Tag: Crafts

• 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 encountered on my favorite hiking routes provide the subject matter. I choose an image from a sketch or watercolor study that was made…

  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

• 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

• Rag Dolls–Alpaca Hair and the Bath Town Dolls

  

  I was inspired to make dolls for a while. Two converging experience caused this. I was helping my great aunt finish a quilting project that had been laying around for a longtime. It was important to let her complete as much on her own. I was just a guiding force. While she would work I…

  marcia mcdade

  January 4, 2017

  dolls, fiber, figurative, folkart, Hand work, rags, scraps, Sewing

  Crafts, dolls, handwork, rags, recycle, Reuse, scraps, Sewing, soft sculpture

• Bookmaking with old paintings and fabric scraps

  

  marcia mcdade

  July 1, 2014

  collage, fiber, Hand work, scraps

  books, Crafts, paintings, re-use

• 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