a couple of challenges

When I was teaching Jump-Starting the Art Quilt in Grand Junction last month (after 2 days of printing) one of our exercises was "working from the fabric." There are lots of ways to get inspired - and this is one of them: starting with a piece of fabric that has colors or design you want to use for a jumping-off place. Nobody in the class could decide which of their fabrics to use as a starting point so I offered a piece of my own fabric, which was greeted enthusiastically. I tore it into pieces and distributed it, with the request that the class send me pictures of the pieces they had finished. I promised to post the results here. So far, I have four finished pieces and if/when the others come in, I'll post those, too. This is a smidgen of the fabric.

from Carole O'Brien "No Birds Just Plaid". It's 17 1/2 " x 12". This was a fun challenge, and I really do like the fabric even though it's not a color I use very often.

From Terry Lee I really enjoyed the fabric challenge. I didn’t really tweak the design much from what I started. I decided to try going through different color threads that were in my color palate. Then added some Angelina Fiber and beads to give the flower some pizzazz. Again, thanks for a great class.

From Beverly Hart

Can't wait to see what everyone else did.

from Cathy Stewart

I was stumped by what to do with the challenge fabric. Pink isn't a color I use at all. It's just not me. I thermofaxed in gray on it, I used the screen print fabric from class and added another piece of fabric which I painted and printed on. I also used the pink challenge fabric as applique motifs. I find it very exciting to see how differently the pink (not my color either!!) fabric was used in all of these pieces. And since I have deconstructed another piece that is similar, I am going to challenge myself to use it. Thanks to all of you for meeting this challenge so beautifully and uniquely.