Author: marcia mcdade

• One on one art lessons-Finishing the Mermaid Doll

  

  This doll had a crazy start.  My great niece liked to play with old Barbies from the time she was a baby and she loved the Little Mermaid so I made a tail that would fit over the Barbie Legs.  I came across this tail the other day and needing a refresher course in doll making, I thought,  I […]

  marcia mcdade

  July 24, 2014

  dolls, fiber, figurative, Hand work, rags, scraps, Sewing, Soft Sculpture

  creative, design, dollmaking, expressive, handmade, imagination, play, Sewing

• Bookmaking with old paintings and fabric scraps

  

  marcia mcdade

  July 1, 2014

  collage, fiber, Hand work, scraps

  books, Crafts, paintings, re-use

• My Irish Chain comes out for St Patricks Day

                       Front and Back       Thank you Cedar Grove Quilters

  marcia mcdade

  March 29, 2014

  fiber, Hand work, Sewing

• Climbing Mount LeConte in 2013

  The Alum Cave Trail See this oil pastel in the upcoming Exhibition Born from the Hand-The Evolving Era Piedmont Craftsmen at The Womble Carlyle Gallery in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts 251 N Spruce St Winston-Salem NC  27101

  marcia mcdade

  February 26, 2014

  drawing, landscape, mountain, oil pastel

• Works displayed at Hillsborough Arts Council through Feb 8

  

  #Aviary

  marcia mcdade

  February 1, 2014

  abstract, collage, drawing, embellishment, fiber, Hand work, landscape, mountain, oil pastel, printing, quilting, scraps, Sewing

  art, handmade, oil, painting, pastel, quilts

• 9 Patch 2 Inch Squares

  

  I  have taken a break from this piece over the summer.  I am designing as I go. Today I went back to it and have started cutting some new 2 inch squares from my scraps. I am committed to creating scrappy quilts and I like to get as many different patterns of fabric as I can which makes for very […]

  marcia mcdade

  September 17, 2013

  fiber, Hand work, quilting, scraps, Sewing

  9 patch, Crafts, Fabric, patchwork, Pattern, Quilt, Sew, Supplies