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Machine pieced, iron-on metallic thread, crystal beads, fabric sticks, some hand painted fabrics, double-needle play. When I look out my window I see the sun setting through black willow trees. The colors beautifully sway and change every evening, all summer long.

Hand painted, shibori, tulle-trapped appliqué, adhesives, felted wool, yo-yo’s, ? strips, cut-out ?, glittered fabric, fabric manipulation, machine quilted in layers and squished for movement. Inspiration was endless for this creation. Mickey Lawler’s fabric painting techniques as well as Bonnie McCaffey’s fantasy fabric ideas added to my already overflowing imagination that is constantly stretched byContinue reading “3DC

Laurie Korte

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Green, Leatherback, Kemp’s Ridley and Hawksbill sea turtles are classified as endangered. Given the gauntlet of challenges they face to survive, this quilt is in appreciation of the struggles and conservation efforts that should encourage everyone to Dig Out and Dive In. (Machine felted sea turtle, angelina fibers, hand dyed fabrics, recycled fabrics, hand embellished,Continue reading “Dig Out, Dive In!

Laurie Korte

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Hand woven on a floor loom with an assortment of yarns &adding embellishments, Hand woven on a floor loom with an assortment of yarns &adding embellishments

Fused applique, thread couching, netted layers. “The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life”. William Faulkner

Painted, beaded, thread play, paint sticks, embellished attachments, old mirror frame repurposed, a view for a wall. Relax and let discoveries happen. There are no such things as mistakes, only opportunities to learn something new and different.