Fiddler On The Roof

I laughed...I cried.  And many of the lines and songs from this movie are a part of our life now.  One of my favorites is when Tevia is talking to God in the barn about wishing he were a rich man.  "Would it spoil some great eternal plan...if I were a wealthy man?"  And the relationship with his wife and the loves of his daughters...so many faces of love and devotion.

Fiddler On The Roof - Kelly

This piece has all kinds of my own fabrics - hand-dyed, snow-dyed, discharged, ruching, confetti dyed, stamped, drawn on, painted. Only the fiddler is not my fabric but black Kona.

On Golden Pond

Hilary is still having a few problems getting onto this site, so I am posting this for her.

In explanation of her delightful quilt, she says:

"Over the Xmas break I played with a variety of white fabrics and dyed them using union skins and tea bags.My film piece On Golden Pond is a result of one of these experiments."

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love
My first Bond movie at the cinema and Sean Connery was the answer to every girl's dream! His escapades on the screen were so thrilling in 1964 and the stunts and set pieces sent a shiver up the spine.
This time I have made the piece from commercial fabrics and the black swirls have been blanket stitched for security with the picture of James himself having been added at the end with Steam-a-seam, always guaranteed to stick small pieces of fabric in place!

Snow

Here, rather delayed, is my December quiltlet.  This one is all white so I hope you can see it.  Having had several disasters with trying out techniques for snowflakes I decided to look at footprints in the snow.  Lots of dense seeding stitches mark out the different textures of the snow. It took me a long time to complete in small stages.

The January quiltlet is planned and I'm waiting to collect my sewing machine from it's service so that I can get it made.  Less hand stitching next time!

Hi Everyone,

I'm afraid my December quilt is going to be late.  I had been working on the idea and just not getting the cold resist to do what I want, so have changed my approach. Then finishing Christmas presents took over and finally I've given myself a RSI injury and have my right hand strapped up.


Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas.

Ann's snow:

                                               Oh Come All Ye Faithful!!
The snow is white cotton torn into strips and stitched down in the centre of each piece, the evening sky is a section from a piece of silk that was indigo tied and dyed.  The carol singers is a section taken from an old Christmas card, I re-drew them and added them in pieces with Bondaweb before blanket stitching around them. Finally a semblance of snow was added with several rows of patterning off my Janome Horizon.
Lovely subject although I did stall at one stage as I too was going to do snow flakes but decided to rethink it!

Thank you Wil for your Christmas wishes, a very Happy Christmas to one and all, all the very best for the festive season
Ann B

January

I wish you all a very happy holidays - don't eat too much <vbg> - and a creative 2013. The month December is coming to an end so that also means that a new theme is lurking around the corner. I used a random number generator and the outcome is that the theme for January is: Favorite Film.