We're safe and secure...
Hidden from the world's dangers...
Is it just a dream...
I designed and made this fiber piece with cotton fabrics, fancy yarns and beads.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
"Gnarled Coral" - Haiku Fiber Art and Poem - November 30, 2011
We're safe and secure...
Hidden from the world's dangers...
Is it just a dream...
I designed and made this fiber piece with cotton fabrics, fancy yarns and beads.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
My Peach Rhapsody
Just about the time we got the Haiku prompt word for September I was itching to do another fiber/ribbon collage quilt. The perfect opportunity arose when we were presented with the word “Rhapsody”.
I always think it’s interesting to look at thought processes and how we end up where we end up so I hope you do too. I considered “what have I been rhapsodizing about lately?” Peaches!! I had brought home some from the market and every time I had one I was oohing and aahing about how declicious and perfect it was.
AND, just a few days before I had been in the local quilt shop looking at orange and PEACH fabric and carrying on about how gorgeous it was.
Tada!……………….. Peach Rhapsody
And here’s the Haiku
I always think it’s interesting to look at thought processes and how we end up where we end up so I hope you do too. I considered “what have I been rhapsodizing about lately?” Peaches!! I had brought home some from the market and every time I had one I was oohing and aahing about how declicious and perfect it was.
AND, just a few days before I had been in the local quilt shop looking at orange and PEACH fabric and carrying on about how gorgeous it was.
Tada!……………….. Peach Rhapsody
And here’s the Haiku
late summer harvest
fruit heavy branches bow low
ripe juicy peaches
Sunday, November 13, 2011
November - Gnarly Old Cat
For several years we have had a little family of feral cats occupying our back yard. Yes, we’ve been feeding them, and at one point early on we trapped them (3) and took them to be sterilized and for shots. We then turned them loose once again. There was no way these were ever going to be pets.
Now, there is one plus a couple of neighborhood interlopers who come around from time to time. This remaining little cat is the original – the Mom cat – she must be at least 15 or 16 now and is a tiny tough kitty. And very gnarly indeed.
Here is my Haiku:
Gnarly Old Cat
Now, there is one plus a couple of neighborhood interlopers who come around from time to time. This remaining little cat is the original – the Mom cat – she must be at least 15 or 16 now and is a tiny tough kitty. And very gnarly indeed.
Here is my Haiku:
Gnarly Old Cat
Gnarly old cat waits
Not quite feral not near tame
Now running away
Friday, November 4, 2011
November word prompt: GNARLED
Here is the word for November : GNARLED
I hope you will have a lot of fun with this one. I see all kinds of possibilities.
Cherie
Monday, October 31, 2011
"Canopy of Caladiums " - Haiku and Fiber Art - October 31, 2011
"Canopy of Caladiums" - Haiku and Fiber Art - October 31, 2011
A place of shelter...
Caladiums surround me...
The bugs feel secure...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
October - Canopy
My 10x6" quilt is meant to depict the rain forest canopy, and that flash of crimson represents all the exotic species to be found up there. The leaves were cut from my collection of leaf fabrics and are not fused, only glued enough to hold them in place for the stitching. I thought the frayed edges might make them look wilder...or something.
in the canopy
high above the forest floor
a streak of crimson
in the canopy
high above the forest floor
a streak of crimson
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Canopy
Leafy canopy,
Dappled shadows on the earth.
Life revealed below.
9"x12", done with Noriko Endo's confetti landscape technique.
Ann
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Canopy
My found haiku reads:
the turtle-doves sat
or fluttered from bough to bough
pines over my head
Sunday, October 9, 2011
devistation
Hiding under canopys
of smoke, voracious fires
wreak devistation
I painted this fire but intend to embellish and quilt it. It measures 14x15.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Milky-way Splendour
In starry heaven's
glittering canopy glows
Milky-way splendour
I had so many different ideas for this challenge, it was hard to choose one.
The background is five different fabrics, layered (three of them have glittering crystals of some sort embedded). The gaseous clouds are silk hankie with a tiny bit of Angelina in the mix. I layered dark blue tulle over all and quilted, changing thread colors to match. Last, I applied about a 'zillion' Swarovski crystals in two sizes of crystal, moonstone, gold and orange.
It measures 21"x35"
This was such a fun challenge...thank you Ann!
Love to know what you think :-)
Cherie
Monday, October 3, 2011
October Word Prompt: CANOPY
Here is the Word prompt for October: CANOPY Presented to us by Ann Turley.
This one is really wide open for interpretation! I have all kinds of images ...
Have fun
Cherie
Thursday, September 29, 2011
A Spectacular Rhapsody - Fiber Art and Haiku - September 29, 2011
I live in northern Virginia and the firework display in Washington DC is spectacular. I beaded the fireworks on this fiber piece. My haiku for this piece is:
Bombs bursting in air...
I see and hear the fireworks...
My heart beats quickly...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Hungarian Rhapsody
The first thing that came to mind when considering September's Rhapsody prompt was the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt, probably some leftover fragment of my years of piano lessons. While thinking about the musical theme, I was also making up the grocery list for the coming week and somehow Hungarian Goulash, which has paprika as the defining ingredient, entered the mix.
I used an inkjet transparency transfer method with gold Lumiere paint to create the background. The piano keys were done with CorelDraw, Photoshop and good old pencil and paper, when I couldn't get the computer to make just what I was after, then printed onto fabric and enhanced with colored pencils. The pepper shape was from a photograph and just the perfect bit of fabric. I left off the haiku words, as it seemed busy enough already. The whole is machine quilted - the lines are meant to represent sound waves. I tried a facing for the edge finish, which is certainly clean and easy, though the corners aren't sharp enough to suit me. Next time. This one is small - only 9x6.5".
music fills the air
expect the unexpected
rhapsody in life
I used an inkjet transparency transfer method with gold Lumiere paint to create the background. The piano keys were done with CorelDraw, Photoshop and good old pencil and paper, when I couldn't get the computer to make just what I was after, then printed onto fabric and enhanced with colored pencils. The pepper shape was from a photograph and just the perfect bit of fabric. I left off the haiku words, as it seemed busy enough already. The whole is machine quilted - the lines are meant to represent sound waves. I tried a facing for the edge finish, which is certainly clean and easy, though the corners aren't sharp enough to suit me. Next time. This one is small - only 9x6.5".
music fills the air
expect the unexpected
rhapsody in life
Friday, September 16, 2011
Rhapsody
Joyous ecstasy,
Harmonic rhapsody,
Music to my ears.
9"x12", this is my contribution to this month's prompt.
Ann In Fallbrook, CA
Harmonic rhapsody,
Music to my ears.
9"x12", this is my contribution to this month's prompt.
Ann In Fallbrook, CA
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sheers Series #8: Rhapsody In Blue
SPARKLING AUTUMN SKIESSHADES FROM AZURE TO SAPPHIRE
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
I am posting my piece unfinished, as I am leaving town again and won't be able to finish til I return home. It is all sheers, #8 in my series. This time I opted to use no fusible, so the pieces are all basted together right now. Not sure exactly how I will finish the edges...I have two or three ideas and will experiment when I can.
It measures 36"x27"
Thanks Pat for the beautiful word prompt!
Your comments and suggestions are as always gratefully received!
Cherie
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Life's a Rhapsody
My small quilt is 18x 30". It is on a silk background quilted with music symbols. The ribbons are doing the dance. I love all comments, criticisms, and discussions.
Life is a Rhapsody
Irregular, improvised
colorful music
Sunday, September 4, 2011
September Word Prompt: RHAPSODY
Howdy everyone...Here it is another month gone by, and time for our Sept. word prompt. The word this time is presented by Pat Havey: RHAPSODY.
This should elicit some wonderful poetry and art...I'm looking forward to them!
Cherie
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Journey - Seeing the Elephant
No one knows the exact origin of the phrase "seeing the elephant" in conjunction with a journey.
Hindus consider it a good omen to see an elephant when one is traveling. In the Hindu pantheon, Ganesha, who is depicted with the head of an elephant, is the patron of beginnings, the arts and sciences, and writing. Ganesha is revered for his ability to remove obstacles, though he has been known to place those same obstacles in the way of those who need to be deterred from the paths they have chosen.
Historically, Alexander the Great defeated an army mounted on elephants during his campaign in the Indus Valley in the 3rd century BC. The ancient Greeks used elephants in war, as did the Seleucids of eastern Macedonia and the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasties. The Carthaginian general Hannibal drove an army of elephants over the Alps in 218 BC, though most of his elephants didn't make it.
In these early encounters, those who "saw the elephant" would have likely been awed and frightened, unless of course, they were those fielding the war elephants.
Charlemagne was intrigued by stories of the massive beast and managed to acquire one of his own for his palace at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle). People came from all over to see this marvelous animal.
In America, there were traveling circuses which often included an elephant, and the inhabitants of the towns which these shows visited would ask each other if they "had seen the elephant".
When American settlers began to move west in the early 1800s, their letters and diaries often mentioned "seeing the elephant". In the early years of the westward migration, the phrase denoted excitement at seeing new places and anticipation of a better life ahead. In later years it became more common as a description of discouragement when the hardships of their journey turned out to be more than they could bear, or when their destination eluded them. Indeed, many of these immigrants turned back in their defeat. During the Civil War, soldiers would refer to a battle they had been in, or an upcoming one, as "seeing the elephant".
I have chosen this elephant to illustrate our journey word this month because I think all of us who create have met our own elephants along the way.
My elephants this month were an earthquake and a hurricane, neither of which did any real damage here, though that first elephant made quite the bad impression on one who had never even considered worrying about such a thing, and stopped forward movement for over a week.
This piece is 8.5 x 11", machine appliqued and quilted. The background design is my own drawing, and the elephant was machine embroidered prior to the quilting and is based on an elephant drawing in the public domain, from wikicommons.
when following dreams
the journey must continue
past the elephant
Hindus consider it a good omen to see an elephant when one is traveling. In the Hindu pantheon, Ganesha, who is depicted with the head of an elephant, is the patron of beginnings, the arts and sciences, and writing. Ganesha is revered for his ability to remove obstacles, though he has been known to place those same obstacles in the way of those who need to be deterred from the paths they have chosen.
Historically, Alexander the Great defeated an army mounted on elephants during his campaign in the Indus Valley in the 3rd century BC. The ancient Greeks used elephants in war, as did the Seleucids of eastern Macedonia and the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasties. The Carthaginian general Hannibal drove an army of elephants over the Alps in 218 BC, though most of his elephants didn't make it.
In these early encounters, those who "saw the elephant" would have likely been awed and frightened, unless of course, they were those fielding the war elephants.
Charlemagne was intrigued by stories of the massive beast and managed to acquire one of his own for his palace at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle). People came from all over to see this marvelous animal.
In America, there were traveling circuses which often included an elephant, and the inhabitants of the towns which these shows visited would ask each other if they "had seen the elephant".
When American settlers began to move west in the early 1800s, their letters and diaries often mentioned "seeing the elephant". In the early years of the westward migration, the phrase denoted excitement at seeing new places and anticipation of a better life ahead. In later years it became more common as a description of discouragement when the hardships of their journey turned out to be more than they could bear, or when their destination eluded them. Indeed, many of these immigrants turned back in their defeat. During the Civil War, soldiers would refer to a battle they had been in, or an upcoming one, as "seeing the elephant".
I have chosen this elephant to illustrate our journey word this month because I think all of us who create have met our own elephants along the way.
My elephants this month were an earthquake and a hurricane, neither of which did any real damage here, though that first elephant made quite the bad impression on one who had never even considered worrying about such a thing, and stopped forward movement for over a week.
This piece is 8.5 x 11", machine appliqued and quilted. The background design is my own drawing, and the elephant was machine embroidered prior to the quilting and is based on an elephant drawing in the public domain, from wikicommons.
when following dreams
the journey must continue
past the elephant
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
"Journey" - fiber art / haiku - August 30, 2011
My haiku fiber art piece for August was about a journey. I did a photo transfer onto treated fabric of a digital photo that I took while taking off from LAX this past month. It is machine quilted.
My haiku for the fiber piece is;
Where am I going?...
My journey to happiness...
I'm above the clouds...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Journey
One Step begins a
Journey of one thousand miles.
I can't find my shoes.
This is a small watercolor with pen and ink. I used a few patterns from Zentagles to do the border and background.
ANN
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Journey
my found haiku reads:
The next train arrives
rounding-up of stray children
outside the station
Thursday, August 4, 2011
AUGUST PROMPT: JOURNEY
Here it is , the 5th of August already, can you believe how fast this summer has flown by?
The word prompt for this month comes to us from Becky: JOURNEY.
Looking forward to all the wonderful haiku and art pieces for this one! Have fun
Cherie
Saturday, July 30, 2011
"Balance" - Fiber Art and Haiku - July 30, 2011
Look at how you stand...
Life is full of challenges...
Maintain your balance...
I designed and made this fiber art piece to go with a haiku about balance. I used cotton fabric, fancy yarn and shells on this piece.
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