Cay Denise

I've been working with acetate this weekend because a piece in progress needs some transparent colored wheels as embellishments. I finally found acetate yesterday at, of all places, Tap Plastics! It comes on large rolls and in multiple colors, and the clear comes in multiple thicknesses. Interestingly...I read an article this morning in the latest Quilting Arts magazine about Katie Pasquini Masopaust and her work. In it, she describes working with acetate as a standard part of her quilt design process! Acetate is fairly easy to work with including sewing through it. It does have a desire to curl, so to use it flat requires some manipulation. In any case, it was great to have found and just perfect for what it is being used for!

For a fabric weave with a planned design element, placement of the design element has to be precise or the design edges won't match up. How fun to see the product of that effort especially when it works!

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Whatever your political persuasion, we are all witnesses to a historical event this morning with the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. From a creative perspective, what does this history-making event feel like? Does it bring tears to your eyes? Does it remind you of an event in your past? Does it fill/deplete your energy? Ask yourself a series of these types of questions, and answer them. Now take those answers and imagine how they would look in color...map it... then cut and arrange fabrics according to this map. Now, think about imagery. Look for fabric prints that contain those images and fussy-cut them. Add these to your developing composition. Next...are there words that come to mind based on your earlier answers? Consider stamping them on a bit of solid colored fabric and adding them as well. What you're trying to accomplish is to visually describe your internal processing of this event and how this history-making vote looks like in fabric f...