I can't believe it's taken me this long to write about the inspiration I get from the work of Heather Moore, a.k.a. Skinny LaMinx! She's an illustrator and designer living in Cape Town, South Africa. She has a very distinctive style to her screenprinted fabric, ...
Category Archives: Botanical Sketch
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
___ 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 had discussed ...
2 Pairs of Freshly Picked Outfits
I'm getting a couple of commissions out the door today. The first is little cousin, big cousin pair of Freshly Picked Baby outfits. My harp playing customer loved the little one, and asked if I couple make a similar one for his older cousin. I love the alternating colors!
About
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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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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