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suebleiweiss.typepad.com - 11/4/2009

Flowers & Fiberactions

— suebleiweiss.typepad.com — I put the finishing touches on another quilt this morning: "night blooms" 22"x26" I am finding that... with each quilt I finish I learn something new. With this one I learned that there really is a difference in quilt battings and I found one that I will not use again! Speaking of ... (more) Flowers & Fiberactions

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Flowers & Fiberactions
Sue Bleiweiss — ... I put the finishing touches on another quilt this morning:   "night blooms" 22"x26"  I am finding that with each quilt I finish I learn something new.  With this one I learned that there really is a difference in quilt battings and I found one that I will not use again!  Speaking of quilts... I along with 12 other fiber artists have formed a new challenge group called Fiberactions.   Every two months we each create a new quilt measuring 16"x20" based on a theme chosen by one of us.  You can follow our ...

Fiberactions starts November 15
Field Trips in Fiber — ... I am very excited about a new project that I've joined. 13 fiber artists are going to participate  in a 2 year challenge to create 16" x 20" based on various themes. We will be creating a new piece ever 2 months for a total of 12 pieces. The first theme is going to be announced November 15 and will be due January 15.  ...

Thanks, Vicki…
Featherstone Quiltworks — ... , takes great bird and nature pictures, plus she’s one of 13 fiber artists working on a 2-year-long creative challenge, Fiberaction.   (When you visit her Etsy shop, check out her quilt backs — I think they are fabulous, and I plan to use one for the front of a whole-cloth quilt.) ...

a little of this, that and something else...
Sue Bleiweiss — ... It's at the stage now where I'll start adding some stitching to the surface.   Speaking of quilts. Judy revealed the theme for the first challenge for the Fiberactions challenge group.  Check it out here. ...

Gifts for me!
Field Trips in Fiber — ... things came from Fannie Narte.  She had a blog drawing a few weeks ago where she added an item a day to the box until it was full. I was the lucky winner.   Look at all of this stuff! On the bottom is a cute Christmas wallhanging that's embellished with Christmas buttons. On the right is the book, Quilted Photographs.   Next is a beautiful Asian panel and an embellished journal (which I will be using for planning my Fiberactions projects.   This is a tote bag decorated with her original ...

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Sue Bleiweiss — ... How's that for a nondescript title?!  I know I haven't posted in a while but I have been working on some things.  I managed to get my Initiatives quilt finished but unfortunately I can't show you that yet - you'll have to wait for the big reveal day on 1/15/09 on the Fiberactions blog to see it.  With that project out of the way I've been working on this new fabric collage quilt: ...

fiberactions update
Sue Bleiweiss — ... the bad news is that I can't show you my Fiberactions quilt until the reveal day on 1/15/10 ... but the good news is the Fiberaction group decided to post occasional updates to the Fiberactions blog.  Connie took the initiative and got us started, Sandy followed with a post earlier this week and so I decided to add one myself today.  Check it out here. ...

Handwork Wednesday
Field Trips in Fiber — ... The other thing I am doing this week is working on my Initiative piece for the Fiberactions challenge. Tomorrow is totally dedicated to that. ...

I really have been sewing during the break....
Field Trips in Fiber — ... ....but I don't have anything to show you for it yet. I have been working on my Fiberactions piece. The them is Initiative and the reveal is January 15. I spent about 4 days on it over the holiday and I finished the top around midnight last night. Each Fiberactions piece will be 16 x 20. Mine uses all of the fabrics in this photo and has 212 pieces! ...

Not much going on here.....
Field Trips in Fiber — ... On the sewing front I am working on my Fiberactions Initiative piece. Here's the back. Quilting is underway. I'll be back when I have something interesting to share. ...

Busy Busy Weekend
Field Trips in Fiber — ... My primary goal for the weekend was to get my Initiative challenge quilt quilted and bound. I got it quilted, blocked, trimmed and the binding sewn to the front. All I have left to complete by Friday is the hand sewing, label and hanging sleeve. Binding was a close call. This little piece of fabric is all I have left of the background and binding fabric. It was my lucky day! ...

Fiberactions Challenge - Initiative revealed
Field Trips in Fiber — ... Please go to the Fiberactions Blog to see all of the interpretations of the Initiative theme. That was fun. I can't wait until the next one! ...

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 91
Field Trips in Fiber — ...  The Fiberactions art challenge group has posted the results of their Initiative Challenge ...

Weekend dyeing
Field Trips in Fiber — ... This may not look very exciting to you but these fabrics are for my next piece in the Fiberactions challenge. The theme for the new challenge is "communication". The color here has nothing to do with the theme and I still have to do some painting but I am almost ready to get started. You can see that second and third pieces are almost identical. I only needed for values for this and I was afraid that either 2 and 3 or 3 and 4 would be too close in value so I decided to dye 5 steps. I'm glad I did! ...