Still going

I have still been working, just forget to post, but I will persist
I have recently uploaded a few new Journal Quilts to the Made on Monday Site, Hosted by Kate Bridger

  

I think I have about thirty on that site.  These might not be even up yet!  I now have over a hundred journal quilts, but these ones are all just about leaves.
Earlier in the year, I did a lot of printing on fabric and sheers of gum leaves and I have finally gotten around to doing something with them!

So fat I have just free motioned around this one.  Not sure about the colours.

This one has two layers of prints on organza, with stitching on the top layer.

This one also has two layers, the print below, which has been stitched, and the top organza layer with a further stitched leaf.  My idea with these is to put them together a la Jane Lafazio, to make a large wall hanging.  Of course that is a long way away.
I have also now got a beautiful Bernina Q20 long arm! I have done about half a dozen quilts since I got it and am really enjoying the space!

Her is the latest, a very modern quilt I have made from some orphan fish block that were in my WIPs

And here is a close up of what I am doing on it.  Lots of bubbles at the moment, but there will be a lot more by the time I am finished.
AS I said, I am doing a degree in fine arts too, so sometimes I have deadlines there.
I have also almost completed my quilt for Art Quilts Around the World  Can't show that until after the due date which is the 30th Nov, so here is just a taster.

Not much to go on there, LOL. The topic is pop art.

Don't forget to be creative every day!

orange and green

Today's ATC is made from some fabric I got in the swap package I showed yesterday

I free machined over a few of the leaves in the pattern, then added some leaf sequins which I had coloured with nail polish.

Today's leaf is one that is a sample for the fabric part of the gum/Eucalyptus collage base I showed yesterday.

This one was free machined on synthetic suede, just took a few minutes, since the shape is so familiar to me.  My husband's comment was that it had a hole in it.  A lot of gum leaves do have these little holes and I think it makes them look real if you include it.  I have simply cut it out about 1-2mm from the stitching line.  Because it was suede, I really didn't need to actually outline it at all, just cut it out, but if you  look very closely at a gum leaf, you will see that there is a tiny vein line all around the edge.
Of course, I will have to make a lot of these if I use them and I'm not sure how much of this colour I still have.  And I have other ideas to try as well.