January Haiku-Art Fiber Piece

My goal was to illustrate nature's propensity to new beginnings in the face of adversity.

A secondary goal was to try some new creative techniques or materials.


Lutradur - burned edges, stamped and painted with pearl-ex
Angelina fibers - stamped
 Rosebud photos printed on cotton, appliqued and thread painted.
Purchased leafy vine appliqued
Haiku printed on Extravorganza - edges fringed and painted
Scattered beads
Sheer tulle layered over the piece
Layered and quilted
Edges finished with  zigzag stitch

I am so loving doing these journal quilts every month. Thank you Eileen (from Quilter's Studio) for the demos and the inspiration!! I'm doing things that I never dreamed I'd do (painting) and have new confidence doing things that I've done before and needed motivation to pull out of my bag of tricks again.

This one is called Energy=Color=Energy and I had fun working improvisationally (is that a word) to create a feeling of energy and movement.

We did one using Angelina fibers - can you find the angelina? This is a little reminder of global warming called "Icecap Melting"