Block Results

Jamie carved the eraser into an asterisk in order to define the garlic blossom which is represented by the blue squares along the two sides. The motif was colored with the blue fabric marker and stamped onto a machine quilted circle. The center was sun printed with Setacolor and the entire garlic plant.

Circle Theme Results

Jamie used the circle theme to try a pointillist type painting. The acrylic paint has been applied in small circles only. Each fig was painted separately and appliqued to a background. The background then was quilted in small circles.

Sue's Circle piece used a variety of circle shapes: the flower itself, beads, circle fabrics. The flowers are painted with Dynaflow over a textured surface.

Glitter Results

In Jamie's series of fruit and vegetables, she used the eggplant as the basis for this lesson with glitter and it is entitled "Eggplant Belagio". The glitter pen was used to add sparkles to the body of the eggplant; the art glitter and glue were used to add the highlight of white down the center and an edge of black along one side of the eggplant. The Fashion Beadz were used as the footlights along the edge of the stage. The curtain fabric has been pleated along the top for a dimensional touch.

Sue Anne has created two companion pillows. She used the glitter to highlight the flower petals and the Fashion Beadz to outline the center circle. The pillows will give her couch a bright spring time feel!

Starch Crackle Results

Susan quilted her small piece using the lines and circles as guides. The circles were imprinted by laying a sink protector into the wet flour paste and removing before the paste dried. Once crackled and painted, the circles become apparent.

Sue Anne used a potato masher to create the multiple grids in her crackled fabric. She then incorporated the "new" fabric into her piece.

Jamie's gridded piece started with the elephant batik as the center. Her black and white crackled fabric is used as accompaniment.

In Jamie's second piece, the crackled fabric is pieced into the daikon radishes to create shadows along the sides of the vegetable.

Air Dry Clay Results

Sue used the air dry clay to form two embellishments. She used a mold to form a sun and a molding mat to impress a rectangle of spirals. Both are painted gold and antiqued. It is mounted onto a composition with a musical theme.


Sue Anne has made a collage from her collection of bright fabrics. The air dry clay is used in the hearts at the top of the piece. She imprinted a rolled sheet of clay with a stamp, cut them with a heart cutter, painted them with acrylic paint and "rub n'buffed" them with gold. They are glued to the piece.

Jamie created a Corn Queen and used the air dry clay for the face. A sun mold made the face and once it was dried, it was painted with yellow acrylic. A purple paintstik was brushed on and wiped off to highlight the features. It was glued on and surrounded by beads.

Fabric Texture Results

Sue used three different fabric textures from last month's Tart kit: The foreground was stitched to the diaper flannel and washed in hot water to shrink it to get the puckers in the field. The fence posts were cut from fabric that had been twisted and pleated and dried in a nylon stocking. And the mountains were "scrunched" onto fusible interfacing before being cut into their shapes.

Jamie's piece used the bubbling. She pushed cotton through the hardware cloth openings to create the blueberries in the basket in front of her granddaughter, Jillian, who absolutely loves blueberries! Jillian's photo has been printed on inkjet cotton after editing in Photoshop Elements.

MagicStamp Results

Susan used the rubber stripping to create her own stamp with a tree design. She added small circles for ornaments and several stars. The background behind the trees is beaded heavily.


Sue Anne has created a piece entitled "Instant Ancestors" - they're not hers! She has combined old napkins and the ink jet printed photos with her stamped fabric. She used an old piece of lace to imprint the design into the mold and then stamped with pink paint onto setacolored fabric.

Jamie used half of an apple to mold the stamp for the accents to this large apple applique which was painted in a class with Velda Newman.