Thinking like an artist.

Just returned from a circle tour of Lake Superior with my sister. We are both quilters and we like art quilts. A couple of years ago we attended a Fabrications weekend workshop. My sister had a class with Pamela Allen and I had the pleasure of working with Laura Cater-Woods. We were into taking pictures where we tried to “think like an artist”, concentrating on framing and interesting detail. Waterfalls, old buildings, and doors were our favorite objects. I had to buy a new camera half way around because my old one, which had been troublesome in spurts, finally quit altogether. I got a very good buy on a Fuji with a 12x zoom. Wow, can I get good shots–I wish the old one had died sooner.  Now the fun will be getting some of these shots translated into quilts. I don’t like photo’s slapped onto fabric and inserted in quilts, rather I like to use the pictures as inspiration for landscapes.

I taught my first class on how to use Texture Magic yesterday. Seven women produced 7 beautiful purses and their reactions when the Texture Magic started to work was fun.

“It’s like Magic,” one said. That’s why it’s called Texture Magic. Then the ideas started to flow about how they could use texturized fabric  in other places. It’s always like that when people see how it works.  The Bubbly Babies quilt was a favorite and they remarked on how fun it would be for baby to feel the texturized squares on her quilt.  I really like being a Texture Magic Rep. Next week it’s back on the road calling on quilt shops, stocking them up with Texture Magic and patterns so you can play with it too.