Collage Mania II

I have donated two fiber art pieces to Collage Mania II, fiber art for a cause, raising money for the American Cancer Society.

The basis for both pieces(Morning Mist, Quiet) was watercolored cranes which were combined with organza, ink painted cottons. Then placed on cotton batting and quilted. I am proud to support this cause, having lost both of my parents to cancer. I hope the auction is a big success this year and grows every year. Pat

http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/CollageManiaII.html

SAQA Trunk show

This is the piece I created for the SAQA NY trunk show , it will be in the auction to raise money for SAQA at the end of the show. I never know how my work is going to turn out as I build it always has a mind of its own. This time I used transparent fabrics mixed with commercial cottons. I hope people enjoy seeing it and that it sells well.

Exchange theme the lion and the Lamb

I worked on this collage for a theme exchange in the month of March. I, of course, chose actual animal portraits to translate in fabric collage. It was so much fun. I put it in the mail yesterday and look forward to receiving whatever my exchange partner creates.

Luscious is finished

The portrait is finished . This is the first time I tried a facing on the edge. I love it, it is something learned from my quilting arts group. There are so many amazing artists out there, I love visiting all their blogs. This will be a gift for this young woman's graduation. Ihope we will mount it to a canvas.

eighth graders fabric collage

The finished products of my volunteer work with my daughters 8th grade class are going to be sold in a raffle along with a full size quilt we made. I love how easily they took to the medium. Their teacher loved the vibrancy of the fabric scraps. They came up with a design then translated it to fabric with glue on batting. I did the stitching and edging. They are all so different and fun.

Snowed in and working

I am busy stitching the final touches on the fabric collages from the eighth grade art class I taught over the past couple of weeks. These will be raffled off as well as the full size quilt my sister and I are finishing and donating. The proceeds are for their year end trip. I think I am just paying the money for the band fundraiser. I do not want to eat all the pies I would have to order to raise the money!! I will take photos of all when I am done.

My latest portrait is coming along, still some quilting to be done on the face and then the binding or facing.