School Days Quiltie

This is my September School Days Quiltie for Fabric in Altered Arts. The background fabric is one that has been in my stash just waiting for the perfect project. I attached a page from Language Lessons Part One with a copyright date of 1894. I picked the book up at the thrift store. The signature is also from the first page of the book. The photo is a copy of a picture from my collection. My grandmother is in the photo and a great-uncle is the teacher. I have always loved the picture and decided to share it on this quiltie.

Black and Orange Quiltie

This is my quiltie for the September Swap on Fabric in Altered Arts Yahoo Group. The theme is Black and Orange. I immediately thought of Halloween. The quiltie is embellished with glitter paint, decorative machine stitches, and an old beaded earring. I was looking through my box of costume jewelry treasures for something to use as an embellishment and saw the black and white beaded earring. I thought it would make a perfect "broom". I'm pleased with the results.

September Fabric Postcard

The theme for September is "Leaves". This postcard is for Cathy in the Fabric in Altered Arts group. I needle felted fibers onto organza and then placed the new "fabric" on white felt and added machine embroidery in the shape of a leaf. I added some more needle felted fibers. This was a project at Mulqueens Sewing Center in Mesa. I decided to turn the project into a postcard for the September swap by adding matching vintage rickrack and satin stitching the edges. It will go in the mail to Cathy on Monday.

Quilting Arts

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Altered Shoes - Golden Fiesta

I recently recieved an email from the editor of Altered Couture Magazine encouraging me to submit altered shoes for their Spring issue. This is a sneek peak at the altered shoes that I submitted. I call them "Golden Fiesta". They began as a pair of gold leather pumps and were embellished. The finished shoe reminded me of a fiesta. So "Golden Fiesta" they became. Won't know for a few months if they are accepted for publication. This is my first pair of altered shoes.

Things with Wings ATC Swap

This is my ATC for a swap on Treasure Art Trends yahoo group. The theme for September is "Things with Wings". I've been working on Halloween projects and decided to follow that theme. I'm quite pleased with the "BAT" card.

Giving Tree Leaf

These are machine felted "Giving Tree Leaves" for a swap on Fiber Art Traders (FAT). The leaves are made from two layers of Ecospun felt. The felt is made from recycled plastic bottles.

The veins on the leaf are made from wool fibers. Embellishment is Sari Ribbon. All are felted with my Huskystar ER10. A 1/4" eyelet was added and more Sari Ribbon attached. It will be interesting to see the leaves I receive in the swap.

The ER10 worked great on this project. I may make a fabric postcard using similar techniques.