Category Archives: Art

Festival Pet Project

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Two pet-themed fabric postcards by Shelly

Pet postcards by Shelly

Three dog-themed fabric postcards by Tresha

Pet postcards by Tresha

Shelly and I sewed some fabric postcards for the Festival Pet Project that’s part of the 2012 Houston International Quilt Festival.

All the donated postcards will be sold and the money given to Friends for Life, a Houston animal shelter.  All the postcards will be displayed for sale, which means — ta da! — Shelly and I have our “quilts” in THE Houston International Quilt Festival!  In our case, our “quilts” are the fabric postcards, 4 inches by 6 inches.  Still, we got in! Woo-hoo! We’re famous! . . . in our dreams, anyway.

If you are at the 2012 Houston International Quilt Festival, checkout the Festival Pet Project postcards and buy one for a good cause.

Longhorn, Session 4

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Longhorn applique on the sky and grass fabric background

Dippity-Do, home on the range

It’s been quite a while since I worked on Dippity-Do. Here’s what he looks like after appliqué session #4. I need to iron all the pieces to the background and then I’ll be ready for the first sewing session. I think I’ll move the clouds around some before I start sewing, now that I’ve had a good look at it.

Longhorn applique, just the face

Freckles Jr

 

While I’m still finishing up on my first longhorn applique, Pat started her second. Each of her sons will get a longhorn appliqué wall hanging.

The longhorn art quilt pattern is by Susan Cranshaw.

Longhorn Session 1
Longhorn Session 2
Longhorn Session 3

Best of Show 2012

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Winning quilt, "Ruffled Roses" by Mary Clendennen

Best in Show, AAQG Quilt Fest 2012

Here is the winning quilt for the Austin Area Quilt Guild’s 2012 quilt fest:  Ruffled Roses by Mary Clendennen.  Congratulations, Mary!  The quilt won multiple awards at the AAQG 2012 show and this photo does not do it justice.

Update: Angela Steiner did the needle-turned hand appliqué, Angela McCorckle did the hand-guided machine quilting and Mary Clendennen did the piecing. Congratulations to all!

A fabric postcard, crazy quilt with a dragonfly in the center

Dragonfly postcard

 

While Mary and crew were slaving over the king-sized quilt for hundreds and hundreds of hours, I made a 4″x 6″ fabric postcard. Everyone has their place in the (quilting) food chain, right? Right?