On Thursday, my Wake Forest quilt bee met for our annual charity quilt sew-in day at Whatever's Quilted, Donna Sontag's shop. It was so good to be with these good friends again and get caught up. We all brought our machines and some fat quarters to make some baby quilts for Capital Quilters Guild's Quilts for Kids projects.
Here is what I finished today, using the Yellow Brick Road pattern from Atkinson Designs.
I used a fun flamingo print with coordinating fabrics. I think it is large enough for a baby quilt without any borders.
I will get it quilted some day, but my long arm machine is up in the mountains. We worked hard on the basement over Christmas. It is now painted a neutral beige. Next: putting in the suspended ceiling.
We had our older son's family with us the week between Christmas and New Year's. Once again, we donned our Clemson orange in honor of our daughter-in-law's favorite team being in the playoffs for the collegiate national football championship. They won!
They are from South Carolina where it hardly ever snows, so they had a great time playing in it and going for Gator rides over the mountain.
I have been trying to learn how to do negative paintings like artist Linda Kemp. I started with one in just one shade of green, then one in greens and blues.
For the last one, I started with bright yellows, then switched to more golden tones with each layer.
There are some good You-Tube videos on this technique, which I used for these practice projects. Here is a good one to start with.
And here is a journal page in watercolors. I used liquid mask to draw the snowflakes, painted over them with washes of blue and violet, then removed the mask.
If you are experiencing winter weather where you live, stay safe out there!
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