Hi Becky, A couple years ago I copied a friend's watercolor landscape into fabric. First I sketched the painting onto a muslin, then auditioned the fabrics for each element, and finally layered the fabrics onto the muslin, stitching each one down. All that's left is is to add the embellishments with other threads. I'll look for it tomorrow.
Sue

@artist01, @becsbuddy Thank you, Becky for ‘walking’ our group over here! It’s fun that there are so many artists and quilters on board! I’d love to see your doggie quilt and Sue’s watercolor landscape. I’ve only done one critter with fabric and that was of a horse head for an equine rescue auction. Fun and challenging. I hope it raised a lot of money for them. My leanings are toward mixed media and art quilts. Though I’ve also done several house pictures for friends.

One of my friends, who is a serious traditional quilter, got me started a few years ago in that direction. To her shock and amusement, I registered for one of her classes. I taught sewing classes at the time but never had officially quilted. (I taught unconventional uses of sewing machines so traditional quilting was a little too confining for me.) She told me straight up that this might be too much for me because: I needed to follow directions, I needed to measure things and pieces had to fit exactly. Pfffft. I got this!! Hahahah I did!!! I fooled her and myself!! In fact I just finished another queen sized quilt, December 31st, as a victory quilt. My return to sewing after 2 years of recovery, being able to do a large project with the knowledge I’d live long enough to complete it! 😂

@artist01, Laurie, I enjoyed the story of your moniker! You’ve certainly had a long and rewarding career as an artist! Your humble beginnings led you on a wonderful path to your art! You must be incredibly talented to have your paintings in so many galleries. What is your favorite subject area? I see your medium is acrylics. Do you still paint? I hope so, art truly is healing and creates a wonderful diversion from the present.
You asked about my story. My sister was always considered ‘the artist in the family’ because she was masterful with capturing people, landscapes, etc. Stick figures were a challenge for me. My leanings are all things fabric and fibers. Having learned to sew at a very young age, my love of fabrics and textures developed early. A few years ago, a friend introduced me to sketching/watercolor. She assured me that taking her class would open my eyes to the world of watercolor. Another shock when I realized that I could draw recognizable objects!! Now, Watercolor ON my fabrics. 😉. Photography, paper making, crazy quilting, handmade books/journals are all areas of interest and often combined.

When I was younger, I felt that to be an artist involved only painting. It wasn’t until years later I recognized that art, no matter the medium, is a visceral expression of who we are. Lori.