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Hi Everyone,
March is here and Spring is sprung (in some places anyway), or just around the corner. It's a lovely, hopeful time of the year and certainly one of my favorites. We, however, got a touch of real winter when we taped with "Quilting Arts" in Cleveland, OH, in January. It was pretty moderate until the last day and then it got wicked, and we ran south. We had a great time at the taping. I did one of my favorite things for my program - a tree! I so love trees. The tree trunk was appliquéd onto the pieced background and then I made machine-fed satin-stitched limbs using a Sulky Super Solvy pattern for design placement. The poem in the background, by Candace Kelly, is one that I have had on my wall for many years, and it always renews me. I printed it out on Printer Fabric and inserted it next to the tree. I then quilted the background using one of my favorite Sulky Cotton Blendables. For the base of the wallhanging I used a foundation-pieced pattern by Carol Doak that she was offering for free on her website www.caroldoak.com. I printed the pattern out on Sulky Paper Solvy so when the project was complete, it just dissolved away - no endless tearing of tiny bits of paper. We'll insert some photos below from this project. Carol Ingram did a really artsy program too on Sulky Fiber Felting. If you've stayed away from felting because it is just "too homemade-looking", wait until you see what she's done with it.
The highlight, of course, was our weekend quilting at Abigayle's Quiltery in Olmsted Falls, OH. We were thrilled that a gifted fiber-artist and long-time friend, Heidi Lund from Bremerton, WA, was also in town taping with Quilting Arts and she joined us for a fun weekend of quilting and sharing. Check out this motley-looking crew below out in I hope one of our projects will inspire you to "bloom"!
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Until next month - Express Yourself!Joyce Drexler Creative Director and Co-Founder of Sulky of America
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JOYCE DREXLER'S "A WALK IN THE WOODS" QUILTING ARTS PROJECT
 From left: Heidi Lund, Nancy Bryant, Patti Lee, Carol Ingram and Joyce Drexler. (Missing is Bev Morris, co-owner with Nancy of Abigayle's.) |
Joyce and Pokie (editor-in-chief of Quilting Arts magazine and host of the show) on the set of Quilting Arts PBS-TV show. |
 The tree limbs were stitched using a machine-fed satin stitch and Sulky 40 wt. Rayon Thread. Joyce stabilized the background using two layers of Sulky Totally Stable Iron-On Stabilizer so that it would support the heavy satin stitching. |
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 Tree limbs traced on Super Solvy. Appliqué tree on pieced background. |
CAROL INGRAM TAKES THE "HOKIE" OUT OF MACHINE FELTING
This is not your grandma's felting!
Carol takes machine felting to a whole new level with her artsy, one-of-kind, no-holds-barred style.
Carol used dyed Cut-Away Plus that had been textured with rock salt as the base for her "Forever Begins Today" wallhanging (below). She used a Sulky Iron-On Transfer Pen to transfer artsy sayings from a scrapbooking sayings book onto a framed piece of art.
The beaded dragonfly with gossamer wings was made with Sulky Metallic Threads on a Solvy base.
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Both of these very dramatic projects will be featured in our soon to be released Sulky Secrets to Successful Stabilizing Supplement, which will be filled with new and exciting projects using many of our newest stabilizers.
Watch for these fun and inspiring PBS-TV shows coming soon! |
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LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EXCITING
SULKY TEACHER CERTIFICATION CLASS IN TAMPA FLORIDA
BEGINNING MARCH 12TH!
Don't miss this opportunity to experience the fun and creativity with Ellen Osten. Even if you don't want to teach, you will have the best time ever! Imagine a 3-day - all-day sewing event learning great fun projects with like-minded people.
If Tampa is anywhere near your hometown, don't miss this opportunity to learn from the best and have more fun than should be legal!
For pictures and descriptions of the 2008 Sulky Teacher Certification classes visit our website: www.sulky.com or call Michelle at 1-800-874-4115, Ext. 176.
NEXT EVENTS WILL BE:
March 26-28 in Marina Del Ray, CA, with Lee Fletcher
and
March 28-30 in Houston, TX, with Suzy Seed.
Call Cathy Pope at 1-800-874-4115, Ext. 161.
Don't miss your chance to take these fun and dynamic classes!
HURRY! ENTER TO WIN A BABYLOCK CREATIVE PRO!
Sulky of America is proud to be a co-sponsor of this exciting, cutting-edge website geared towards young people who have an interest in sewing.
You've started designing your own clothes, now start the year with a top-of-the-line machine. It's what you need to help make your fashionista dreams come true! (Or whip up fresh curtains for your apartment, or customize your wardrobe, or make purses to sell on www.etsy.com...need we go on?)
Don't miss this chance to win a new sewing machine from Baby Lock and DIYStyle! The Baby Lock Creative Pro has a retail price of $699. You can enter once a day through March 5, 2008.
Please share this with someone in your circle who might benefit and visit www.diystyle.net This website is designed for young people and offers downloadable Vodcasts for many trendy projects.
FREE Project of the Month
Layered Piecings With Raw-Edge Cutwork Appliqué by Virgie Fisher
Virgie Fisher is a nationally known designer and has participated in the Fairfield and Bernina Fashion Shows for over 16 years. Her work has been featured in galleries, books, magazines and she has appeared on TV. She was the first textile artist to be invited to hang her work in the California State Capitol for over 7 weeks. Virgie did an exhibit in the Governor's Hall where she displayed her famous Sacramento Sesquicentennial quilt and invited several quilters to join her, including Alex Anderson of Simply Quilts. Virgie was commissioned by Wells Fargo to create 6 art quilts, which have been displayed in their world headquarters building in Sacramento, California for 16 years. Virgie's lists of accomplishments are many pages long. She has joined her daughter at Studio Dog where she creates high end, posh dog couture. The two work together designing elaborate clothing for a clientele from Hollywood and Beverly Hills to NYC. Visit her website: www.studiodogboutique
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