I have been enjoying an online intuitive painting class with Flora Bowley. The class is called Bloom True and it’s delivered in an online format. The paintings below are two I have been working on. We started with a warm color layer, let that dry then added a cool color layer. I am on my third layer… Read More Intuitive Art
I highly recommend the book STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST by Austin Kleon. It’s so simple. You can read it in an hour or maybe two and it’s just full of advice. Great stuff like…nothing is original…start copying…fake it ’til you make it…and much, much more. It has given me a lot to think about. I… Read More Read this book!
Fall happened overnight. All of a sudden there were leaves on the ground and the temperature dropped 10° or more. It is very pretty with fantastic colors in the trees and at your feet. I love the leaves and wish we didn’t have to rake them. Now my thoughts on Quilting… Since 2004 I have… Read More Boom…it’s fall! and thoughts on quilting
I had 2 colors to dye and I didn’t get to them, but look at all the other colors! They are all very autumn, a bit muted and just lovely.
I recently received a request from a customer on Etsy to turn one of my COLOR STORY art quilts into a lap quilt (50″x50″). I thought what a wonderful idea! So, I have been figuring out a way to make a pattern of a 12″x12″ art quilt into a 50″x50″ modern quilt for every day… Read More turning COLOR STORIES into CUDDLE STORIES
Where did February go?! Just wanted to share a picture of a project I’m currently working on. This is a large studio quilt. It requires some manipulation to move around under my sewing machine and dense channel quilting takes some time. I’ll share more about this process soon! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend.… Read More stitching
“Color Story No. 12″, 7″x7″, hand-dyed cotton fabric solids by artist, ©2013 Heather Hingst Bennett More fun with saturated colored fabric. Have a great weekend!
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