These images are from exercise lesson 25. Hopefully their makers will get on the blog and share with us their experience of making the pieces. ENJOY!

I finally got around to putting this piece in a frame. Seems to work well for this kind of piece. It's called 'Couch Lock'.

I made this piece for the exercise in which we were to use a fabric unfamiliar to us. I chose to use a beautiful piece of rough weave silk. I had to fuse a interfacing to the back in order to work with it. It is very drapey and fluid and fray's like crazy. In the center section I used mostly commercial cotton batiks, printed fabrics, a loose weave japanese cotton (also had to fuse) and some hand dyed and foiled fabric. I tied sticks and found Point Arena beach glass on the piece with waxed cotton thread. All in all I am happy with the piece. It feels calming to me.

This piece was inspired by the "blue star" as seen from the Hubbel telescope. I used this image for the exercise in which we were to incorporate the background into the foreground or visa versa. Now I can't even remember what it was we were suppose to do and I'm definitely not sure I succeeded either way. It is hand dyed cotton and commercial rayon with found Point Arena beach glass and beaded gel painted with gold ink. Machine applique and quilted.