These are one inch squares of fabric altered art for a swap on a textile yahoo group! We are in groups of five ladies, and everyone choses a color. Everyone makes 9 - 1 inch pieces for each gal in their color and then at the end of the swap, we will have 45 squares in our given color! Fun. I chose burgandy........mine are on the far right. The others have chosen, shades of blue, pink and orange, just orange and teal. Artistic license is taken for added dimension and fibers and stitches and all kinds of things! These were fun! A little bit can hang over the edges! When all is said and done, that will add to the interest of the finished piece! Enjoy looking! Thanks for visiting!

This is a purse I made for a swap 1/4/1 on a yahoo group. I hope the gal likes it. It is vintage looking and something that I would like....hoping she does too! :) I am not a purse making expert for sure! Could use a class! It was great fun though!

Two more quilts from the Chicago Quilt show! I KNOW......unbelievable! I still can get goose bumps thinking of these beautiful creations made by wonderful fabric artists! I wish everyone could see something like the Chicago Quilt show....I cannot even describe the talents there!

Earl and I decided to take a wonderful walk today! We were BOTH off from work and we took a waterbottle and off we went! It was beautiful out, the lake a welcome place of beautiful teal colors changing as the depth goes and the ground and tiny flowers are starting to peek out! I took the digital camera and got some shots of the lake and waterfall and pond near our home on our walk! Nature is so beautiful! Enjoy some of the shots! Hugs,Patti

This is a rak back for two sweet friends of mine who are always sharing with me! The bird is the front and the girls are the back of a 4x4 page!
Happy Sunday! Hugs,Patti

A couple more quilts for your viewing pleasure from the Chicago Quilt Show! :) These quilts are created by wonderful fabric artists! Each different! Enjoy!

Two more gorgeous quilts made by fabric artists and shown at the Chicago Quilt Show! :0)

This is my finished project from a class that I took with Lesley Riley at the Quilt Show in Chicago! The class was so great, we did many different mixed media parts to complete this art quilt! We did a medium transfer (the bird onto fabric) , we dyed the fabric the transfers are on, we did a water transfer off of glossy cardstock(the eggs), we painted the lutradur and used a tool to burn it and create the branches that are set over the bird image, we painted and burned felt to create the dimensional branches that are over the lutradur branches, and we have real branches over that. We painted the wood split eggs and created a pleasing fabric base for everything. Everyone in the class, and the class was full, did end up with a gorgeous piece and they all looked different depending on the colors that each person lended towards and their placement and style of course! This was just great fun and I loved the class! Hugs,Patti

Two more quilts from the Chicago Quilt show done by fabulous Fabric Artists there! The one quilt was black material that had been altered(like bleaching cardstock) and was just breath taking! Along with the frog quilt, the dark colors and details in this quilt were just amazing! Sometimes one thinks that dark colors might not work in art....but these quilts show you otherwise! Just fabulous! :0) I will continue to post some quilts from the show....just to share the joy of seeing what I did...and like with taking pictures on vacations....the picture never gives the actual view justice!

Hi blog friends! This weekend, I went out after work to the Quilt Show in Chicago! It was AMAZING! I did go last year also and wish I could spend more time there! Last year I was unable to take any classes, but this year, I did sign up for a class with Lesley Riley for a mixed media art quilt which was a total blast! Loved the class, Lesley is wonderful. I am not quite done with it, but will upload when I finish! :0) Until then here are two pictures of my personal favorite quils from this year created by talented quilters........I have not written their names down and now wish I had so I could list their name with the quilts! They were just breathtaking! They are detailed, full of expression, story and ART and love! These two quilts were filled with different fabrics, stitches, thread painting, fabric painted, dimension and really hit my heart seeing them. I will be showing you a variety of quilts each day so you can get a feel for the vast talent of the artists that submitted quilts to the show! Enjoy as I surely did! :0) Hugs,Patti

These are cards for rak backs and I made them with a fun new stamp from Lost Coast called Button Girl! She is fun! The frame below I found at KMart here and has openings just about the right size for the Altered Cabinet Cards that I have, so I got it and it worked out just fine! It fits six and thought that was kind of cool! :0) Happy Easter to everyone and sending hugs your way!

These are tags for a swap on Speckled Eggs Blog, with Heather! We are to create 20 tags (2 x4 inches)and punch the holes and Heather will bind them together! I did all originals for mine! The fronts are my favorite! I did mixed media on the background...which was basically vintage papers, paints and stamping, glitter spray- in layers and then I created the bird image and added a real person EYE to give it some fun and the quote....all cut out and mounted on the mixed media cardstock! The backs are little nests with girls sitting inside and a flower and brad with more stamping. The swap theme was birds, nests and feathers! I will be sending these off to Heather soon! Hugs,Patti

These are 1 inch fabric sqaures for a swap. 9/9 trade, one for myself! :) Everyone trades these one inch squares and soon you compile a bunch and can mount them onto a canvas or do whatever you wish with them! It is a neat idea and when I have enough, I will show them! This was a color theme of turquoise and I had fun stitching fibers, angelina fibers and netting onto beautiful batik fabric and then adding the beads and leaf embellishment! The unperfect edges do look interesting when the squares are mounted together! That adds some interest. This is a small small space to work with, but still great fun!

This is an EGG ART QUILTIE for a swap! The dimensions are about 6 1/2 inches egg! Hehehehe! I did some applique and stitching, adding of embellishments,stitching and then hand blanket stitched the edge with colored thick thread and sewed in a fun fiber yarn while I did that to make an intersting finish to the edge! The quote says, "Walk tall as the trees, live strong as the mountains, be gentle as the spring winds" That is on the front, the back says..."keep the warmth of the summer sun in your heart and the great spirit will always be with you." I look forward to receiving my egg art quilt too! These mini pieces are such an inspiration to receive!

This is a card and atcs for RAK's. The image is from PaperBagStudios and the stamp along the border is also! Just love them! Trust and Hope are word clear stamps from Just For Fun and it is a great set! I used my new clear glitter gel pen on these too! Another new favorite of mine! :0) I love weekends, because most times I am get to artworik! Next weekend will not work out that way, so I am making use of this weekend for sure!

These are 4x4s for a swap! The theme is the colors green and gold! I used stamps from my new PaperBagStudios unmounted stamp sheet! Just beautiful! Love, the girl on the front nad the large stamp on the bags and the goldish blots are all from the stamp plate! The DREAM is a stencil from Stampers Anonymous! On the front there are papers, napkin, gold organza and then the inked and stamped items and some machine stitching! The back, I bleached using stamps and then overstamped! HAPPY ST. PATTI'S DAY!

These are my atc's for a swap that is themed "Thank Heaven for Little Girls". The stamp is by PaperBagStudios and I love it! I did the background with inks and this sweet stamp has three little girls faces in the home shape and I love it! <3>

These are 4x4 pages for a yahoo group swap! The background papers vary and the words in the corner made from scrabble paper mounted on foam tape are different! One says GAMES, NICE, WIN and FUN! The quote on this vintage image of a baseball team says, "It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners, before the game ever starts!" :0) The back side has an adorable little guy and I put below him...FUTURE NICE GUY! Hugs,Patti

I decided to make a couple of cards after convention, as I had my new stamps, and ideas right on the table! These are done on matte cardstock and ink is tamped on with a dense foam tool and the images are stamped in a black dye ink and heat set first. Then I used my ART and DREAM stencils and the new highlighting markers that I got in gold, white and clear glitter gel! Fun! The backgrounds on the cardstock are new stamps I got too!Edging is in brilliance ink! Hugs,Patti

This is my first attempt with the wool roving! Marilyn sent me needles and some of the wool, and a sponge etc. to give me a go at this! I love the simplicity of the technique and it adds a very beautiful textural element to the atc. This is the same atc in diffent lighting to show. I did some machine stitching after I had my piece together with mustard, purple and redish wool....and then stitched that to a piece of solid felt and added the image and text, and beading! I am a beginnger for sure, but it sure is FUN!!!!!!!!