Category: fiber
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Ciro Rigel Fable
Episodes from My favorite childhood stories combining characters with my library of images, art history and mythology. Generals Babr and Namir carry Cygnus Lobo in his palanquin. He practices his speech to rally troops for the support of his campaign to take over the marketplace in the city-state of CiroRigel. Beau Pungere is a prophet,…
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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…
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Marcia McDade McMann at the Orange County Library
Paintings and Drawings on display 132 W Margaret Lane Hillsborough NC August -October The Exhibition includes my most recent watercolors and a sampling of oil pastels from the past. There are two example of soft pastel and monotype which represent what I am currently working on. Over the years I have worked with the silkscreen,…
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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…
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Quilts Speak at NC Museum of History
Highlights from our day at the Quilt In with the Cedar Grove Quilters
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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. …
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