Strokes
Many years ago, I started a traditional mystery quilt project led by Bonnie Hunter. Bonnie is known for her scrap quilts, many of which are intricately pieced with numerous prints. This one was titled, Roll, Roll Cotton Boll. I followed each instruction as she provided it, making just enough units
Putting on my Face
Allow me to present Putting on my Face, a symbographic work of art created with fabric and stitch. As I mentioned in my last post , I’m focusing on pieced art quilts made with wonky graphic symbols. Wonky graphic symbols, although it expresses the humorous and light-hearted intent, just isn’t
FaceTime
Here’s my first blog in Cloth in Common. Exciting!! The theme for this period is Faces. Every person is unique and every face is different. With about 7 billion people on earth that fact is very special. As Eunhee says, everyone has a different facial expression. That’s a time recording.
Empty field
Doerte-Ina Liebing The first theme of round 3 called “faces”. When you think of this topic, one thinks first of all of human faces. Everyone has a unique, identical face that will never appear again. The formation of the face is determined by the difference in the proportions of the
What next?
While pleased to complete the final piece of Round 2, I am excited about beginning Round 3! With an overarching theme of ‘structures’ I have decided to focus this round on my own country, the structures I see every day or on my travels. Those that have special meaning to
Children’s faces
This blog post will deal with uncomfortable material and I hope not to offend anyone. In Canada, we’re in the middle of dealing with the discovery of a great number of unmarked graves of children on sites of former Indian residential schools. These schools operated between the 1870s and 1996,
Deb’s Focus for Round 3
Deb is going with a new style for her round 3 quilts. Here's why.
Face
The mental state of thoughts or emotions in the mind is usually shown through facial expressions. Some people keep a “poker face” and don’t show their emotions, but most people show their emotions through their faces. You can guess the emotions of the other person from the subtle movements of
Beyond the door
In this work, “door” is not literal”door”, but means ” the door of heart” or ” the door of choice” in a symbolic sense. The process of opening the door to your heart is by no means an easy one. Maybe it’s because of the fear of “maybe I’ll get
A New Prompt in A New Cycle
– Round Three Cloth in Common originated in 2017. For our first cycle, we agreed to work with ‘Unusual’ prompts, like sound, and kitchen, and disunity. In 2019, we transitioned to Round Two, and our themes all related to ‘Community’. Little did we know how our communities would change in