Art of the Quilter: II

photo from Art of the Quilter I,  2011

You are invited

Art of the Quilter: II

The Walls of Wittenberg is sponsoring its second juried quilt show to celebrate the art of Wisconsin Quilters.

January 21 - February 12, 2012

WOWSPACE

114 Vinal Street

Wittenberg, WI

(The WOWSPACE is opened Saturdays and Sundays, 11-3)

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I hope you will enjoy the show and then

 join me on Sunday, January 29, when I will be presenting

"From Grandmother's Bed 

to Museum Wall"

a look at traditional quilts

 and how we build on these time-honored themes

 in our contemporary quilting

See you in Wittenberg

on Sunday, January 29

1 p.m.

at the Wittenberg Community Center

(half a block from the WOWSPACE Gallery)

Tuesday's Tile - The Walk

Quilter's Tile - The Walk

8" x 8"

©2012 Sharon V. Rotz

This week for my Quilter's Tile I used many of the same products and techniques that I used last week for a totally different result. 

Starting with white muslin, I painted the background with Dye-Na-Flow paints. I added the blue Lumiere metallic paint using a credit card as my brush to create large areas of color. The edge of the card was used to make thin lines for my trees. To create thin, delicate branches I used a Micron Pigma 01 pen. This was a new effort for me and I really liked the results. I'll do this again.

Because I find hand embroidery relaxing and gives me time away from my machine, I made joyful little french knots with DMC embroidery floss. Using all six strands made heavy knots, while three strands made smaller knots to create a feeling of depth.i

This walk is a definite contrast to the scene outside our window today. We awoke to a snow covered winter wonderland. The white blanket of snow was breathtaking. Who knows, today's walk may lead to a new Tuesday's Tile. Check back next week to find out.

Winter's Garden

O - Water Lilies

22" x 32"

©2012 Sharon V. Rotz

You are invited to an exhibition of floral inspired art with live orchids in bloom. 

Winter's Garden

at the Riverfront Arts Center

1200 Crosby Ave.

Stevens Point, WI

I am pleased that my art quilt "O- Water Lilies" will be part of the juried exhibit. You have been watching the progress of this piece on my blog and now you will be able to see it in person.

To make the three-dimensional petals, I fused two layers of fabric together and then stitched the petals on my machine using Superior Threads Glitter metallic thread in the needle.

  

I used matching pink cotton thread in the bobbin. I then cut close to the stitching to separate the petals.

These petals were added on to the center of the flowers.

detail of water lilies

Tuesday's Tile - Looking at a New Age

Quilter's Tile - "Looking at a New Age"

8" x 8"

©2012 - Sharon V. Rotz

Some Quilter's Tiles happen quickly. An idea may come and I jump on it and it is finished before I know it. Other Quilter's Tiles are the product of several adventures with different techniques.

The background of this tile was painted with Dye-Na-Flow paints some time ago. Later, I bought some Lumiere Metallic paints and another bit was added.

The borders are added using Kaufman Radiance silk fabric. They have a wonderful reflective quality that adds highlights to your quilt. The fabric blended beautifully with the shine of the metallic paint. 

I especially liked the contrast of the olive borders with the hand-dyed turquoise (lovely fabric dyed by Frieda Anderson). 

I machine quilted some areas of the quilt and then had quiet moments while I relaxed and added hand embroidery stitches. Love making those cute little french knots.

Not all finished in a flash, but a slow process as I meandered from technique to technique. 

Double Wedding Ring or Not?

On a cold, snowy winter's day, we dream of sunshine, warm temperatures and flower gardens. In this case, not frozen, windswept water but glorious blossoms on pad-covered (liquid) water.

As I pondered the fate of my blue pre-cut double wedding ring pieces, I started rearranging them. I felt perhaps they could be put together as they were. So much less work. I would stitch them into rows, well, maybe curvy rows and see if they could be used.

This turned out to be an exciting experiment even though the rows weren't straight. Definitely, not for the pure at heart. They took on a life of their own.  I stitched the rows together adding a strip of hand-dyed fabric in.

This reminds me of dappled water. What do you see? 

What is my next step?