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Greetings!
     I have now set up my blogging page, 'A Year - A Broad', regarding my upcoming 'artist's year in the UK'.  We have purchased the tickets-we leave June 18, 2012- and soon begin the Homeland security and visa process. My husband has researched the car we will buy in Scotland, the possible place we will live, Dingwall or the vicinity, and the plane, train, and automobile options for getting us all around.  
     Today I paid for my residential class at Missenden Abbey, which is very exciting and makes this life adventure seem a little more real! The rooms at the abbey are converted monks' cells, the monastery, circa 1130, and grounds are intriguing and beautiful, and I can hardly wait for the day we fly off into the wild blue yonder!
     There are two camps among our family and friends. Camp #1 How exciting!  Camp #2 Are you nuts?
     But away we soon shall go! Go to A Year-A Broad Tab above, next to Home Tab, to follow the journey.

Pet Portrait-Samoyed

 

Thread painted, photo on fabric.

Commissioned

More and more fluffy flowers!

Here are the latest fluffy flowers, pre-framed.

A Little Rusty

Plethora

Perky!

Inferno

WILD Flowers as embers...on hand-dyed background.

Autumnal WILD Flowers

Well, some of my WILD flowers I like more than others. I found the perfect frame for this 16"X20" and I LOVE how it looks! I am in the process of getting the rest of my work framed. It really 'classes' it up!

More WILD Flowers...

Joy I

I guess you might say...these are exactly the same, only different. :?}

 

 

Joy II

WILD flower quiltlets are like rabbits...

Good Afternoon!

Fall II

Fall I

Night time Wild flowers

Here is the silver gray rendition of the Wild Flowers series, Under the Gibbous Moon. The flowers consist of 2-3 layers in various sizes, the smallest centers being comprised of thick metallic thread. Leaves are from the several shades of silver gray thread also. New to this series is 'grass'. I used my long rectangle cardboard form, stitched two lines 1/2" apart down the center of it, as well as all around the perimeter, then sliced it right down the center. I have 11 more wild flower bases ready to quilt, all in the WILD colorway.

Mini-WILD Flowers

I had several people interested in the large WILD Flowers, but one of them preferred, 'just a taste' rather than the entire buffet...so, I made a mini-WILD Flower. There will be several more minis, as I have had so much fun making the flowers I have a miniature Mount Rainier pile of them ready to use!

Hand dyed background. Free motion embroidery leaves. Hand wrapped, machine 'quilted' flowers and grass. 11"x14" artist canvas mounted, ready to hang.

Poinsettia 'leaf' Applique'

Tree Skirt with poinsettias appliqued.

Here is another 'leaf' you may play with. I used the same basic method covered in my Leaves 101 tutorial ( http://quilts-artfromtheheart.blogspot.com/2012/05/leaves-101-tutorial.html ) and similar to my 'daisy flowers'. http://quilts-artfromtheheart.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-build-flower-101.html
Because you are using the rinse away backing to sew on, you must link the center's yellow portions a little, but the method is great-it allows air space around each one, just like the real plant. This one is rather large as it will be one among many in a larger piece of work, but you could 'whip up' miniatures in no time to mount on pin backs. The Holiday bazaars are coming soon! Get to it! :?}