Snippets around the world

Kelsey at Lovely and Enough tagged me last week in an around the world blog hop. Several years ago we challenged each other to blog. She prints her own fabric and creates lovely contemporary art quilts incorporating traditional patterns with layers of screen printing and fresh color palettes.  I'm a computer engineer by profession but my blog has become a spot to journal my fiber art. I'm going to be a final leaf on this blog tour (between a conference and busy several months I've not been keeping up with my favorite bloggers enough to be able to branch out).

What am I working on?

I enjoy creating art quilts with fabrics I have dyed and printed. I also enjoy creating modern functional quilts and smaller collaged art. In the works? a quilt top for my daughter ready to be quilted, a stash-busting quilt to donate, and collaging.

21 plus quilt with backing ready to sandwich

stash-busting strippy quilt

collages for cards in process

How does my work differ from others of its genre?
My style is a work in progress, but I love to work with rich colors, reflecting the dichotomy of the rich beauty life against the fragility and brokenness so close to the surface.

Why do I create?
Debugging computer code is a fun puzzle to unwrap, but I also revel in the chance to take bits of brightly colored fabric and create a tactile piece of art that both reflects my musings and challenges me. Art to me represents hope in a world too filled with despair.

How does my creative process work?
Scribbled pen sketches help transfer musings to paper, and then in my light-filled studio, I enjoy collaging fabric to represent my designs. I'm an inveterate doodler, so machine stitch painting lets me bring additional texture and color to my collages and art quilts.

stitch-painting on collaged paper

If you are interested in enjoying other creative quilters on this blog hop, you can trace branches back through Lovely and Enough. Blessings on the journey.