Studio Tour 1 of From Edge 2 Edge

I did this little video this morning of our studio. I was not sure how long it was going to be so I "filmed" it in email mode so the quality is grainy. Please forgive. I may redo it later and split it into smaller pieces so it can still be uploaded. I hope you enjoy seeing where we create and that the area is very rarely tidy....


Note: Dead Italian music includes, Sinatra, Durante, Bennett, Martin, and Martino.
Others that we love to quilt to are Buble, NK Cole, flamenco, and classical.

Man at Work

David is madly working on his latest quilt for “Noble Seasons: Summer” that will be traveling next year to several venues in the U.S. It is not his typical quilt and I think it will surprise a lot of people with it’s playfulness. If you would like to see more of his work, visit his gallery at: FromEdge2Edge.com.

Studio Oct 2009

I LOVE my studio. It is 13' x 17'. It includes 2 sets of French Doors with plantation shutters, 3 small stair step windows about 12 x 36, AND a fireplace. I also have a new tile floor (we did the whole house - ourselves) and the most gorgeous views.

My fabrics are all folded so they fit two wide in my wire baskets. I have them sorted mostly by color, but by theme also. All my batiks (4 baskets) are by themselves. I love being able to pull a color basket out and play with it. I have approx. 36 baskets for fabric. The baskets are from Ikea and the size is 21" x 16" x 6". There are four baskets to each set and I have 12 systems or 48 baskets. The rest are filled with tools, needles, sewing feet, etc.

I made my own pressing station. It is a board cut the size of two wire rack systems, wrapped with a beach towel and then canvas attached to the outside. I take it off and wash it when needed. The size is 23" x 34".

I live in Southern Arizona and the mountains are the Santa Rita's. They stand at a height of 9453 feet. Outside the south side of my studio is what I call 'the pond' but it is actually a water feature with waterfall. The birds love it.

You can also see that I have a bicycle on a trainer in the studio. I can get on and ride it while thinking or watching tv. My goal is to get in shape enough to take it outside. YEAH - Plus with the weather starting to cooperate I am looking forward to that.

Somehow I have gotten some other pictures attached to my show. I will work on that.
Thanks for viewing, and I would love comments or questions.
Bonita

Link to Studios, Fall Issue

Cloth, Paper, Scissors and Quilting Arts are having a Studio Tour.
Come join us on October 3, 2009.

For more studios to view follow this link.

The Guys first post

Here is a quilt that I did for an upcoming book on embellishments. The idea came from a hammered copper plate hanging on a wall at my acupuncturist's office. I used painted lutradur, and painted paper clay. The center of the quilt is upholstery fabric. This made for a very textural piece.
David

SOLD! "Call Me a Cab"

Here is the exciting news.

I am a member of several wineries in our area. One of the wineries requested that I make a small piece that they would then sell in their gift shop. They had seen some of my other work and really liked it. They wanted pieces to reflect their Italian/Tuscan theme.

I created a small quilt (12 x 12) from a photo I had taken out at one of the vineyards and mounted on an artist canvas (16 x 20). I took it to them on a Sunday and it was sold by the following Friday at a Wine Club Members event. It is very exciting to sell a piece to someone and see how excited they are about having it.

Thank you Donna for your purchase of my piece. I guess I now have to get busy and make some new work. Time to go back through my photographs and go out and take more.
Trish

Giving - Final TIF

This is my final post for the TIF challenge.

Not having the time to do anything in fabric for this one I opted to practice my PhotoShop skills and try to get something that looked like fabric.
I used a canvas texture and ink outline, a fresco layer at 40%, an underpainting layer and a text layer. The original layer was left unchanged. I also liquidfied the corners on a 40% layer.

I had fun playing with a goal in mind. As a Christian I do think about God's greatest gift to us and the time He gives us to make a decision for Him. I rejected him a long time before coming to His saving grace and I am so grateful he gave me time.....

December Concept and Colors

December Challenge according to Sharon B:

For the final challenge of the year and since it is the gift giving season and many of us run ourselves ragged either making gifts or buying them I want to ask what is the idea of generosity to you. That is the theme for this month. So just take a few moments and think about what it is to give and how would you represent that visually.

Trish's November TIF

It is as done as it is going to get. I had a really good time playing with the Wordle site and I think I have some ideas on how to use it in an actual finished and stitched project. I did print this out on fabric and had some issues with the colors and loosing some of the less intense ones in the dark background. That is the main reason why it will probably morph later into something else.

I used a black fabric marker to define some of the edges. If I was going to stitch it out I would do something similar with thread.

I have had fun this year participating in the challenges - and some of them were that!

November TIF Challenge

This month the challenge is to use typography as inspiration for a piece. Many designers are inspired by letter forms in other words it is the forms of the letters and words themselves that they find visually stimulating. It is not using text, as in using a quote or a sentence that they find stimulating but the look of the letters as a design element.

There are also some online tools that may inspire you too. (Obviously you do not have to use these tools it is just an idea) There is Wordle but be warned as it is one of those online tools that you can play with for hours. There is also Stitch points online text tool.

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I guess I will have to get busy and get this done. Almost out of time and my sister is busy with other classes online.

October TIF Challenge

Got in past the wire. Not great but at least I have it finished.

This month is a different project for me. I got two new things that I wanted to experiment with. I got some graphic editing software and I also go an embellisher. Now, I know, you are going to say what does the software have to do with my textile workspace but I got it so that I can manipulate my photos and artwork to use in my art quilts. This is something I have been wanting to do. I am looking forward to using the software and printing out quilt components on my larger format printer. I do think this will open up possibilities and make it a bit easier to do some of the things I have been wanting to experiment with. Lots of new ideas on the horizon!

What can I say about the embellisher? It is just too much fun. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet but I have had fun making the felted piece you see in my challenge. I have some small projects that I am going to be working on just to get an idea of different directions you can go with it.

My project description this month was about getting a gallery depth canvas and using that as my base. I then purchased some white wool felt that I painted with SetaColor paints. I then found various yarns and previously painted scrim that I embellished into the wool. I added wool, soy and silk roving and fibers and embedded them. I took that piece and placed it on the canvas. I photographed it and put it into my editing software and added the text. I had plans to do more with the text but wanted to get this uploaded.

It may not be much but I hope it inspires others to experiment and think outside of their personal box even if you are already working with these techniques.