Light on the LINE
The light has changed from wood burning, animal oil, oil, gas, and electricity. People must have felt that the light of civilization came on LINE. When they got brightness of electric light from the dark light of the night. After the sun goes down, the street lights come on and
Flood Lines
My first quilt for Cloth in Common, prompt – LINES. I thought about lines of communication; lining up for warm school milk as a small child; the myriad lines that define us; life written on our faces in lines and wrinkles as we age, stretch marks, the repair lines on
Bent and Reflected
Lines get more interested when bent and reflected.
Line Dancing
I went WHIMSICAL with this quilt. I began by pulling out several of my collection of shirts, skirts, and dresses that had stripes or lines on them. I chose lots of light neutrals for background and then limited the colors of the darker pieces. Laying out some shapes, I began seeing
A few lines
Karol Kusmaul It’s my turn to write a few lines about our current theme ‘Lines’. We’ll be revealing our completed art pieces in just a few days, so I need to keep mine a surprise. I thought I would talk about what I’ve been doing quilt wise recently, since it
LINES, In Every Possible Direction
Building on the creative cloth experience and a love of starting from scratch to create original art, I am an avid hand stitcher and intermediate learning weaver! FASCINATED by lines and their intricate crossings, I love to see the strings and tie-ups and the beginning of making CLOTH for art…and
Lines
We do not realize how lines of many kinds affect our daily lives. Lines on the highways. Lines in store checkouts. Lines we read in books and newspapers. A few years ago while in India, lines became overwhelmingly apparent. Walking through the crowded alleyways, the electrical power lines were in
Janine Ibbini
Janine Ibbini Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Janine was born in Yorkshire and was taught to sew at a very young age by her mother Her passion for stitching expressed itself in dressmaking which was very useful considering the lack of fashion and variety of affordable clothing in Jordan where
Desert Lines by Janine Ibbini
The word desert in Arabic is Sahar, a feminine word. When you see the lines of sand dunes and sand ripples its understandable the root word is feminine. Being immersed in the desert landscape at sunrise or sunset the lines and shadows cast on the dunes can easily be seen