emPATHy - Project Quilting

"emPATHy," art is 2.5" x 4", made by Pam Geisel for Project Quilting, Season 8, Challenge 4: Brighter the Better, Feb. 2017 in Yellow Springs, Ohio

Challenge recap for "Brighter the Better":

Your project must be bright and colorful - and the more colorful, the better.

I don't think that Bright and Colorful is much of a challenge for me, most of my items are pretty colorful.

This piece has several small pieces of blue, red, and pink fabrics arranged with tulle on top. It was then quilted together with black thread and the black seed beads were added by hand.

The pink triangle looked like a path to me, especially after I added the beads. I've always liked how the word "path" is in the word "empathy" because I think that being empathetic to other people can sometimes be a process.

More about emPATHy

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To see other entries for this challenge, visit the Brighter the Better link up.

Yellow Springs Receptions this Friday

(Left) "Learning to Fly" and "The Fragment of a Song"

I'll have art in two exhibit in Yellow Springs and both are having receptions this Fri, Feb. 17 from 6-9 pm.

"Learning to Fly" is in the "Up in the Air" exhibit at Village Artisans, 100 Corry St. and runs from Feb. 15 through Mar. 28.

"The Fragment of a Song" is in the annual member show "Breaking the Rules" at the Yellow Springs Arts Council across the street at 111 Corry St. and runs from Feb. 17 through Mar. 12.

How Sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue - Project Quilting

"How Sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue," art is 3.75" x 8.25", made by Pam Geisel for Project Quilting, Season 8, Challenge 3: Tuned in to Texture, Feb. 2017 in Yellow Springs, Ohio

Challenge recap for "Tuned in to Texture":

Your project must be inspired by a pattern or texture you find "in the wild" this week.

Back when I was doing graphic design, one of the things I liked to do was to add "visual texture" to page layouts and graphics. Those items really don't have an actual texture but I didn't want them to look so "flat." I've also done this when working with mostly solid colors, such as in "Lavender Diamonds" and all of the Project Quilting "Focus Through the Prism" quilts. One of the reasons work with fabric is because I love to touch it; I love the texture.

I'm always intrigued by clouds. The look like they would be fun to touch, but of course you can't touch a cloud, even if you could reach that high. So even though I had million other ideas, I decided to make something with clouds.

This is a pretty small piece and I made it to fit in this interesting chunky odd-sized wood frame that I had. I also included two pieces of my very favorite green yarn that I like to use for the horizon lines in my quilts (like in "Early Morning Nine Patch" and also "Summer Barn" and probably others that I'm not thinking of at this moment.

The title is a quote by A. A. Milne, the author of "Winnie the Pooh."

More about How Sweet to be a Cloud

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To read more about Project Quilting, go here.

To see other entries for this challenge, visit the Tuned in to Texture link up.

Island Batik Fabric Winner!

And the winner of these three half-yard fabrics from the Island Batik Happy Harvest collection from the Island Batik Ambassador New Beginnings Blog Hop is...

And #16 is...Rachell! You can check out her blog Claddaghs Quilts and Stars to see what she makes with these lovely fabrics!