More Redecorating

I finally finished framing and hanging my Face on Fabric piece.  It hangs above the "large screen tv" in our newly painted living/dining room.  I have tried to camouflage the tv between two bookcases.  Of course we must have our receiver and our Wii.  So I added my Josephina doll and a vintage cranberry glass lamp.  All the pieces on the bookcase shelves have a special significance.  Later I plan to post each bookcase in detail.  The room is coming together nicely.  I'm quite pleased with my paint color selection.  It's Wave Crest by Behr.

The Faces on Fabric piece was completed during an on-line class from Terri Stegmiller, Josephina was a Christmas gift from my DH many years ago, and the cranberry glass lamp is a thrift store find.  I think they make a nice vignette above that large black box.

"F" is for Face Quiltie

In the Fabric in Altered Arts 2 group this month's letter for our alphabet quiltie is "F". I decided to use one of my sketches from the Faces on Fabric class. I completed the class recently and had a number of sketches to choose from. My "F" includes a Face and Flowers on Fabric. Guess that qualifies as an "F" quiltie. I sized the sketch to the correct size and printed on an ink jet fabric sheet. Color was added with colored pencils. I added a spray finish to the fabric before adding backing and batting.

Faces on Fabric quilt

"Violet" is my second faces on fabric quilt. I decided to embellish this quilt with buttons and beaded earrings. I recently signed up for the Faces on Fabric class from Terri Stegmiller. I'm quite pleased with my two quilts. You can see my first quilt here.

Lesson 6 - Finished Face Quilt

I finished my Faces on Fabric quilt. It's bound and ready to hang on the wall. I even put a hanging sleeve on the back. I didn't follow Terri's recommendations by binding but she did say if you had one you liked to use it. So I did. I very pleased with the quilt. Even my DH is impressed!

Faces on Fabric is a great class. I love to learn and try new things. I'm still sketching faces and will work on some more items with faces while on vacation in the fall. For now it's time to clean the studio. Can't believe how messy things get while working on projects.

Next Up are Eyeball T-shirts. I saw them on the Martha Stewart show and copied the directions. Michael's had the t-shirts for $2.00 last week.

Lesson 5

Here is my Faces on Fabric Quilt after the painting in Lesson 5. When I finished painting her, I hated her so I decided that there had to be something that I could do the save the face. I tried to figure out what I disliked so much and it was the color of her skin. So I decided to paint her skin with a flesh tone paint that was included in the kit I bought from Terri (the instructor). Now I love her. She is wonderful. I can't believe I could actually paint something like this.

Just goes to show you that some time you just have to be creative and figure out a solution to the problem.

Faces Lesson Four Completed

I'm finally back to my Faces Quilt. I just completed Lesson 4. In lesson four we stitched down all the parts of the quilt and stitched the features on the face. So far I really like the little Faces Quilt. The next step is to add the paint. This part is rather scary for me. I think I'll do a few practice samples before I actually put paint on the face fabric. Wish me luck.

A few more embellishments

I decided to add another leaf and a butterfly to my Faces on Fabric. I am more pleased now and ready to move on to Lesson 4 next week. The colors in this photo are a little closer to the actual colors than the previous post. At least the skin has a flesh tone now.

Here she is!!!!

She is fused and ready for the next step. I'm quite pleased with this little Faces on Fabric quilt. I'm hoping the shadows along the face and neck will be covered in the next step. I trying to decide if she needs another butterfly. One to the right of the face? I have some time before I must decide. Faces on Fabric is such a wonderful class. I'm loving the instructions and interaction with others in the class. This is my first on-line class. Her name is LisAnne. Don't know where I got the name but it fits her.

Fabric Selection for Faces

I think I have finally decided on the fabrics I will use for my Faces Art Quilt. Last evening I picked out an entirely different batch of fabrics but when I saw them this morning, I decided they weren't bright enough. I want my face to pop off the background. I'm thinking this color of blue will work because the hair is shades of brown. Since blue and brown are opposites on the colorwheel, I am hoping the blue will help pop my face on the quilt. I haven't selected the fabric for the butterflies and I haven't decided if they will be one color or two colors. I think I will do my templates both ways and then I can decide. My flesh fabric really doesn't show up here but is more of a flesh tone.

We are making the templates this week and selecting fabric. The class is great. It is my first on-line class. I also began another class yesterday. I'll post about it later.

Faces on Fabric Quilt Draft

This is a sketch of the quilt I hope to make for my project in the class Faces on Fabric. The size is 16" square. Next week we will make templates for the quilt. I am really enjoying this class. Fun to sketch the faces. Today I also sketched the flower and butterflies.

Two More Faces

I'm now experimenting with hair. I had difficulty sketching hair last night so I decided to experiment with ways to do hair. I think I worry too much about how I will make a template for the hair when we do the quilt. Tomorrow I hope to decide on a face to use on my quilt. We can add other elements if we wish. I'm thinking of maybe adding a flower. I'll see how it goes. Next week we will take our sketch and make the templates.

More Faces

I worked on these sketches last evening. The top sketch is my first attempt at having the face look to the side. I guess I need to keep working on this. I'm really enjoying creating these sketches.

Terri has complimented me on the drawings and asked if I have an previous experience. I, on the other hand, think it's pretty obvious that this is my first attempt at sketching.

Faces on Fabric

I began on on-line class with Terri Stegmiller this morning. The class is Faces on Fabric offered at Two Creative Studios. We will eventually make an art quilt. This week we are drawing faces. This is my first face. She encourages us to sketch at least 15 minutes each day. We will then choose one of the sketches for our project.
I'm excited about this class. I've admired Terri's work for some time. Click here to she her work.