Fractured Landscape Fabric Postcard

Michael Miller Fabric Paper Fortune Cookies

Michael Miller Fabric Paper fortune cookies.

I made these for a trade for the Dallas Stampers Group. If you have not tried Michael Miller Fabric Paper you MUST! Last year at the Martha Pullen Market in Arlington Texas one of the available classes was on using this new product. Well it's probably not a new product, its just new to me. The fabric paper is awesome to work with. It has all the properties of both paper and fabric. You can cut it easily like paper and it holds shape easily. While at the same time can be sewn and monogrammed like fabric.

Dream Mixed Media Tags

Dream Mixed Media tags I made to exchange with fiber arts traders. These looked really cool in person. Each tag had little plastic like bubbles that were a "happy" accident. I used crackle paint over the layers of blue and violet paint. Of course I did not have the patience for the crackle paint to dry so I got out the ole trusty heat gun and gave it a blast of heat. The crackle bubbled up and hardened it looked sooooo cool!

Mixed Media Gift Bags

Gift Bags I made for my Garland Quilt Guild Secret Pal 2007.

Fall Leaves Mixed Media Quilt

My Fall Leaves Quilt 2007

Sunflower Stained Glass Batik Quilt

Yes, my kitchen walls are really that yellow!

Applique Funky Flower Quilt

Purple and Orange Batik Crazy Quilt in Progress

March Journal Quilt - Drew's Sunflower

March Journal Quilt

"Drew's Sunflower"

My March journal quilt was made from batik fabric scraps from a larger quilt that I have been working on and from wool, yarn, silk fibers and beads.

I wanted to make a hot Texas sun to look at since I am taking some medication for the next 6 months and have to completely stay out of the sun. I thought the blue, yellow and orange batiks made the quilt have a summer sky effect. After the sun was felted together, I hand beaded "rays" to extend from the center to the outer edges of the wool rays.

I had this quilt all finished and ready to label. I asked Drew (my son) what he thought of the name "forbidden sun". He told me it was a nice name but why would I call my sunflower a sun. So, some butterflies where added and now the March journal quilt is known as "Drew's Sunflower". I have it hanging in our hallway that we painted orange marmalade.

Wearing of the Green Embellished St. Patricks Day Pin

I wish the photo was more clear. The pins look so much prettier in person. Each was made from tiny little shamrock fabric fixed to a piece of fast-2-fuse. Then several different strands of decorative threads and yarns were added then tons of beads were hand sewn on.

VIP Queen For A Day Inchie Pins

This was a really fun exchange. We each made an inchie VIP Queen pin for another person. Our trade partner emailed us a photo of themselves so we could incorporate it into our art pins. I received the AWESOME Gold and Red Inchie Queen Pin from my friend Edna and I made her the Pink Fairy Princess Inchie pin. I embellished her pin with little bells, gold wings, crown and princess dress.

Dorset Button Exchange

6 Dorset buttons I made to exchange. Each is embellished with either beads, charms, wings. A really fun exchange. I had never heard of making these buttons before.

Fabric Puzzle Pieces Exchange

Two felted puzzle pieces I made for exchange.

Dottie Dolls Exchange

Fiber Art Traders Dottie Doll Exchange dolls that I made.

Bottle Cap Pin Cushions

These are the three bottle cap pincushions I made to exchange. They were super easy and fun to make.

SewStylish Gifts to Make Magazine, Holiday 2007, http://www.besewstylish.com/ had an awesome article called Pretty Pincushions that illustrated step by step how to make the bottle cap pincushions.

The cushions make great gifts and can be embellished till your hearts content! You make the pincushions from recycled bottle caps, scraps of fabric or felt, scraps of fiberfill.

Quilting Arts Magazine - Houston Quilt Show Inchie Exhibit

About a month after actively participating in Fiber Art Traders I received a group email posted by the list owner Norma Jean that Quilting Arts Magazine wanted to host an "Inchie" exchange at the 2007 Houston Quilt Show. In addition to hosting the inchie trade Quilting Arts Magazine issued a challenge to our group to see what items we could create using "Inchies" for possible inclusion in their exhibit at the Houston Quilt Show.

I was SO excited and proud to see four pieces of my "Inchie Art" on exhibit at the Houston Quilt Show:

• A journal cover embellished with an inchie tassel
• A mixed media necklace with inchie
• A mixed media pin with inchies, charms and metal work
• A silly inchie name tag

I even snuck a photo...big no, no, but I have not posted it anywhere...it was just for me to look.

Eye Mask Exchange

My first trade with Fiber Art Traders was this eye mask. It was a 1-1 trade where we could make one eye mask and then someone would trade with us.

I made my mask from a shear variegated color fabric. I placed it over a piece of organic cotton batting and then thread painted an sun like looking eyes with opposite colors on each side. I finished the mask off by laying a ribbon across the mask, they layered with a soft cotton fabric, stitching right sides together then turning right sides out. I top stitched yarn on to embellish the edges.

Have A Yappy Day - Stampin Up Card Exchange

I was invited to join a Stampin Up group by my friends Mary(#1) and Suzy. We meet once a month on a Friday night at Mary (#2) house. Each month Mary (#2) has three projects for use to make. They are so creative, I wonder how she is able to come up with so many wonderufl ideas. I'll ask her if its okay to post photo of the goodies we make.

Our Stampin up group has a card exchange every other month. We each agreed to make 12 cards (one for each person in the group) with Stampin up products. I am new to the group (many of the ladies have been stamping for years) so my cards are not even close to the wonderful cards made by the other ladies in the group. I figure that practice will make...better...not even hoping for perfect.

This is our second trade. My 12 cards were made with some cute dog stamps colored in with the stampin up blender pens (LOVE THEM), mulberry papers. and some charming dog bone paperclips.

Fiber Arts Embellished Bookmarks

Bookmarks that I made to trade with FiberArtTraders. They were made with a layer of fast-2-fuse then I placed different fabric strips on top and used decorative stitches to top stitch each fabric down. After all the bookmark base was covered then I went back over the fabric with decorative yarns and threads to jazz it up a little. The back of the book marks were finished with a solid fabric and stamped with my handmade by Allison Ray stamps. The tops of each bookmark have fun tassels made from several yarns.

Hope my trade partners enjoy!

April Birthday Fabric Postcards

These are the 5 fabric postcards I made for the April Birthday Girls in Postcardpizzazz Group.
April birthday fabric postcards feature glittery balloon fabric with a strip of candle fabric appliqued on top with some "Happy Birthday" confetti hand sewn on. The back of the postcards are made with solid yellow fabric and a strip of Happy Birthday ribbon appliqued on.
Happy Birthday to all my friends!