Category: abstract

• Making a Seamless Tile

  

  This group of pictures represents two originals of the subject I used as an inspiration for this design. The third picture is a digital image where I did the flowing white line drawing that is the basis for the seamless tile. The third drawing was done in layers the background layer is the original pastel…

  marcia mcdade

  September 29, 2023

  abstract, decor, digital, fiber, Hand work, home, landscape, painting, pastel, printing, Sewing

  abstraction, colorful, Crafts, decor, design, drapes, expressive, Fabric, handwork, quilting, Sewing

• New Embellished Monotypes 2022

  

  Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery Opening November 4th Marcia McDade McMann Featured Artist  Most recently I have been using a simple printing technique to produce varied impressions on a theme.  Vistas, streams and rockscapes on my favorite hiking routes are my subjects matter. I choose an image from a sketch or watercolor study that was made on…

  marcia mcdade

  October 15, 2022

  abstract, drawing, embellishment, landscape, mono printing, monoprint, monotype, mountain, painting, pastel

  colorful, Crafts, expressive, landscape, mixed media, painting, printing, watercolor

• Monkey Wrench 2019-2020 Designing as I go

  

  Machine pieced Monkey Wrench Pattern using triangles and squares to form the 10″ Squares.  This quilt was started in May 2019 and finished in August 2020. A friend from quilting mentioned that she wanted to do a monkey wrench quilt but all she had was directions for a twelve inch block. Thinking about it I…

  marcia mcdade

  June 30, 2019

  abstract, collage, fiber, Hand work, quilting, rags, scraps, Sewing

  Crafts, piecing, quilting, scraps, techniques

• Quilts Speak at NC Museum of History

  

  Highlights from our day at the Quilt In with the Cedar Grove Quilters

  marcia mcdade

  June 16, 2019

  abstract, fiber, folkart, Hand work, quilting, rags, scraps, Sewing

  cedar grove quilters, colorful, demonstration, handmade, quilting, quilts, Sewing, worshops

• Marion Making a Checkerboard Border

  

    Step One cut 3 inch stripes of black and white.  Sew them together in two patterns.  White Black White and Black White Black. It took quite a while to assemble this border and then attach it to the quilt.   Once it was complete I took it to show it to the Cedar Grove Quilters. …

  marcia mcdade

  March 6, 2019

  abstract, fiber, quilting, Sewing

  color, Crafts, quilting, scraps, Sewing, technique, techniques

• A New String Quilt 2018

  

  Finished on June 24th in 2019 The Blue and Yellow color scheme is a favorite of mine these days. After an inventory purging and reorganization of my quilting scrapes I am ready to start. I have come up with a pattern and I think I can pull it off with Four different string blocks. I am…

  marcia mcdade

  March 8, 2018

  abstract, fiber, Hand work, landscape, mountain, quilting, rags, scraps