THE COFFEE SHOP

"THE COFFEE SHOP"

27 1/2" X 17 1/2"

This was a very fun journey for me.   There were challenges that is for sure especially with working with those very small pieces both fusing them and quilting them.  However, the results were just as I pictured it to be...fun, colorful and joyous.

I hope you too feel those emotions.

THE JOURNEY

I hope you enjoyed this journey as much as I enjoyed you following me here at my blog.

Now to start a new one....be sure to join me again.

Barbara

COFFEE ANYONE?

 Last weekend I went to the Farmers Market in nearby Elkhart Lake.  There is a great coffee shop there called "Off The Rail" because it is situated right by the Railroad Tracks.  So after getting some coffee, I took this photo and liked it so much I decided to use it as the inspiration for my next art quilt.

 Today I loosely sketched out the crowd and the building....I want this to be sort of casually done...not straight lines on the bldg or perfection here or.....

 in the people here.

I have the basic background finished and quilted it measures 30X19 inches.   So now I am ready to add what is furthest away.....which will be some trees and an attached building.   I will most likely eliminate some of the sign clutter around the scene towards the left.....and maybe add some things...but that is the joy of making it your own.  Hope you enjoy this new journey with me.

TOURNESOLS

TOURNESOLS

 19"X35"

An Original Design

Raw Edged Fused Applique

Machine Quilted

Making Sunflowers always is a joy for me.   I love all the movement you can create as well as the mood you can set.  These three a blowing in the wind but glorious in the sun.

It is available for sale in my Etsy shoppe here.

THE JOURNEY

THREE SUNFLOWERS

Still arranging these stems and sunflowers and beginning to quilt some down.   Leaves are being added as well.


Wishing all of my followers and friends a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!! 

CONEFLOWERS

 "CONEFLOWERS"

21 1/2" X 10 1/2"

Original Design

Rawedged fused applique

Machine quilted

 Details of quilting

I like to make small quilts for two reasons.  The first being that they will be great for gifts or in my Etsy Shoppe for someone who can not afford the larger pieces but still would like a fiber art piece.  The second reason is it spans the gap between quilts when you have nothing in mind to start yet.  I have though about a few ideas but am distracted with everyday life right now.  Summer likes to do that because it is the time you can find many fun things to do all around you.  So this....does not take a lot of thought....and makes you feel good all at the same time.

MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

30" X 30"

Original Design

Rawedged Fused Applique

Machine Quilted

Not for sale at this time

THE JOURNEY

I love making poppies and this journey was no exception.  I don't know why but the leaves the stems the flower the buds all are exciting to do.  Perhaps it is the movement of the whole thing...always looking like they are swaying in the wind.  Perhaps it is just the thoughts I had while working on it.  Whatever it is...I enjoy it all from the start to the finish.

Thank you to all who have taken this journey with me.  Hopefully I will start a new one soon and you will join me once again.

Thank you so very much.

A POPPY AND TWO BUDS

By the end of the day yesterday, I had accomplished this.   Two buds with stems and leaves...most of it quilted.  Tomorrow I will work on the next poppy...there are two fully bloomed poppies still coming.   Feeling good about the mood and the feel of it.

BUD

The bud is quilted.....now on to quilting the leaves and then another poppy.

POPPY ONE

Finished the first Poppy for the new piece.  Quilted it today and added a bud. So far....so good.

EVENING SHADOWS

EVENING SHADOWS

40 1/2" X 22"

Original Design

Rawedged fused applique

Machine quilted

Available in my Etsy Shoppe here

THE JOURNEY

 

SAND HILL CRANES

I have finished all the quilting on this piece for all the additions.  Whew!  That took me a long time.   So now....you will see that I have added a pair of Sand Hill Cranes.  We have many of them here and I hear them every day and see them fly over the house.  I just need to go down our road a bit and I can see them out in the fields.  So I had to interpret them in a piece.

I am using my tissue paper drawing to place them in the scene moving them around in different locations until I like the placement.  Right now this is looking pretty good to me.