At the Library

Or Out of the Basement, part 2.  Some years ago when I was doing more fiber work than I am now, I made a Christmas present for my friend Bil.  About 36" square, it was based on traditional blocks but with my own twist.  Bil really liked it and put it up in his family room.  Then this year I gave him a needlepoint pillow (that I made from an Ehrman Kit), which he also really liked.

Fast forward to this week, when he let me know that he was putting both pieces into the front display case at the library, along with another piece I loaned him for the month.   So that's super fun!

And here is the loaned piece.  It is a mostly fiber collage on felt, using old dictionary pages, cottons and silk organza with mystery writing.  The piece hangs freely on a painted stretched canvas.

I may have to go visit the case again this weekend:  its a shock to have something up!

Scrap Bag #8

As part of my spring decluttering, I am rotating what is on display in my house.  This is as good a time as any to show this square collage quilt, done in 2011.  Here is the full view:

And here is a detail

The piece is in two parts:  the inner collage quilt is 12" square, made from scraps, finished with a facing.  It includes free machine quilting.  It hangs in front of a larger piece that is 22 3/4" x 25" which includes both hand and machine quilting. 

This was part of a series made from scraps that involved lots of different experiments in hand sewing and how to hang these small pieces.  I think that this is the most successful one on both counts, and am enjoying having it up.  Maybe this will inspire me to resume some of these ideas.  (I sort of stopped doing fiber things as I've gotten deeper and deeper into paint/collage in my work with Jane Davies.)