Over the past year I have taken several classes via Quilt University. These are online classes and work really quite well if you have a busy or erratic work schedule. From the online classes a few of the regular students with common interests formed a Yahoo group and we follow each others works, life and play. This first piece was a challenge in the yahoo group, as we have been together for 2 yrs, so we were to complete an anniversary piece and post. Mine was of two trees, they are on opposite sides of the pond. Some of us live in North America and some are from Europe.
This piece of the mountain was from a Quilt University Class called
Art for Quilters. There was no pattern, we were just instructed to complete a landscape or portrait from cutting pieces. It was allot of fun seeing it all come together.
This next piece was again a class from Quilt University called Fabric Portraits. Again there is no pattern, any photo of a person can be used. The class took us step by step through the process of completing a quilted portrait. This class is taught by Marilyn Belford
Flower Power" a Quilt University class taught by Susan Brittingham was allot of fun. You learnt how to take any flower picture and turn it into a pictoral quilt.
Playing with Tyvek. Several members of my online yahoo group had taken a class which involved using Tyvek a construction type fabric used under siding when building a house. Or it has use as a garmet fabric for work coveralls. This fabric is synthetic, very durable and will not tear :) but oooh it likes to melt. This leave was a piece of tyvek, painted and sewn to a background. Then a heat gun was directed at the tyvek and areas of the leave were melted. Fun!
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