Embellishing

 We ended up skipping July, because everyone was enjoying the summer.  But we got the band back together for August, and started embellishing projects. 

But first, there's show and tell!

Mary is working on samples for the zig zag quilt. 


Below is a small piece using the scraps she used for her son's quilt, which started the requests for instructions.

For her embellishment project, Mary is using this "fractured" quilt, using techniques by Louisa Smith

 Kathi is still hooked on Hexies. This piece is all silks!  

 This is a scarf Kathi painted, using a folded fabric technique. 

 Cynda went to the "Neighborhood Art House" and did some work with ceramics.

 The "bug" in this one, is a flower bud she pressed into the clay before it was fired.

 Elaine has been doing "wet cyanotypes" using specially prepared fabrics, and flowers from her garden. 


After Show and Tell, we all went to work on our individual projects. 

 Mary was crocheting a necklace like the one she saw at an arts festival recently.

 Lori is embellishing a crazy quilt block she started a while ago.

 Cynda is adding to the fish she made for our challenge a few years back, because she felt it needed more.

Elaine isn't sure where she's going ,but was enhancing some of the areas of her cyanotypes with colored pencils.

Martha plans to add stitching and beads to these pieces, inspired by wild dill weed.

To be continued......