Project Quilting Season 13

It's time for Project Quilting's 13th Season! It's a three month on-line event that challenges participants to create a quilt in one week, with a week off in between. You can participate in as few or as many as you like. Participants are entered into random prize drawings and at the end of the season there are grand prizes awarded. The more challenges you enter, the better your chances.

I've participated in every year in some form or another (and I was the overall grand prize winner of Season 2). Some of my favorite quilts that I've made were Project Quilting challenges.

The schedule for when the challenges start is:
- Challenge 1: January 2
- Challenge 2: January 16
- Challenge 3: January 30
- Challenge 4: February 13
- Challenge 5: February 27
- Challenge 6: March 13

Each challenge is posted at noon CDT and due exactly one week later at noon CDT.

The challenge will be posted on the "Persimon Dreams" Project Quilting blog and you can also find links about past seasons there.

Custom Quilts made in 2021

This year I made two large custom art quilts, which I've already shared but here they are again, anyway. Plus a t-shirt quilt that was made as a Christmas present, a table runner, and someone saw one of my mini art quilt cats but it had sold, so when I offered to make another one for her, she suggested changing the cat from white to orange, since that was the coloring of her cat.

Touching the Sky, 30" x 48"

Serenity, 69" x 49"

T-shirt Quilt

Terra Cotta Table Runner

Orange Cat Love

Last Minute Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers

If you are in need of some last minute gifts or stocking stuffers, look no further! If you're local to Yellow Springs, Ohio, most items are available at Village Artisans, 100 Corry St. or contact me (PamGeiselArtQuilts@gmail.com) to arrange for pick up. If you need shipping (prices not included), the USPS suggests shipping by Dec. 17 to arrive in time for Christmas. (Mugs can only be purchased directly from me and are not available for shipping.)

Wine Glass Coasters, set of 4 for $8, many colors and themes (including Christmas) are available.
etsy.com/shop/PamGeiselArtQuilts?section_id=5213991

This table runner is 14" x 32", washable and dryer safe, and double sided! The purple and gold side is pieced with six fabrics from the Northcott Artisan Spirit Shimmer "Midnight Sky" collection and the backing is a piece of Island Batik with light purple and blue sunflowers. The binding is a purple fabric with tiny gold dots. $50 (with free shipping). etsy.com/listing/740138358

These fun artist trading cards are only available at Village Artisans or by contacting me. They are 2.5" x 3.5" and made of fabric. $5 each.

Quilted postcards are also made of fabric but are 4" x 6" and really can be sent through the mail. Many options to chose from including mermaids. $10 each, with more options at Village Artisans than online. etsy.com/shop/PamGeiselArtQuilts?section_id=5281554

Rainbow colored quilted bookmarks are 1.5" x 8" and are great for marking your spot in your favorite book. $6 each. etsy.com/listing/565789909

Mugs with images of my quilts are only available directly from me and need to be picked up. They are $15. 

(You can get any of my quilt images printed on a mug or other items from pam-geisel.pixels.com and they will ship them, but you're not likely to get it before Christmas).

Four Lovely Little Flowers

(Clockwise from upper left) "Cheery Blossoms," "Winking Periwinkle," "Purple Petals," and "Daffy O'Dilly," 6" x 6" each, wrapped around canvas frames, by Pam Geisel 

I have a solo show at the Yellow Springs Brewery. As I was getting prepared for it, I decided that I wanted to make some more small 6" x 6" pieces wrapped around canvases. I also wanted these pieces to go with "Morning Glories for Georgia," which at 24" x 30" is a little larger. 

I didn't have any more of the green hand dyed fabric that I used for the background but I did have a similar piece of commercial green fabric for the backgrounds, and just like "Morning Glories" I used hand dyed fabric for the flowers.

They are raw-edge applique with the edges sewn down. Three of them are embellished with bead while the daffodil has a vintage button that was the perfect size, shape, and color.

The exhibit at the Yellow Springs Brewery is up through Jan. 5, 2022. The brewery is located at 305 N. Walnut Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and they are open Mon.-Th. 1-9 pm, Fri. 1-10 pm, Sat. noon-10 pm, and Sun. noon-8 pm.

More about Cheery Blossoms,  Winking Periwinkle,  Purple Petals,  or Daffy O'Dilly

Two New Skinny Art Quilts with Funny Names

 

ICNINDC and ICDbirDNDskI, each 9" x 22:, made by Pam Geisel, Oct. 2021

My husband is a fan of the children's book by William Steig titled "CDB" which substitutes letters for words that create short sentences. For these two, I used a similar approach. The piece on the left is called "ICNINDC" (I See and Eye in the Sea) and the one on the right is ICDbirDNDskI (I See the Birdy in the Sky).

Both quilts have backgrounds made of triangles pieced together with the one on the right being either a sunset or a sunrise.

You might notice with the one with the fish that only one of the three fish has an eye showing, although that is not where the title comes from. It comes from one of the printed background fabrics that looks like it has little orange eyes printed on it.

This one also has yarn couched down like seaweed and seagrass, some gold sequins, and a seashell.

The bird one has some silver sequin stars in the purple area and two red stars in the orange area. It also has some yarn couched along the angles.

The backing and borders are made with yellow, orange, pink, and purple fabrics that match up to the color changes on the front.

These two are both in my solo exhibit at the Yellow Springs Brewery which is up through Jan. 5, 2022. The brewery is located at 305 N. Walnut Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and they are open Mon.-Th. 1-9 pm, Fri. 1-10 pm, Sat. noon-10 pm, and Sun. noon-8 pm.

More about ICNINDC
More about ICDbirDNDskI

Staccato Sunset

 

Staccato Sunset, 29" x 40", handmade by Pam Geisel, Oct. 2021

I see it as an abstract interpretation of a sunset being reflected on the water.

This art quilt is made with 22 strips of fabric that are just under 2" high. Each strip has a piece of square fabric arranged in reverse color order.

This art quilt is in my solo exhibit at the Yellow Springs Brewery which is up through Jan. 5, 2022. The brewery is located at 305 N. Walnut Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and they are open Mon.-Th. 1-9 pm, Fri. 1-10 pm, Sat. noon-10 pm, and Sun. noon-8 pm.

More about Staccato Sunset

Afterimage - Quilt of the Week

 
"After Image," 13" x 10", handmade by Pam Geisel, 2020

I thought this piece looked like a sun but it was obviously the wrong colors so then I thought it looked like the afterimage of a sun, what you see when you close your eyes after you look at the sun.

Afterimage is defined "a visual sensation occurring after stimulation by its external cause has ceased." Sometimes I feel that all art is an afterimage, it's a visual sensation that is left after the process of creating art has ceased.

The green fabric at the top is a sheer fabric so you can see part of the image from the fabric behind it, also kind of an afterimage.

Because this is the Quilt of the Week, it is 10% off the original price of $90 through 11/7/21 if you purchase directly from me. Details can be found here.