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self portrait- like mother, like daughter May 3, 2010
Here is my self portrait. I did it in kind of an Andy Warhol style. I simplified the faces by using just one color of thread per face, but in different variations (ex, light purple, dark purple, etc). The top left and bottom right hand corners are pictures of me. The other two corners are of my mom. Everyone says we look VERY similar, so I made sure it was apparent in my self portrait how similar we look. My mother and I both share many characteristics, and the most dominant characteristics I printed in the background of each square. We are well-mannered, spiritual, southern and opinionated. I put “Like mother like daugther” in big font so it was obvious what the goal of my design was. I like how simple I kept my design. I only used four different colors and I think that worked out well. It was hard working with the colors to make sure I did not repeat the same color in the blocks, but I worked it out just fine (thanks to my rough draft I did on paper). Also, the final touch to the self portrait were the beads I added. I thought that added a nice touch. It was also fun quilting the background over what I had done. It makes it look uniform. I also wanted the faces to stick out and kind of be 3d so I used two layers of fabric with batting sandwiched in between. While doing this I ran into a problem. I realized that the sewing machine would not sew through the the 3 layers of material used on the face and the 3 layers of material used on the background. So, in order to attatch them together I used WonderUnder and then sewed over the outside of the faces. This was hard, and it broke many of needles, but I figured it would be a good idea to sew as much as possible so it could be extra secure.
Overall, I am satisfied with how my self portrait turned out and cannot wait to show it to my mother and all women in my family!
products of my spring break…. March 15, 2010
After a week of sitting at my sewing machine at home during spring break, I am finally satisfied with how the front and the back of the quilt turned out. I decided to put the extra time and effort into the quilt by making the front and the back the same.I think this looks better than if I were to do a different design of cut up squares on the back. It is now more of a reversible quilt 
Success is sweet March 4, 2010
After many many many hours of time spent on the front of the quilt, it is finally finished! It was an amazing feeling to finally have finished the front!
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Art Quilt Book! March 1, 2010
Citation of book:
Kinard, Lyric. Art Quilt: Design Principles and Creativity Exercises. Loveland, CO: Interweave LLC, 2009. Print.
When I was at Barnes and Nobel bookstore over Christmas break I found this book in the arts section. It attracted me because there are some really neat examples of different art quilts in it. This book could be used as a textbook for a fibers classroom. It discusses the elements of art (texture, shape, line, color, value) and how they can be applied in art quilts. Also, it goes over the principles of design (unity and variety, focal point, balance and symmetry, scale and proportion, depth and space, motion, and rhythm) and has about 5 pages of information dedicated to each principle of design. For the elements of art and principles of design there are exercises and homework assignments that the author suggests the reader to do so they can become more experienced in these different areas. The last few pages of the book is dedicated to the student gallery of work. It is interesting to see what other people are doing in the fibers departments. I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about fibers because it has some great examples and does a good job at explaining the process of different techniques that can be used in art quilts. Also, the homework assignments and excercises are good ways to get creative juices flowing.
Cover of the book 
Back page of the book
These are some of my favorite pages from the book because of the art quilt examples they have done.
Fibers I series project! February 24, 2010
After tons and tons of time put into this assignment I was sooo excited it turned out very well. The Sanibel LIghthouse is my favorite place in the world and I wanted to capture the lighthouse at sunrise, daylight, and sunset from a variety of different views.
sunrise. my favorite time of the day on Sanibel Island. the colors are so pretty.
daylight. everything is blue, pretty, and the best time of the day to swim in the ocean.
sunset. the most important time for the lighthouse to shine its light for everyone to see.
Fiber II pictures! February 24, 2010
My first time ever dying! How exciting!
pretty colors!
I love how my light colors turned out. They are very different from the dark and medium batch.
The medium dye batch looks very similar to my dark batch. However, I was pleased with the way all the colors turned out.
The dark batch turned out very well. The colors that included the red dye in order to mix had more variations and did not look like a solid color. Which is cool, because it makes it more unique and you can tell it is hand dyed.
sewing assignments… February 24, 2010
practicing different sewing techniques…who ever knew there were so many different techniques?
more experimenting with different fabrics, threads, and materials
