terri kirchner's fabriKations

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Elements


I love surface design and have recently begun working with silk fusion. The wool batting in this piece gives it a high amount relief when it is quilted so heavily.
This little quilt is a silk fusion (felted silk roving) background with machine quilting and bead work surface embellishments. It has a dark navy taffeta binding. It is framed in a gilded (bronze and black) frame. It is a small piece measuring approx. 10 x 14 inches unframed.
This piece is available for sale: Framed: $175.00
Please contact me through the blog if you are interested in purchasing this piece.

Cooper brooch


This is a new "hobby" for me..often completed as I watch TV or, even more often, while waiting for children or their sports activities to finish up!
This brooch is made from Lumiere painted Tyvex that was over-stitched with Superior Rainbows Trilobal Poly variegated thread; then heated. The center looks like antique 18k rose gold. The beaded embroidery was worked around the edges, there is a peyote stitched border wrapping around the edge. There are freshwater pearls, metal and glass beads. It has a pin back covered with moleskin. It measures aprox 1.5 inches across.
The brooch is available for sale for $65.00.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Darwin's Dawn Gallery Debut


This is a Blooming Nine Patch I have named Darwin's Dawn. I finished this quilt a while ago (2003) and it is coming out of storage to make a gallery showing at the Lakes Fine Art Gallery in North Lake, WI this weekend. It will hang in the Gallery for a few months hopefully some one will purchase it during its run. I have come to realize some of my quilts need to find new homes. I am running out of storage room and want to down size. This quilt is 77 by 88 inches, 100 % cotton fabric including Japanese, Australian, and Bali batiks, it was machine pieced and long arm quilted over cotton batting (low loft). It has never been "used" other than for exhibition in shows and during class instruction. The quilting motifs change as Mother Earth changed at its infancy..flames are in the red zone merging to water in the blue grey then to rocks in the gold and small plant life to a canopy of large leaves in the outer borders. It has a hanging sleeve and is labeled. Please contact the gallery if you are interested in purchasing this wonderful quilt. Ask Teri, the owner, for the interesting story behind the naming of this quilt! www.lakesfineart.com