Art Class Fun

I went to an art show last week. The artist is a dear friend that I have known for years. She does awesome watercolors and fabric art. Several of us went to her house twice a month for years for machine embroidery lessons. The best benefit of going to learn new techniques was not learning the techniques, but having the friendship of the women in the group. We were a family. As in all families, as time went by, some moved away, some became sick and passed away, and some had to stay at home because of other commitments. Soon, there were just two of us and the group disbanded. This was a wonderful part of my life.

Several of the items that were shown at the art show were things that we had made in class. It’s amazing how many things I still have around the house to remind me of those days.

We made a lot of different pillows. I only have a few left. Most were given away as gifts.

Annie Louise’s pocketbook. It is 1 1/2″ X 3″.

A four sided under water scene bag. Each side was different. I’m only showing two sides.

We made many pocketbooks. This is a two sided pocketbook.

We made small dolls. The faces were free motion embroidered. The arms were make of wire that was wrapped around a pencil. Then we added scraps of cloth, beads, yarn and other things to give them life. We never knew if they were male or female until we started dressing them.

We sewed on paper, plastic, lace, ribbons, and everything we could find. Nothing was out of range for us. These flowers were made from crepe paper.

A few other things.

A gray sweatshirt was cut apart and embellished.

A pocketbook was made to go with the sweatshirt jacket.

There was so much more that we learned. We made books, pictures, clothes, wall hangings, and many other things. Most of all, we made memories.

Have a great day and happy quilting.