The cold weather has persisted but we have had fun getting together and sewing. I invited my friend Susan, who isn't a fan of sewing, by text, to join a couple of us who were meeting for an afternoon of stitching. Unfortunately auto correct intervened and the text I sent asked her to come for a day of "seeing", not "sewing". Susan came with her snowshoes prepared to hike and "see" and was surprised that our sewing machines were set up and ready to go. Undaunted and being a good sport, she went ahead and learned to make a landscape. Nice job Susan.
Our friend Joan was determined to make a landscape not unlike Starry Night. It is in the planning stages, but in gorgeous tones of grey which Joan purchased in the Huntsville quilt store. Stay tuned. We hope to get together and get her ideas into production soon. The mentor landscape is below.
We have had several days of landscaping during this intense cold spell (coldest February on record in Ontario, Canada). Mary made a beautiful northern lights piece. To get your fabrics to look more like watercolour or to mute them somewhat she used steam a seam to place a piece of sheer fabric or crinoline, over top of the piece of fabric in the landscape that she wanted to tone down. She also used crinoline, overquilted with green thread, to show the northern lights. I used crinoline in the canoe picture in the previous post to show mist. Mary's northern lights is not complete yet, but you get the idea. Once quilted and bound it will be beautiful.
Lastly, we had a great new student attend our class today. Already a sewer she mostly completed quite a large landscape today. She particularly loved playing with the quilting and threads.
Georgian Bay, complete with a gnarly wind blown tree. Well done.
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