The Tablecloth
Martha Ressler Stories! Virtually all of my quilts have stories. What should I do? I received a tablecloth from a friend about the same time as I got this prompt. So that would be my starting point. I learned the story of the item. Kathy found it at the back
The Kimono
I want to tell you the story of the Kimono. A long time ago, we, three quilting friends, decided to make a kimono. Everyone in their own way. I had started a hexagon project and was looking for a purpose for it. Lummie, who loved tulips very much, found a
Hairy Legs
Most of my art quilts are an attempt at telling a story, some more successful than others. I collect images of things that appeal, not knowing when, or if, I will use them, or which ones I will put together to create a chapter in the story. When I have
Chop It Up!
In my house, we have a long-running joke: I take a perfectly fine piece of fabric, and the first thing I do is to grab my rotary cutter and chop it up. Now I have to sew it back together, -although in a new way, to make it whole again…
Meant To Be
I have always drawn pictures and written short silly stories. I come from a large family with many siblings and cousins. Stories were never ending! Fights between my brothers and sisters seemed to be daily ( all in fun most of the time). My Father was a professional boxing champion
The Stories in the Stones
For many years I had heard stories of the Dixon cemetery on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The town of Dixon is also known historically and culturally by the Salish and Kootenai name Scilip. There is a simplicity and beauty to this place where the Western Meadowlark sings and the wildflowers
The Story
The theme of this exhibition is “Story.” Each of us carries many stories within our hearts—joyful memories we have shared with others, painful experiences we have finally overcome, stories of family and parenthood, and moments from our past. These are the stories we wish to share. Would you express your
Caught in the Plastic Flow, Part 2
As soon as the prompt, Deconstruct, was released, I knew I had to make another piece using plastic. I deconstructed plastic bags to use as collage material. While making this one, I thought about all the plastic in the rivers and oceans. I see plastic washed up on the beach
Deconstruction for Creation
As I contemplated how to express the theme of ‘destruction’, my initial idea was to dismantle one of my existing works and transform it into something entirely new. My first candidate was a large curved-piecing quilt, but its size made the process impractical. I then turned to an apron I
The War of the Worlds
The 5-7 prompt had been given as Deconstruction (ed) (ing). Deconstruction is a process, so I thought I would take plenty of photographs to illustrate the process I use to create a textile and use them as the basis of my text about the resulting quilt. Our local quilt group
Reverse Engineering
An abandoned old truck being overtaken by nature.
Second Wind
12 years ago, I was experimenting with layering color by removing color from black cloth and overdyeing sometimes 6-10 times of repeating this process. I was also experimenting with ice dyeing. I had the idea to create holes in the cloth by cutting or burning them and putting another piece