2 posts tagged “sunprint series”

This first group of little quilts above, are constructed by satin stitch seaming fused quilt sandwiches together.  Fused crazy patch areas are used around the sunprints.  Most of these have a white or ivory yarn couched to the edges. Crazy Flowers has an interesting yarn as it's binding- a black yarn with fuzzy fibers in a rainbow of colors. The photo cuts off some of the longer "fuzzies".  The lower left piece has an example of a fabric dying "failure" that ended up finding a place to be used. The brown fabric was meant to be a dusty rose, but ended up a mottled rusty brown- definitely not a color I use very often. I have now used up most of that fabric with sunprints in the colors of the above Nicotiana flowers, and some of my fall oranges with rusty purple undertones.

Maples, Maples, and more Maples- I love Maple trees and leaves. Here above, are four different pieces using sunprints of Maple leaves. This group shows that the bottom edges were cut off in the process of scanning them- the bottom edges are finished like the other edges. The quilting detail shows the best for me, when I use the scanner instead of the camera. Each of these pieces feature center sections with the Maple sunprints with sections of commercial or my fabrics on top and bottom. The two left ones have prints done on pastel colored fabrics. The two right ones use prints from the same panel that combines blue and green, resulting in seafoam looking colors. The two bottom pieces are listed in my Etsy Store .

These two pieces showcase flower sunprints. Left has a print of more Nicotiana flowers, and the right is from one of the panels I printed while making my Echinacea quilts. The long Nicotiana print was set off by two side strips of a tone on tone white fabric, free motion quilted with variegated thread, using my "usual" vine design. The Echinacea sunprint is done on a fabric painted with rose, yellow, and purple blended to give the rusty, rosy mottled look. it has been overpainted with Super Sparkle for added sheen. The upper and lower panels are from another fabric painted with the same colors, a bit lighter, and scrunched before drying to give the patterning. this piece is also listed at my Etsy Store.

The last two in this group  have sunprints of grape leaves with confetti arranged for the grapes over rosy purple colors, and one with a single fern on green and blue. The grape sunprint is highlighted with a medium laender commercial fabric, while the fern has panels of a mottled navy blue commercial fabric. Both pieces have the same vine quilting in the colored panels.

This photo shows 3 of the pieces grouped on my design wall, showing the ribbons for hanging. They are light enough that only a thumbtack is needed to hang them. The ribbons also easily fold to the back for framing them.

If interested in purchasing any of these, or other little quilts shown in my blog, please email me.

For all of those celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, Have a wonderful day.

Now I need to begin making evergreen wreaths for our second order of the season, along with baking a few pies. The last batch of 90+ wreaths and swags were done in 4 looong days, I don't want to do that again!! Talk about throbbing hands.... I have just over a week to do the next order of 100+ pieces. It still seems like Christmas is coming way too soon this year!

These little quilts are made using the same photos I used in "Ecinacea Collage". I printed a number of the photos in different sizes to use in various pieces. I used the same fused crazy patch fabric I made for my Journal Quilt this year.
The flower in the bottom photo of the left quilt and the flower in the lower quilt has a bee and butterfly visiting it.
A fourth piece in the group that I did is available at my Etsy Store, It has a couple pieces of a green fabric accenting the photos. They all are quilted using a white thread for the free motion vines.










These two little quilts began with sunprints of ferns. The left also has butterflies printed using a mylar confetti. The left piece is done with a pastel rainbow of colors and pastel variegated thread for the quilted vines. The right one is made using a piece of a peach commeeercial fabric along with an ivory and another section of the sunprinted panel. It's quilting is done with clear thread. Another mini art quilt in similar colors with a Maple and fern sunprint is at my Etsy Store, in addition to a couple larger pieces in the previous post.
This piece is constructed similarly to the above Pastel Rainbow Fern. It has a sunprint of a Polemonium, or Jacob's Ladder leaf, and a Nicotiana flower on a medium colored rainbow. It is set off by ivory fabric with metallic gold flecks in it, and variegated free motion quilted vines.

One of my favorite perennial flowers are the hardy Geraniums. This is a print of leaves and flowers that were dried last summer, and used this year. The flowers turn out very papery, so the flower images are not very sharp. The sunprint is balanced out by a corner of a deep purple mottled fabric.


This green piece is constructed the same way as the lavender Geranium one. It is a print of a fern with individual Garden Phlox florets. The corner of this piece is a deep green fabric.








Another piece that uses a dark colored corner block. This one on the left quilt is a cobalt blue, to go with the sunprint of Maple leaves on the left over a very pastel rainbow of blue to pink to green. Another piece of fabric in a brighter rainbow with salt patterning also adds to the piece.

The right piece is another green one with a sunprint of ferns and viola flowers with a butterfly. The side panel in this piece is a "scrunched" and salted fabric in seafoam green with pale blue. The vine quilting can also be seen in the white and blue-green sections.

And now for the snow. Last winter, we did not have any measurable snow until way into the new year. Last night we had our first measurable snow for this season. I had to take a few photos, and here they are:

Looking out the door last night, I had to capture these two planters. The spikes in them are still green and covered in the snow, making them look like frosty sea creatures or something. I took the photo after dark with the light on outside, and with the flash on the camera. The flash reflected off the large snowflakes that were falling.

This was the view out the front door this morning. The photos all came out quite blue. The snow stuck to all the trees. We were lucky that we did not loose power, especially since many trees still have leaves on them.












This was the view from the deck. The mountains and Towanda are hidden in the snow still falling. The branches of the Walnut tree make a neat frame for this photo.

This photo shows more Walnut than view. Things really felt secluded here, with everything else hiding in the snowy air.

The best thing about the snow will be that our well should now be getting some more water back. We have had a couple of rains, but the snow melting should soak into the ground very well.

This is the main reason I hope that our well will have water again.... This is my little greenhouse/wet studio. It will be cluttered up soon with a barrel wood stove, and now also has our "plastic well". We were using water pumped from a large water tank outside, but with freezing temps that wouldn't work any more. We had to purchase another tank that would fit into the greenhouse (through the wall- good thing it's just plastic). Now the water is pumped by hose from here, under the trailer, to the water tank. We emptied the tank yesterday, and are on the well. If we are lucky the tank can go outdoors, and I will have a bit more space to work in- I plan to use the wood heat for some winter printing and painting. Oh, and Cuddles loves to snuggle in the hose on my table, and doesn't this look like just the place for the toilet?? (I didn't notice it until I saw it in the photo- observant- me?) Our main bathroom is a bit torn up right now. Ken found a water leak under it, and decided it was time to remove the desintigrated floor so he could do the repair, and someday we will be able to use everything without watching carefully where you step, to keep from falling through the floor. (we still take showers by tiptoe-ing around the big hole to get to our only shower in the torn up room) Did I mention my husband, Ken is a remodelling contractor??
More quilts will be posted in a day or two. I am also adding to my Etsy Store, so keep checking back there.