Well, it's been 3 weeks since our last blog post! Where does the time go? After driving home from NH, Sue went to the weekend VCQ meeting in Newport News, VA, and then a few days later went to PA to spend a week with her mother. After being home for a week and getting caught up on things, it is time to go again for a few more days. And Elizabeth wrapped up her time in NH, driving home in time to return to work last week, with the new school year starting today. She says she can't wait to retire, but it's still hard to keep up with things even in retirement!
One thing we neglected to blog about during quilt camp was that we added some new screens to the
Etsy shop. Actually, the screens themselves aren't new, but the shape is. We took some of our existing screens and cropped them into circular shapes. (You're not seeing the complete circles here because of how they fit on the Etsy page.)
There is one more not shown here, which is the chain link image. The crackles, tree bark, water ripples and birds are all 5 inch diameter circles. The ricing is about 4 inch diameter and the chain link is 3.5 inches.
What might you do with these? As with any of our screens, create a pattern, use the textures as a background for another image, or create the look of a circle in a square without piecing or stitching! Sue especially likes the look of the birds in a tree against one of the other textures as a background.
The photo above shows some test prints stitched into a 9 patch that could be the start of a quilt or something smaller like a pillow. While these were done on solids, they can just as well be used on commercial prints and batiks. The examples below are done with discharge paste which takes color out of the fabric.
Enlarge the bottom photo to see how the pattern in the fabric still shows through the discharge.
What ideas do you have for using these screens? We'd love to hear from you!
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