Eye Candy

Sometimes it nice to just look at other artists work, don't you think? I enjoy seeing what others are doing. You never know what might trigger an idea for a new project.

Not one to make excuses for what I do, I'm very proud to present my artist daughter, Jill Thirza Cooper. Have a look at her work and bio.

• Next are birds, beautiful embroidered / beaded birds made by Julia Gornia. Her work is exquisite.
• Embroidery by Kitaeva Irina. It's not in English but scroll through her posts. 
• Textile Art by Susan Teech 
• Embroidered Art by Rachel Wright
• Kate Barlow's Budgerigar - a gorgeous piece. 
• Adventures Textiles by Cecile Maraglia 
• Fiber Artist / Embroiderer, Eve Botelho 

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Ideas!!

There is not much going on in the studio this week due to a nasty head cold. I've tried to do a few things but after having to ravel out a few rows in a knitting piece, I gave up. However, I did manage to surf the net and found a few things of interest.

• A cool Owl Hat Free Knitting Pattern and a Crochet Pattern
• Eye Candy from Jane Blair Quilts, click on gallery  
• Canvas Tote to make
• Applique Lessons - interesting
• Mouse Pincushion Tutorial 
• Mexican Waves Scarf (pattern on Revelry)   I think the colours caught my eye!

Enjoy!

 

Quilt Inspiration

I blogged about the World Quilt Show in Manchester, NH back in August. Today, as I was looking through the Quilt Inspiration blog, I came across another quilt show, this time in Utah. This lit a bulb and then I remembered that this blog highlights quilts from all sorts of shows. I went to the archives and found lots of them. This blog is well worth a look! Lots of inspiration, eye candy, free patterns and tutorials.

Photo by Quilt Inspiration is from the Utah show.

Garden Party Ladies by Bonnie B. Quigley, quilted by Janae Tanner

Home Again!

I arrived home yesterday afternoon from Chicago minus my carry-on luggage! Yep, carry-on! Go figure. I packed all my purchases from the International Quilt Festival in that bag as well as my hand embroidery projects and a couple of books. I fly Porter Airlines and wheeled carry-on luggage is tagged and placed in the baggage compartment at no extra cost. It is picked up just as you exit the plane. Normal sized pieces are sent to the carousel for pick-up. Apparently my tag came off. Did I mention that Porter stops at Ottawa and Halifax on the way to St. John's (milk run)? In Ottawa the bag was taken off but when no one claimed it, it was brought inside the plane to find the owner. Of course it was mine, so it was put back in the storage hole.

The same thing happened in Halifax except that no one came in the plane to ask about it and it was left there. What I can't figure is why it wasn't retagged in Ottawa! That would have been the logical thing to do. When I exited the plane here in St. John's, I must have looked a bit perplexed because the attendant called me by name to apologize for the mistake and that my carry-on was still in Halifax. Guess they knew someone blundered. I was guaranteed that it was in a secure location! I was concerned because all of my art / craft purchases were in that bag.

I got the luggage just after lunch today. And, yes, everything was intact.

Note the new Sari Silk Yarn in the far corner! Eye Candy!!

 

Eye Candy

I had a fairly productive morning. While the embroidery machine stitched out another new shimmer ornament, the Canadian flag, I worked on my fibre art pendants. Photos will be coming soon. So instead of seeing some of my stuff, grab a cup of something and check out the following blogs with lots of Eye Candy!!

• Bonnie at Quiltville's Quips & Snips, has some lovely photos of quilts from 'A Walk Through Sisters'. Free patterns HERE.
• Take a look at Susan Brubaker Knapp's latest art quilt, Look, See. Scroll down to view Sunny. Lots of interesting art work in past posts.
• Sew We Quilt blog hop has interesting Tammy Bags.
• Images from a search for Quilt Show 2014. Click on the first image and then just click the arrow to the right to view the spectacular variety of quilts.
• Cultures in Cloth
• Symbols of Our Culture
• Art Quilt Network
• Tiny Textile Challenge from Quilt Art

I hope you enjoy the above links!

From Quilt Inspirations!

I don't know about you, but I love to see the photos that are posted on the various blogs and websites. Since I live on an island in the eastern part of Canada, travelling can be a challenge. We don't have the luxury of spontaneity by getting in a car, taking a road trip to the next province or state and attending quilt exhibitions without enormous planning. We have to get off the island first. If you live on the eastern part of Newfoundland like I do, that means a day's travel just to get to the gulf ferry. Then another day to cross the gulf to Nova Scotia and more driving! So it's wonderful to see the photos that are posted by various people without having to leave the house.

So get a cup of something, sit back and enjoy the eye candy from Quilt Inspirations, as we get a glimpse of quilts from the Pacific International Quilt Festival! At the bottom of the page, click on older post to go back to see day two and day one. I tried to copy and paste the link but it always reverted to the page linked above (day three).

The quilts are fantastic! Thanks to Quilt Inspirations for sharing these wonderful pieces of art.
You might also like to check out the free patterns listed at the side of this site as well as the quilts on Pinterest. You may need a second cup of something!!

Enjoy!

Poppies

I have been watching the poppies outside my studio window for the last week wondering when they would open. This morning I was finally rewarded with this beauty!

Poppies in textile art - eye candy for your pleasure!

• Hand embroidery by Jessica Coote, UK.  Visit her blog
• Kirsten Chursinoff Textile Art, Vancouver, Canada (poppies in blue)
• Linda Matthews, USA. "Poppy" Art Bag and  Linda Hearts Poppy
• Laura Rose (interview, scroll down for poppy postcard)
• Jannick Deslauriers, Toronto, Canada. Fragile Sculptures,
• Moy Mackay, Scotland.  Textile Landscapes
• Sally Gould Wright, California, USA.  Poppy Love
• Eileen Gidman, Creston, BC, Canada.  Painting Poppy Pods with Dyes
• Nicky Perryman Textile Artist, UK. Wild About Poppies
• DIY: Fabric Poppy Flower Gift Toppers
• Richard Box, UK.  Poppies (scroll down)

Enjoy!