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In journaling through the entire Bible I am now up to the book of Lamentations.
However, two years ago the same font was assigned for the same book so I did not repeat the page Instead, I am just presenting for you the same page I did back then.
Don't you think something as lovely as this deserves another viewing?
Ddd
The quilt for today is actually one of two I made using blocks from a class I took at the end of February. The pattern is called "Button Box" and was taught at the Sew and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup (Washington). It is actually a very basic block constructed with partial seaming. All of the fabric for the blocks was provided to us already precut.
I wouldn't have chosen these fabrics for myself but the instructor seemed to be pleased as punch about them.
In any case, I finished about half the blocks in class and the rest at home. From my stash I chose two different fabrics to interleave with the sewn blocks and made two tops for lap quilts.
For this one I used a bright red with multicolored stars. When I got it on the longarm today I pulled out a pantograph with stars and swirls and loaded up bright red thread for stitching.
Here is a closeup of the stitching on one block.
You'll recognize the border which is the same stripe used on the last convergence quilt I showed.
For the backing I had a large piece of white with multicolored stars. There was enough to use as the binding as well which you can see in the photo above.
While I had the big roll of batting on the table I decided to go ahead and cut the pieces I would need for the rest of the quilt tops I have done. So not I am ready with five more items ready for the longarm machine.
I actually have many more kits cut but I am MAKING myself wait to piece any more until all these are completed.
Sigh!
Ddd
Back to a new quilt finish. And it is yet another of the convergence quilts.
In fact, if you scroll back a couple of days you'll find that this uses two of the same fabrics as the Ascending Roses quilt. That one I combined with two taupe fabrics and this one I combined with two pinks.
I also added a thin inner border before a wider dark border. I also used the same fabric from the narrow border for the binding.
I used a pink thread to do the quilting - a new pantograph I ordered with big flowers.
I like how this gives some interest to the very plain border fabric.
Ddd
I often combine assigned lettering with assigned drawings for my bible journaling. This week I chose to separate them completely and made two separate pages.
The lettering this week is a font called 'covenant' that has a feel of Hebrew writing.
It is time consuming to write in this style so I used it only for key words ans supplemented with script and printing.
I often condense the text to get the essence of more scripture without writing every single word.
Ddd
Who has time for housework? I'm busy doing art!
Today it is another bible journaling page. Working on getting something journaled in every book of the bible this year, I am up to Jeremiah.
I used a flowering branch drawing lesson from a couple of years ago to create this page:
I have a set of Prismacolor brush markers that are bright and saturated but do not bleed through bible paper.
Ddd
This is my fifth quarantine quilt completed. Two were quilting only and were for family members. This one is the latest of three that will go to Passages at the hospital.
I actually have SEVEN more tops that I've pieced during this time at home that are waiting to have the longarm quilting and binding done.
This quilt is one ov several sets of fabrics I cut out for Convergence quilts. My hubby kindly consulted with me on the wide border and suggested the mitered corners using fabrics from the opposite corners. LOVE THIS!
The quilt finished at 38 inches square. More of a decorative throw instead of a lap quilt.
I wanted to get some new patterns of pantographs for the longarm quilting. While I was shopping I found a BUNCH that were free for download. They come in a pdf which you print at home. By copying multiples and taping them together you get the traditional roll. You just make enough to accomodate the quilt you are working on.
I used one of these free pantographs for this quilt.
And now I'm off to work on another.
Ddd
After yesterday's class, I had scraps left on the table from cutting out the foliage and I decided to use those to make more cards.
I trimmed down the panels, backed them in black, used a corner-rounder, and mounted to patterned paper.
I also got out a word die that has lots of mix-and-match sentiments. I cut three of white and one of black and glued the words together in stacks of all four to create raised words. These were then glued on the finished cards.
These three I made using the leafy branches scraps:
This one was made with the pine branch waste. To it I added some epoxy flower stickers and added nail-head stickers to their centers. Since the flowers didn't stand out from the background well enough so I outlined them in black.
And when I was all done I had one of those stacked words left over. So I pulled from old scraps to get an embossed heart strip and added some script paper (leftover from backgrounds from cards above) to the sides and striped paper (also from cards above) to the top and bottom.
Because I only had the one word, I used a stamp to add the 'everything'. Unfortunately, it got a bloop on it so I added a sticky rhinestone to cover it and then more matching rhinestones for a little balance.
So, scraps used, table cleaned off, all supplies put away - time to move on to Spring Card Camp - day 2.
Ddd
I took a series of classes online called Spring Card Camp recently but am just now getting around to making samples for the classes. It was a 20 day series so it will take a while to crank all these out.
For the first day we were to stamp and emboss an open image in multiple layers to create a thick outline from the buildup. Then that heavy image is used as an embossing plate to create a raised or indented impression of the image on another piece of cardstock.
I wasn't terribly impressed (ha) with my results but I went ahead and created cards from them in the same style as the class samples.
Problem: the instructor used particular dies and shadow dies, stamps, and other supplies that I did not have. So I used a lot of innovation to get similar results.
Here is the card I created using the actual embossing panel I made.
This started out with white card and was embossed with clear powder. After I used it as an embossing folder I inked the paper with Distress ink and buffed the color back off the embossed areas.
I used a script die to cut 'hello' out of gold metallic paper. The white strip with the shadow of 'hello' was cut by hand with tiny scissors. Then I used a stamp positioning tool to stamp the sentiment. I diecut a shunky leafed branch and a lighter sprig to layer behind the word strip.
This was trimmed down and mounted to a white card base.
This next card is from the cardstock I embossed with the created plate. After making this raised image I used a similar color of distress ink to brush over the whole surface. This enhances the texture of the image.
With a standard embossed image this is more effective as the image is more prominent and picks up the ink differently.
In any case, I made this card with the result.
This was finished in the same way as the first.
For the third card, I used a shimmer paper. The impression was not as deep or noticable on this so I turned it to the back to use the debossed side. The inking was done in the same way but it hardly shows.
Also finished in the same manner.
And so ends day one of the Spring Card Camp.
Ddd
I'm sure I wouldn't do nearly the number of hymn journaling pages if I didn't have specific assignments. But, I'm glad I do because I quite love it.
It is sometimes a challenge to come up with something that goes with the theme of the hymns or even the specific lyrics, though.
The art for this one is something I drew in my sketchbook while on vacation, even coloring it. Since it was too complicated to trace into my hymnal I decided to do an overprint.
I copied the hymn first then sent that page back through the printer to add the artwork over the top. I did have to reinforce some of the smaller lettering in the connecting words of the phrases as they became a bit obscured by where they fell in the music and text of the song.
Because of the printing process the page does not have as vibrant of color as the original sketchbook version.
Ddd
In Isaiah we were assigned to use a font introduced in 2018 as 'beauty'. This was a font I designed about 15-20 years ago, and this was its first introduction to the world.
I pulled in coneflowers from an old drawing lesson to illustrate this page.
The art uses colored pencils blended with odorless mineral spirits.
Ddd
This is a piece of typography I designed last year for one of the 30-day challenges.
I traced it onto the appropriate page in my Journal the Word bible and used colored pencils on it.
ISAIAH 6:8
Ddd
You may remember the 'convergence' quilts I made a while back. I was having so much fun with that pattern that I cut our PILES of parts to make more. I did make a couple of tops and set them aside when making masks so they haven't been quilted yet.
However, I had enough fabrics to cut TWO of a fabric I loved with multicolored lilacs on it. Well, I got to daydreaming about how I could combine those fabrics to make one larger quilt with the same feel to it.
I found, first of all, that trying to draw this idea on paper was worthless as every time something wasn't working out I had to erase the phole thing and start over. GAAAAAHH!
So I started working by the seat of my pants. 'What if..." and then cutting and interleaving and sewing back together. "Now if I do this..." and trying that out.
When I was all done I had a beautiful, if smallish, lap quilt. I was so excited by it that it went right to the head of the line of projects to go on the longarm machine.
I used a pantograph called 'paisley' to quilt this.
Ddd
Today I again combined an old lettering lesson (Gladness) with an old drawing lesson (Butterfly). This was to journal in the book of Ecclesiastes.
Just a bit of whimsy going on with this page!
Ddd
Well, I haven't given up on quilting even though none have made an appearance for quite some time. Actually, I have been making lots of quilt tops and setting them aside to quilt later.
In addition to that I made 137 face masks for distribution. We kept a few for ourselves and gave out some to friends and neighbors. I still had 108 to donate to the local hospital for staff to wear when not at work. they were delighted to get them.
When that was done I pulled out the last of the projects I was asked to do the quilting on from my late sister's materials. She had pieced a simple wall hanging, a top for a throw pillow and a large bed topper - all of them 100% flannel.
She had left behind a rough sketch of ideas on quilting the pillow and bed topper which I incorporated into the free-motion work I did on the longarm machine.
I didn't get any photos of the wall hanging as it was simple half-square triangles from the leftovers of the quilt.
Here is the bed topper:
The bottom is the closest to true colors. Here is one of the cabins close up:
Each chimney has scrolled smoke coming out:
Vertical sashing features vines and leaves:
And every cabin sits on a stone foundation:
The throw pillow is a single cabin with the same red sashing (quilted the same way) all around. The pillow measured 22 inches, so you can see the scale of this bed topper.
The flannel was not as linty as I expected so I had few challenges in quilting these pieces.
Ddd
Another old drawing lesson yeilded up these gemstones. I like geing able to change the gem from one type to another with the use of color.
Today they are rubies!
Ddd
The assigned font for Proverbs was 'knowledge'.
I kept this page simple with a gentle color blend.
Ddd
To use a fish hook image in bible journaling I went to an oversized drawing.
I enjoyed interlocking the words with the image.
You can see a bit of shadowing from the other side of the page but it is not this noticable in real life.
Ddd
The assignment for the book of Psalms was to incorporate the word 'delight' with the font of the same name.
This is one of my favorite casual fonts to work with.
What an easy assignment - and delightful!
Ddd
A bible journaling site I participate on provided a sketch for the quiver I used to decorate my page. I blended the colored pencils with odorless mineral spirits.
I inscribed the scripture on the side of the quiver.
Thanks to Jackie for the art!
Ddd
The three bible pages today may look familiar. I participated in two 30-day challenges last year on using typography for bible verses. As I go through the bible journaling this year I am transfering some of these to my Journal the Word bible.
I'm not doing all of them as some results did not impress me all that much when I went back later in review.
I chose three for Psalms and traced them in. I kept the same colors and scale. All were sized for margin art but, where I had extra space, I scooched the block over for more visual balance.
PSALM 23:2
Though some were not included because I had already used the appropriate page in my bible, many others were skipped because I didn't like the design sketch. I may, at some point, do new sketches for these that I can include in my bible.
Ddd
