Earlier in the week, I told you about a group of 3 pieces I rushed to finish to enter in the Multi Media Mini Show at my local Art association. They are all based off a spectacular piece of my hand dyed fabric (if I do say so myself, I’m so sorry I didn’t take…
Category Archives: Art Quilts
The second piece in the series
Yesterday I posted about a group of 3 new pieces I made for a juried art show at the Redlands Art Association (the only criteria, 14.5″ or less in every dimension). After making the tree, I decided to continue the same color scheme and explore my theme in different dimensions. I love my Branch &…
Botanical Sketches Commission Quilt Complete!
I’ve been showing you my work on a quilt commissioned by a man for his wife, who works in a windowless office (Her last name is Larsen, and she works in Larsen Hall – crazy coincidence!). The idea and construction craziness is described here, my color choices and design process blogged here, and yesterday I showed…
Botanical Sketches for Commission Quilt Completed
This week, I’ve been taking you through my process of creating a window of my botanical sketches for a customer whose wife has a windowless office. I explain the idea and construction craziness here, and show you my color choices and design process here. Time for some glamour close ups! These are all 6″ x 8″, I…
Construction on the Botanical Quilt Continues
After all the rigmarole I went through to figure out how I was going to attach the smaller botanical quilts to the larger background - the actual art was a breeze The difference between making several single botanical sketches: and one group that are meant to be displayed together, is that I wanted to have no repeats, of either sketches or color combinations. I…
___ is 1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration
The actual quote, attributed to Edison is: Genius is 1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration This weekend I was working on a commission art quilt with a firm deadline (it’s an anniversary gift, and the anniversary is tomorrow). I had a very firm idea in my mind of what the piece would look like. The commissioner (Steve) and I…
Still Life of the Party Installed
Here’s the art quilt I made last week in it’s rightful place: Isn’t this the coolest drinks cabinet? Kay really likes this cabinet and loves the differently shaped bottles on top, so that was the inspiration for this piece. It was fun to drop by and see the quilt in it’s new home. They were…
Still Life Art Quilt Commission Complete!
I’ve been posting my progress on a still life commission quilt I worked on this week, day 1 here, day 2 here, day 3 here. It’s DONE! Yesterday I: Finished the quilting. Steam blocked it. Trimmed it square (actually, it’s rectangular, but you know what I mean). This is nerve wracking, FYI! Decided on the…
Still Life Art Quilt Commission – Day 3
I’m continuing to post my progress on a still life commission quilt I’m working on this week, day 1 here, day 2 here. I fused the quilt top to some batting, then added some backing fabric. The pins are there to help hold the backing in place. This is the first time I really got…
Still Life Art Quilt Commission – Day 2
I thought I’d share my process in the design & execution of a still life commission quilt I’m working on this week, day 1 here. (Updated deadline – THURSDAY at NOON) (Yikes). Yesterday was a wash – I spent the whole day at Disneyland, my older son’s jazz band was playing there, so I took…
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My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
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