviser told me no way was he going to let me mail these as postcards...he had to measure & pull out some gizmo to slide it through to be sure it fit and than there was the question of the thickness & so on... and than gave me a big long lecture that they may get messed up in the machines or mess up the machines or something....blah blah blah....they never heard a word I said about the 39 cent stamp...after much ado about nothing...(about 10 mins.) ... they finally realized I was sending first class not pc rate...now these guys are not newbies so there really is no excuse for that kind of behavior...geeeez....after they realized it was first class postage it was OK to send them...the post office should be more than happy about us sending this mailart...THEY SELL MORE STAMPS for heavensakes!!!! I pay all my bills on line now (as do millions of others)and do not buy stamps except for sending out art now...anyway, it was an adventure..LOL....

and I hope I don't have to go through that again with each clerk...

September SUNSET 2006

2006-09-27T18:12:00.000-04:00

I took these photo's outside my door a few days ago...the sun is setting just over the tree line...

and the last photo is "SUNSPOTS" postcards made for a group exchange...

Painted Fabric postcard exchange "SUNSPOTS"

2006-09-27T18:08:00.000-04:00

I made these postcards from the left over fabric I had painted for the Quilting Arts Abstract challenge...
these postcards will be going to a yahoo group exchange...
I handpainted muslin...than cut it up in little squares and raw edged appliqued them to batting....than added handpainted gauze and free-motion stitched...than put the postcard together...as I was making them all I could think of was how it remided me of SUNSPOTS....so that is what the series is called....

STAMP FLOWER PAINTING technique

2006-09-10T16:13:00.000-04:00

after yesterday's leaf printing I remembered I had little foam stamps from about 10 years ago...they were very popular at the time...I found them and the glaze paint ... the paint was still good...so I stamped away!!!

I like the watercolor look this technique produces...I'm going to free-motion machine stitch this batch and see how I like it....

experimental LEAF PRINTING sept. 2006

2006-09-09T13:03:00.000-04:00

I wanted to try leaf printing on a dark background...
I spray painted a piece of muslin...found some leaves in my yard and used DEKA fabric paint for the leaves...I used a brayer to press the painted leaves on to the fabric....I like the look of this...will probably use it for a background fabric....postcards?????? ummm, maybe................................

Magical Morning Fairies series 2 postcards

2006-09-09T12:44:00.000-04:00

handpainted & crinkled background fabric...yarn/fiber attached w/EMBELLISHER.....organza flowers fused...fairy machine embroidered w/300e....angelina & beads added last....4x6 postcards...

EVENING FAIRIES series 1 postcards

2006-09-09T12:42:00.000-04:00

IN the MERMAID GARDEN series for FFAC postcards

2006-09-06T15:05:00.000-04:00

I created these 6 fiber postcards for Virginia Spiegel's Fiber Art for a Cause... http://tinyurl.com/q7xr6 ....

creating postcards is my NEW ADDICTION....these are some of my first ones....I wanted to use my Babylock Embellisher & my Janome MC 300e embroidery machine together in a project...well, here are the results!!! I am very pleased with the effect...and the background fabric is my own handpainted muslin...the pictures don't show the sheen of the mermaids and the bits of angelina fibers....
I will be making more of this series... Please feel free to leave a comment!!!!!

more In the MERMAID GARDEN for Virginia Spiegel FFAC

2006-09-06T15:03:00.000-04:00

series of 6 for Virginia Spiegel's FFAC postcards for a cause...

EVENING FAIRY post card first in a series

2006-08-27T15:00:00.000-04:00

a labor intensive post card....handpainted background...machine embroidery fairy (I just love her) and her wings have angelina fibers on them.....yarns needle-felted with embellisher...beaded...organza flowers....post cards are my new thing...I like them!!!

this is why we don't have pet pigs!!!

2006-08-22T23:56:00.000-04:00

I have a story here and more pics soon

CRAZY QUILT wallhanging 2004

2006-08-13T17:08:00.000-04:00

this CQ wall-hanging was made from a bag of scraps I found at an auction in 2004...most were very small pieces ... so I decided to practice making crazy quilt...I was new to CQ at that time...so I made 1 square and than another and another and so on...well, I liked the way they looked and made this wall-hanging...I also made a ton of CQ ATC's ....and I still have bags of these scraps left...LOL...

Crazy Quilt 2004

2006-08-13T16:29:00.000-04:00

this is a crazy quilt project I did for a challenge in early 2004...actually, my 2nd CQ ever...I had just lost my sweet Maxine kitty cat...she had a very FANCY tail ! and she loved being out in the garden....so that is how this CQ developed...

ATC's for House of Cards 2006

2006-08-13T12:20:00.000-04:00

these are the 5 ATC's I made for the House of Cards exhibition 2006...

YARDS & YARDS handpainted fabric

2006-08-08T18:20:00.000-04:00

Yes, I am indeed an OBSESSIVE/COMPULSIVE type personality!!!!!

this year I have been addicted to painting fabric....oh my!!!!!! I have over 150 yds of this stuff~~~~~all painted by me!!!! WoW!!!!!

BEADS BEADS BEADS fabric/fiber 2005

2006-08-08T16:38:00.000-04:00

these were my very first fabric/fiber beads...made in early 2005...I used STIFFY as my bonding agent...and rolled the fabric on metal knitting needles and added funky fibers while they were still tacky...I find I use these beads a lot on projects....

"VINTAGE SUZAN" denim jacket SuN 1990's

2006-08-08T14:42:00.000-04:00

HERE ARE SOME "VINTAGE SUZAN" MOMENTS................................ many many years ago I was making "wearable art" ...starting back in the 1960's...if I find any photo's from that time I will blog them!!! should be good for a laugh!!!!!

anyway, fast forward to the 1990's.....and here I posted photo's of 2 jackets I still own....I made these in the early 1990's and it looks like I can bring them back out now as "ALTERED DENIM ART JACKETS"....back than they were "WEARABLE ART" ... I did have a boutique back than and made and sold a lot of glizzy over the top embellished jackets and T's ...

more "VINTAGE SUZAN" egyptian jacket

2006-08-08T14:39:00.000-04:00

egyptian jacket by SuZan...circa 1990's

ROSIE POSIES in REPOSE

2006-08-08T14:25:00.000-04:00

this project does not photograph well...but it was an idea from Cloth Paper Scissors magazine for painting junk trims...

this is what I came up with...I also made the faces from an art doll mold...

I named this piece ROSIE POSIES in REPOSE ......

ODDS & ENDS for fun

2006-08-08T14:09:00.000-04:00

the first 2 pics are starfish elements made with my EMBELLISHER and than ZAPPED with heat gun...

the second 2 pics are wood chairs I painted about 6 yrs ago for my art dolls....

HEART ORNAMENT SWAP

2006-08-08T14:07:00.000-04:00

another swap I participated in maybe 2 yrs ago... these are my own designs..they were to be heart ornaments in fiber...

Pin Swap STARLOTTA

2006-08-08T13:50:00.000-04:00

these pins are from a freebie pattern from Patti Culea...I made them for a pin swap in 2005...they are very cute...

Quiltie/Page Swap black & white

2006-08-08T13:47:00.000-04:00

I made these pages for a black and white swap...and we could add one color...this was my first fabric page swap...

Marbled Fabric with Magic Dip

2006-08-08T13:36:00.000-04:00

last year I joined a swap for MARBLED FABRIC ... I had never done this technique so it was a challenge...I had a very old marble paint kit from MAGIC DIP ... about 10 yrs ago this stuff was all the rage ...you could dip and marble ANYTHING ..ha ha ha ..well I never did get to use my kit back than..guess I was saving it for something special LOL ....they still sell this stuff and here's the web site link...http://www.bcdservices.com/magicdip/store/ ...

.so I figured it would be good for practice...well, I loved how the fabric turned out! it's very organic...this is an OIL BASE paint...here are a FEW samples of the oil base Magic Dip marbled fabrics.........

ABSTRACT Thoughts

2006-08-04T13:18:00.000-04:00

last year we went to the "BIG CITY" on a tour kinda' thing...
when I got home I was compelled to paint these fabrics...they are large...36" x 44" on muslin...I was new to fabric painting and have had no formal training...I put them away ... and only now, a year later have taken them out to look at them again...and I must say I really do like them!!!

I had posted a question/comment to 2 of my favorite yahoo groups about what/and/or the difference is between an ABSTRACT quilt and/or an ART quilt....

my observation is that and ABSTRACT quilt is more clean and simple design wise and an ART quilt is more of anything goes/over the top and not conventional...as opposed to TRADITIONAL quilts which are striving for more perfection in stitches, size, design,pattern, color ect....

BUT an ABSTRACT quilt can be either an ART quilt or a TRADITIONAL quilt.......depending on what kind of workmanship is put into it....
well, I'm definitely an ART quilt type ...I love the element of surprise!!!! and have no talent for perfect stitches ect.....

anyway, after seeing my abstract painted pieces I have decided to make them into ABSTRACT ART QUILTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sawyers Big Foot fabric Book

2006-08-04T11:34:00.000-04:00

LAST YEARS ENTRY for HOUSE of CARDS 2005

2006-07-27T22:38:00.000-04:00

I sent these 5 ATC's to the HOUSE of CARDS exhibition in Ohio last year...I received a beautiful catalog in return...
I am working on ATC's to send in this year too....

my FIBER ART STUDIO workspace

2006-07-23T18:15:00.000-04:00

I love seeing other artist studio/workspaces so I thought I'd put up mine ...
after much trial and error this is the best set-up for me....
I have the actual working area in the center of the room in a u-shaped design with work stations...sewing area...machine embroidery station...cutting table (I try to keep it clutter free..LOL..) and I use the cutting table for my Embellisher also...and an ironing station....storage is all around the room...I really need to "see" my stuff so I use clear plastic containers....I used to have adorable baskets for storage but I REALLY NEED to see stuff...this is just my sewing studio...I have an outdoor "studio" for fabric painting and messy stuff....and I have an area in my utility room for mixed media supplies...paints, paper, junk ect...........

Fiber Art Studio storage

2006-07-23T17:55:00.000-04:00

these are pics of my studio walls...which I set up as storage....
bookcase & tim storage.....5 shelving units for fabric.....closet for over-flow storage....

MY SEWING & EMBELLISHING BUDDIES

2006-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:00

OK, here are my 3 little workhorses that help me create & embellish...

#1 Janome MC6600...this baby can do almost anything....and is very user friendly...

#2...JANOME MC300e

a fantastic stand alone embroidery machine...while this baby is doin' it's thing I can be sewing on 6600.......doesn't get better than that!!!!

and this is my little sweetie!!!!
Babylock Embellisher needle punch/felting machine... sew much fun to use...I highly recommend this machine for all fiber artists....

sooo, there they are...my best buddies... ;-)

RUSTED FABRIC at last!!!

2006-07-23T08:03:00.000-04:00

for the longest time I wanted to try the "rusted fabric" technique...
finally got around to it and here are the results...
a long process for sure...
first I had to find something that would rust....ummmm....you'd think that would be easy...NOT !
finally found some old bolts...
than I put the wet fabric and bolts in a can with water and let it sit for a few weeks...not much happened....so I put the whole mess in a plastic bag and let it sit in the sun for a few more weeks....a little more rusting took effect but still not what I was hoping for....so than I put some oak leaves into the brew and let it sit a few more weeks....ummmm...waiting, waiting, waiting....still not what I expected....so I stuck the fabric, bolts and yucky leaves in the ground for a few more weeks....and behold!!! here is what finally developed!!!! also the fabric started to deteriorate in spots...so that signaled the end of this experiment....I think I'll stick to painting fabrics...I like instant gradifacation at this stage of my life....LOL.....

SAWYER our garden helper 2006

2006-07-22T23:04:00.000-04:00

our little Sawyer (19 mos old) loves to help in the garden...here he is helping his G-pop with cleaning the birdbaths....he is such a pleasant child....

ALTERED QUILT SQUARE

2006-07-22T22:30:00.000-04:00

an orphaned unwanted handmade quilt square...transformed into a beautiful original art quilt by SuZ

more from my GARDEN

2006-07-22T21:58:00.000-04:00

a visitor....yes she is very very BIG...I said HI! and keep on walking.....

Gifts for my Sewing Buddies

2006-07-22T21:04:00.000-04:00

I made these needle cases for my little sewing group as christmas gifts....

Flowers in my Garden

2006-07-22T20:53:00.000-04:00

SuZ Stuff~~~~~~~a journey from point A to point B~~~~~