"Fruits and Flowers on the Lap"

Hoorah, I just finished #3 on my 2017 New Year's resolution to revisit and finish old fabric and fiber friends

Years ago I cut a stack of 6 1/2" squares from fabrics that I very much liked and had full intention to make a quilt with them.  Did I?  No.  They merely "slept" on a shelf pining away for my overdue attention.  When I saw them again a couple of weeks ago, I vowed that there was no time like the present to start sewing them together.

This is no art quilt.  It is merely a warm 35" x 46 1/2" lap quilt, but I still like the patterns and colors as much as I did when I first cut the squares, lo those many years ago.

Here 'tiz folks...

"Fruits and Flowers on the Lap"

May all your New Year's resolutions move along swimmingly.

...and 

Always remember, never fear to experiment.  

Sometimes wonderful things happen.

© Linda Friedman 2017.  All rights reserved

Possible New Works from Quick Sketches

Composite of Quick Sketch Paintings

I'm still straightening up the studio, culling, sorting, storing and whatever one does to put one's space in order.  Today I ran across these several 8 1/2" x 11" quick sketched works that I did months ago.  Four were finished and three still called for paint, so I hauled out the paints and completed the unfinished ones. 

Each of these were created, as follows:

1.  I ripped pages from an old telephone book, tore the pages into smaller pieces and randomly glued the strips onto card stock with gel medium.

2.  After the pages were dry, I quickly sketched flowers and birds over the collaged telephone page strips.  (If you haven't guessed, these are "Linda birds and flowers" for I doubt very seriously that one would ever find anything like them in nature.)

3.  I squirted various colors of acrylic paint onto a palette and took out a variety of brush sizes.

4.  With no color placement or planning, I painted over and around the drawn images.

Here are the individual paintings that are in the composite image above.

After a distance was created by months of being out of sight, I find that I rather like a few of these and may consider making them into art quilts.

The best part of putting the studio in order is finding things that had totally slipped my mind.  The worst part is that with each discovery, I am magnetically pulled away from the housekeeping that needs to be done.  Ahh, if life were only filled with such problems, it would be a constantly joyous experience.

Always remember, never fear to experiment.  

Sometimes wonderful things happen.

© Linda Friedman 2015.  All rights reserved

Studio Art Quilt Associates 2014 Benefit Auction is Underway

The annual Studio Art Quilt Associates Benefit Auction is underway and going strong.  For a visual treat and perhaps take this opportunity to add to your art collection, take a moment and visit the beautiful quilted fiber art that is being auctioned. 

This is the piece that I donated to the auction this year.

 

© Linda Friedman 2014.  All rights reserved

Floral Theme with Bumble bee

"All a Buzz"

(a work in progress)

The inspiration for this quilt came from a quick sketch that I did of a pitcher with flowers. With the exception of the flower heads it is nothing like the sketch. The flowers and stems were fused and then loosely raw edge stitched with monofilament thread.

I drew this bee on a swatch of yellow fabric, put it in an embroidery hoop and set about free motion embroidering it on the sewing machine. The bee is only pinned onto the fabric in this picture. The edges need to be cut more closely and I believe that I am going to shade its body a bit to give it volume. When the quilt is complete, I will post a picture of the finished work.

Enjoy the day!