Improv cotton squares, free motion quilted. This was project from a workshop with Cindy Grisdela – Improv Puzzles. My granddaughter loves outer space, and this inspired me to do a wonky solar system.
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Improv Solar System
Rain SticksMarlene Marks
Machine pieced and quilted. Colorful “made” fabric is improvisationally pieced from scraps, cut into curvey strips and inserted onto a black ground.
Hue Don’t Know MeMarlene Marks
Machine pieced and quilted. An exploration of color and value. Matchstick quilting in multiple thread colors adds density and dimension.
Good FriendsMarlene Marks
Machine pieced. Long-arm quilted by Becky Chandler. This quilt was a round robin-style collaboration between @claudiakimbrough and myself. We met on Instagram in 2018, became good friends, and spent part ofour pandemic year mailing quilt tops back and forth between Chicago and Durham,NC!
Flow, PinkMarlene Marks
Machine pieced. Long-arm quilted by Sarah Evans. A “what if…?” piece of improvisational play. I was gifted a bundle of Japan-themed fabric and determined to use every bit of it. Creating this giant jigsaw puzzle of patchwork put me in a sustained state of flow.
Truth will Set you Free, Joan of ArcJane M Mason
Hooked in wool, wool yarn, novelty fabrics and silk on linen. Some hand dyed wool. A narrative hooked tapestry featuring Joan of Arc as a symbol of humility, courage and purity. The border features pussycats wearing pink hats and the hashtag #METOO. The Latin says ‘I am not afraid…I was born to do this.’ TheContinue reading “Truth will Set you Free, Joan of Arc
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Aurora Borealis Winter HatJane M Mason
Hooked in wool, wool yarn and silk on a linen backing. Lined in a leopard print on rayon. Buttons on top. A hat based on a pillbox shape, made of wool strips hooked into a linen backing, lined in leopard rayon lining. Very warm. Some hand dyed wool strips.
Namaste #1Jane M Mason
Hooked mat on linen, wool, silk, wool yarn, “quilly” technique used for added dimension. Green is a calming soothing color for me. It’s the color of nature in so many settings.This textile painting represents the swirls of water in tide pools, the clouds in thesky and the topography of verdant fields. It is created asContinue reading “Namaste #1
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Petite View: Tide with BirdsJane M Mason
Fabric collage of cotton, blue jeans, used tea bag, wool lining, quilted cotton fabric, hand embroidered, embroidery floss. Small embroidery collage with recycled and upcycled found fabrics. A quilt backingsupports the teabag that has been stained with rust, as well as supporting the jeanremnant, and the illumination in the sky. Watercolor was used for the birds.