red and white, too

check out felicia's blog at http://www.theslowquilter.blogspot.com/ she has posted pictures of some of the red and white quilts exhabit.

RED & WHITE, TOO QUILT EXHABIT

red and white,too  

artist reception & gallery talk

saturday february 11, 1 to 4pm.

off-rhode studio/ art enables

2204 rhode island ave, ne

www.art-enables.org/off-rhode

click the link and see a 3D presentation of the exhibit.

i have 3 pieces in this exhabit.

stitches, would to see you there.

yetunde

ps i will download picture of the event after the 11th reception. 

it's finish

 it is finally finish.  it is call, "is this sandyalice?" this quilt looks like a coworker.  after i showed it to to a couple of people at work some of them did think that it looked like sandy.  sandy said she was honored that i thought the quilt look like her.  she thinks it look better than her.  so now i am going to try to find someone else make.  before this creative energy leaves me again.

stitches for now

yetunde

long time

it has been a long time since i have blog. i have been kind of busy.  and my creativity have not been going to good.  i have tried several time to do a portrait quilt and the faces were not coming out to good.  i was trying to use application from the ipad to  make my portrait quilt and it was not coming out like i wanted it to.  even when i went back to photoshop element on my laptop, i was still having problems getting portraits the way i wanted.   but i think this one is coming out ok.  i was trying to do my friends picture of her son and a coworkers picture and i was having problems.  so i gave up on them.  and just took a break from it for a while.  it takes me longer to get the picture the way i want it to break down into different shades.  i am having problem with breaking down the different shading in the face to help me make it into a quilt.  if anyone knows of an application with ipad that is very much like photoshop element please let me know.    there are a few things that i still have to use my laptop for, like doing my portrait quilts...  i am getting use to the ipad and i want to try to use that more because it much lighter than the laptop.  here is a picture of what i have started so far.  it is not complete but here is what i have done so far.  i found the face off the internet. but guess what it still does not lot the original picture.  but i like it any way.  

i hope you like what i have done so far.

if you have time please check my friend felicia's blog.  she is new to blogging but she has a lot to say.  her blog is www.theslowquilter.blogspot.com  if you have very been on a quilt treat with her you never know what she will do or say.  the girl is a lot of fun and crazy on retreat so lets see what she can do with a blog. 

stitches for now.

yetunde  

more zen gifts

well, i am making more gifts.  my back is feeling a little better, so i trying my hand at machine quilting.  i am drawing zentangle on fabric and then i am making them into small little purses.  someone at my guild had did a workshop on making them and i can not find the instructions that were give out so i am making them from memory.  i was doing something else when the person was doing the workshop.  they are a little different from the ones they made at the guild.  here's a picture of what i made.

 not a good picture.

a couple of weeks back at wee bee quilter's group we had a jellyroll race and i came in second place. first person who finish first will win a roll of jellyroll fabric.  i was really surprise that i came in second place.  i won a small jellyroll.  gwen came in first place, it was fun doing this.  this was the second time since i had been at a sewing machine since my problem with my back.  while we were doing the race a couple of time i thought about stopping.  i felt my back getting a little stiff, charlene who was in charge of the race gave us a 10 minute break and that helped and then we started again.  later gwen shouted out first and then i shouted out 15 minutes later that i was finish, that was the longest 15 minute, it felt like a hour.  i thought my back would be sore the next day by lugging the sewing machine around, but i was ok.  here is a pictues of what we did.  

i am the one hiding my face and gwen is the one in the middle.  my other pictures are on my ipad, and i am still learning how to use it.  don't know how to transfer pictures yet.  i am using my laptop right now. 

 so i am going to says,

stitches for now.

i am going to go play on my ipad.

so stitches for now again.

yetunde

zen

the holiday's are coming and every year i make gifts for my family and quilting friends.  since i have been doing zentangle, i have decided to do some zentangle on fabric, bags and cards.    i have been working on a lady that i have been drawing on fabric.  this will  be made into a quilt.  it will be call  Ms. Zen, i really like how it looks.  i might make this a red and white quilt.  i am also zentangling on bags and i am still trying to decide if i am going to keep making them for my family.  i am also doing a little knitting. so with all these projects going on somebody will at least get something from me.  i am zentangle on cards and drawing names on the cards.  the grand kids and a couple of nieces will get gift cards from me.  and a couple of x-box games for the boys. my back and knees are still giving me problems so no shopping in the malls.

here are some pictures of what i have been doing.  still working on the lady, here are a few cards that i have been making for my quilting friends.  most of the time i usually make quilt related item for my quilting friends.  the bags are for some of my cousins and one for a friends birthday present.    i know thanksgiving is not here yet and i am talking about gift making.  i like to start early, don't want to feel rush. 

stitches until next time.

yetunde 

 

tutorial

hello everyone, i am over at madame samm's (www.sewwequilt.com) as her second special guest for today. i am doing a tutorial on how to make portrait quilts. today i will show you how i make a cute little frog. if you check her out, you might win a prize if you leave a comment at her blog.

have fun and have a nice day

stitches,
yetunde