Quilting, printing and Suzy Buhle

Quilting time - the last few days of the holidays are being spent catching up on some unfinished  machine quilting projects, planning another and more printmaking in the shed. Hand burnishing is the new sport for toning arms. Who needs a gym? Later, a visit to Suzy Buhle's art studio in Aratula - always good for the soul and I came back fully recharged and ready for ... tomorrow.

 

 

 



They all start with "S"

Sundial, George Washington Uni.

 Sundial. Sunshine. Scenic. Special. Shiva rubbing. Silky Oak leaf. Shadow printing. Stitched. Sewn. Sircles. Shiva shimmer. So much fun. Saturday.





GWU, Foggy Bottom, Washington DC



Shadow printed with Silky oak leaves

 

Stitched in sircles



Shape and size

Shiva shimmer

 

Saturday afternoon

 

Freemotion machine quilting - flood style



Wild waters

 This is not Flood #3 - rather practice for how I'll machine quilt  Flood #1. Black fabric combined with different top threads to see what would happen. Double threaded needle seemed to work well - three different threads not so well. Too much texture and that was a distraction from the overall sense of movement across the piece.
The turbulent swirls came from "365 Days of Freemotion Quilting Filler Designs" and they've been incorporated into my version of a flowing river. Shiva sticks have yet again transformed the entire look of the piece. Some important lessons for me are: (1) practice makes perfect (2) signing your name is not always a good idea; and  (3) remember what year it is!


Closer-up swirls and shivas