No galvanized hardware, please!*

Hand rusted muslin, machine pieced and quilted.  7.5 x 9.5

Finished!  This is my contribution to the New England Quilt Museum's shop to sell as a fundraiser.  New England SAQA called for members to contribute in support of the museum and their generous hosting of the New England SAQA exhibit, "No Holds Barred," beginning at the end of January, 2011.

I'll add "How to Rust" instructions here soon. It's fun and easy (but a bit smelly).

* Galvanized steel does not rust!

Burnt Orange Wool

Orange wool, Wam and Natural batting, free-stitched on machine, 5" x 7" matted to 11" x 14"

This small art quilt did not photograph well.  The thread--both color and quantity-- is muted and understated, but the contrast is greater than shown here.  The process was fast--an intuitive choosing of color and design that developed as I machine stitched.  This may become my SAQA donation for the New England Quilt Museum in honor of the SAQA exhibit, "No Holds Barred" starting in January 2011.

Found Objects

It all started with finding several plastic tiebacks for roman shades.  In the middle of making a new cloth doll, I immediately "saw" breasts and arms in these little contraptions.

As often happens, one thing led to another...

And one felt "doll front" soon morphed into three.

As I cut the shapes and attached buttons and beads for breasts, it occurred to me that maybe these won't be small dolls after all, but rather, perhaps, parts of an art quilt.

 

 Out came the stash. This is my favorite so far.  This may grow into my SAQA donation to benefit the New England Quilt Museum during the New England SAQA show in January, 2011, "No Holes Barred" (see link under to New England Quilt Museum under the category "Giving Back"). Or not--it's too early in the process to know.