Category: Portraits
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Something about nothing: the blog tour continues
Have you been following the blog tour for Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits? Well, today is Lisa Chin’s turn, and she has a really nice interview with me on her blog today, I hope you’ll hop on over to Something About Nothing to take a look. Plus, you have another chance to win this…
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Giveaway: Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits
Today, I’m part of the blog tour for Art Quilt Portfolio: People & Portraits. As part of the blog tour, I had the great honor of being able to interview Martha Sielman, the force behind this beautiful book. I hope you’ll enjoy it! 1) Martha, you are involved with quilting in many different ways. You…
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Giveaway: Quilting Arts June/July 2013 issue
I just opened the June/July 2013 issue of Quilting Arts today and eagerly read Martha Sielman’s article, “Creating Realistic Portraits.” Obviously, a topic near and dear to my heart. In the article, she explored three specific areas, “capturing someone’s personality through their eyes, creating hands that do not look awkward or out of scale, and…
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This project has been postponed
I’ve decided that I’m going to postpone the completion of this project. I wanted to complete it by today, but there’s no possible way to do that and still be happy with the results. I decided it was much better for me to relax, take my time, and enjoy the process. So, the quilt will…
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Roadblocks and irritations
I worked quite diligently yesterday. I usually do when a deadline is looming. I’m not one to give up easily. I stayed focused but still took reasonable breaks so I wouldn’t injure myself. My goal was to have both girls quilted and the central flower and leaves, too. I nearly made it. I got all…
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Product Review: EcoluxLighting
I had to make myself stop fiddling with the top and get on with it. Yesterday morning, I pin basted the quilt layers. Then I spent some time cleaning up my sewing area. I had to dig out George from under all the clutter that collects over time. Still unwilling to actually quilt something, I…
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Finishing touches to the top
I started Monday by making what I thought were going to be just a few finishing touches to the quilt top. I thought I would just spend an hour or two, but that curvy bottom edge kept bugging me. I just had to change it. I dug in my trash can and pulled out the…
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Nearly done with the top
I think I’m nearly done with the top. There are a couple painted areas I want to tweak, and I’m not terribly fond of that bottom edge, but at least I’m getting close. I hope to resolve those issues quickly so I can get this basted. Then I need to clean up my studio enough…
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Problem backgrounds
Yesterday, I finished putting the shadow and highlight accents on the two dresses. I also started painting the clivia (AKA Kaffir lily). However, the painted version is not quite as neon orange as it appears in this photo. By the way, thank you to everyone who helped identify that flower. Backgrounds are a problem for…
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Painting clothing and something new
I worked on painting the dresses yesterday. Overall, I like how they turned out, even if I still didn’t get that watercolor feeling I was envisioning. I think that effect is going to need a lot more practice when I don’t have a deadline. (The rippling you see in the photo is really the dropcloth…