Sharpie marker transfer

There was a very short, but beautiful,  show and tell at the March meeting.   

Susan brought this to show us before it gets moved to its permanent home at their summer house in the 1,000 Islands.  This began with the blocks she rejected from her row by row quilt.  They look better in this piece, anyway.                                          

Cynda finished her wool felted pin from last month.  She had to improvise because the acrylic felt doesn't work as well as the wool, which she is allergic to.  We all agreed the metallic rick rack was the perfect finish for this!

 Cynda also tried some snow dyeing- since there was so very much of it to use this year!

Clearly Elaine approves of the purple piece.

 Martha led us all in trying out the sharpie marker transfer process, as seen in Quilter's Newsletter magazine, Feb March 2015 issue.
First you choose an image and transfer it to card stock.

 Then you color it in with sharpie markers, making sure to get lots of ink into the paper.  Once you are satisfied, you add the rubbing alcohol, run a squeegee over it and voila! (there should be an accent on that a)

 Kathi did an homage to her orange cats, whose names I have forgotten

 Martha did a sort of sunflower mandala. The blur occurred when she tried to get a darker transfer and the paper shifter.  (note to self: enhance weak spots with stitch or embellishments)

 Mary Ellen was glad the black comes out grey, since Juncos aren't really black

 Susan got the best result

 

 Mary Lee's Kaleidoscope came out very nice!

 Elaine did a minimalist kind of design, that she can play with later.  

Lesson learned here- even G clefts have to be reversed!

Cynda's fishies came out with an underwater feel, which seems perfect!

 Lori's sweet little bird looks ready to sing. 

Beth did an original design.  She wasn't sure how the scrolly design at the top would transfer, but the only way to learn is to try !

Apologies to Connie- the picture I took of her rooster was really out of focus.

It was fun and most agreed it was a technique they would try again.

In April we will revisit the lino block printing we did last fall. 

February Felting

 Mary Lee led us to do a project using zippers and felting. A heart was suggested, since it's February.
But some of us went off on our own...







Everyone seemed happy to have something to do!

While we worked, those who had something to show did so.

Mary finished the table toppers she was working on a while back.

Cynda dug out an old project she designed from a  postage stamp

Susan finished her Hawaiian turtles.

Chris had fun making a bowl with fabric and clothesline

New member Connie shows off the leaf she pieced in a Judy Neimeyer class.

Connie has also been working on this piece she started in a class with Victoria  Findlay Wolfe

Kathi's

Kathi and Martha decided to use a spiral as their design.

Martha's

But most did hearts....

Mary Ellen's

Susan's

Lori's

Mary Lee's

 This is Mary Lee's finished pin.  Sorry it's upside down.  I don't know what the issue is with pictures taken on a phone refusing to rotate.

Martha's finished pin.

Chris' pretty little heart

Mary Ellen's with an embroidered flower.

Lori's on the left and Beth's on the right

Susan's

Connie's

In March we will be transferring pictures to fabric with Sharpie markers!

Not much to show

At the January meeting most of us were working on our challenge projects to be presented at the guild meeting on Saturday-- four days later. 
So here's what was shown at the meeting- except for Martha's sock.

Kathi was pondering how to add the challenge fabric to this.  She played with a picture of a flower none of us could name and had Julie print it for her.  The background wasn't gold- that is paint Kathi added.

Beth made very good use of a lot of scraps of small flower prints to make a map of the US.  It's all fused- even those tiny Aleuitian and Hawaiian Islands.  Beth was adding beads for the state capitals.

Lori isn't making a challenge piece so she was working on her crazy quilt.

Mary Lee used a Ruth McDowell pattern to make some Hollyhocks.  (Keep in mind this was due in 4 days!)

We have decided to make the meetings more hands on, so hopefully next month's post will be more interesting. 
In the more distant future will be a school of odd fish. 

Holiday decorating

There was a last minute change of venue for this meeting.  So in the pictures you may catch glimpses of bald men and skeletal remains.  Do not be alarmed.  They are participants in the Polysomnographic Technology program. 

As always, we started with everyone's favorite part of the meeting- show and tell.

Beth is making this as a gift.
At first I thought it was printed on fabric.  Then I got closer.....

It is in fact a portrait style quilt.  Lots of little bits and pieces carefully fused!  Mary Lee was very impressed!

Lori is making this as a gift as well.  We are all coveting the sparkly fabric at the top.

Lori is still enjoying doing stitcheries.  



It will look like this when it's finished.

Lori made a couple of these to go with small gifts for co-workers.

Chris had a bunch of these left over from an older project.  She is helping her daughter make them into gifts for co- workers. Each block will be a mug rug.  A very clever way to use up orphan blocks , while giving a nice gift!











Susan had always wanted to use the design of this Laurel Burch shirt for a quilt. Finally, she did!

Mary Lee and Elaine are doing a series of windows.
We all tried to convince  Mary to add a tiny piece of the challenge fabric so she would be ready for January!
















Martha found a tutorial online for these ornaments.














Cynda brought along the supplies for a hands-on project to create holiday bouquets with greens she cut around her yard. 








Several members worked on other projects while the rest played in the wide array of goodies!

And they all got lovely arrangements for their efforts.

 Mary Ellen's

Susan's

Chris'

Cynda's














In January bring your challenge to finish- or your recycled project, which is due in February.