2004 Journal Quilts

July 2004

I took a fabric painting class this month. I thought it would be along the lines of Mickey Lawlor's Skydyes, but it was more stamping on fabric with ink. We used a variety of items (feathers, leaves, grids, anything with texture) to put paint (ink!) onto the fabric. I made a bunch of samples, trying almost everything. My favorite piece was one of my DellaJane Hand Dyes, overstamped with a spiral foam stamp. I really loved the dark and the light shades I created, overflowing the edges of the fabric I was working on, and overlapping the stamped designs.

Afterward, I began to notice how often spirals appear in my everyday life.

The logo for my hand dyed fabrics is a spiral. I collect fabric w/spirals. I have a BUNCH of B&W spiral fabric to overdye. My "inspiration" file includes spirals in suns, jewelry, sketches… I got out the old Spirograph and played with it.

And so, this month is dedicated to spirals. I LOVE spirals!