Princess Bubbles Creates

This is my weekly water experiment.  I adhered transfer foil to the fabric base.  I stitched some sari silk strips to the top of that.  So simple but it works. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

Years ago I was gifted with a lovely quilted table runner, not my colours.  I was certain I would find a way to use it even if not for its intended purpose.  I have turned it into a cover my flower book, bottom photo.  Inside the book,https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ there are four vines.  Each vine has at least 25 flowers.  There are four sheer pockets/pages that hold the flowers.  The vines and flowers can all come out of the pockets to create a garden, top photo.  The flowers are made with bits and pieces of fabric, beads, doilies and buttons.  Some are wet felted, some are crocheted.  I have also used paper and tyvek.  This was an absolute play time for me.  So fun! I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/ http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/

There is not loads of beading on this piece but there is enough.  The hand dyed doily is the star of this show.  While working on this piece I had a number of people ask if it was going to be a pillow.  I guess it is about the right size for a pillow but it kind of made me feel bad.  I think of it as art and want to hang it on a wall.  Does it really matter that someone else thought of it more as craft/ a pillow?  It shouldn't matter to me.  Ultimately, I made it for the sheer joy of creating whether it be art or craft. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

Yesterday was the last day The Grand Guild was at the Quilt and Fibre Festival in St. Jacobs.  So glad I remembered to get a photo of our 'sinchie' display.  The guild is full of talented artists so it is a bit disappointing that there wasn't one piece that made me say 'oh, wow'.  There are loads of good pieces though.

I am finding it fairly easy to stay on track with my weekly water experiment.  Keeping to the six-inch square format makes it easy to complete them.  This one has a base of used dryer sheets.  I tore up a monoprint done on deli paper and adhered that to the dryer sheets.  I also adhered some thread bits and some mica flakes. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

I started this altered book/journal a number of years ago.  I wasn't completely sure where I was going with it so it got set aside.  This week, out of the blue the idea gelled together and I completed the book.  There are not a lot of pages in this book.  Kind of different for me.  I inked, chalked and stitched the pages.  There are only one or two words per page that you are meant to read. The cover was created with some acrylic skins adhered to it.  It always feels good to finish a project that has been languishing.

This is my crazy quilt block for May.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  I love the circle shape and will likely be creating at least three more CQ blocks in a circle shape.  I am linking to http://www.esthersquiltblog.com https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/