Nancy created this doll for me as part of the Out of the Box Portrait Challenge for our Feb ‘09 group meeting (see my project for Gladys here). I knew it was me when I saw the colored pencils! Wow, she did such an incredible job. Thread to make the curly hair and and that [...]
Category Archives: Out of the Box
Portrait Quilt – Gladys
In January my Out of the Box group drew names for a swap project. Assignment: Portraits.
Wednesday night we spread the projects out on a table to see if we could guess who was who. Each ended up being recognized by the person they were made for.
I took a semi-easy way out by pulling up a [...]
Roller Derby Tote Bag
The December Out of the Box challenge was to ‘Make a Real Woman of Your Choice!’ It was also a gift exchange. The perfect opportunity to work up this fabulous Sublime Stitching Roller Derby pattern.
I’ve been hoarding a series of these patterns for several years. Always with the best of intentions. The challenge finally motivated [...]
Inspiration from Andy Goldsworthy
Kendra Allen created these fabulous birch bark prayer flags for last month’s Out of the Box challenge. Kendra was the one who submitted this challenge idea, at the meeting she spoke further about her inspiration for the idea and a discussion about Andy Goldsworthy ensued.
When I got home from the meeting I reserved some books, [...]
Plant Markers
Each time I write about my Out of the Box challenges I get questions about the group itself. I plan to start answering them along the way. Please feel free to add your questions to the comments so I can keep a running list. All these posts will be tagged with the Out of the [...]
UFO Sighting
My Out of the Box creativity group kicked off 2008 with a New Year’s worthy bang. We actually took on two challenges, no fear as we flipped the calendar to January! The first item drawn from the box was to finish a UFO. I totally dug the symbolic timing of that entry. (I’ll share the [...]
Inchies
Inchies were the theme for my Out of the Box creativity group September challenge. Quilting Arts has a great article about them in the August/September 2007 issue.
Update 10/20/07: I just discovered this link on Whip Up where Quilting Arts has provided the magazine article online. Have fun!
Inspiration:
Front pieced and fused to a 6 x 6 [...]
Quilting Arts Challenge – WIP
A little work in process for the Quilting Arts “Postcards from “ Challenge. My Out of the Box group chose to make this our challenge as well and we gave ourselves two meetings to complete the effort. Month number two expires this evening thus a flurry of activity around here to [...]
It was a dark and stormy night…
The theme for my creativity group’s June meeting. This quote evoked warm and comforting thoughts for me. Nothing I like better than a good storm, a cup of tea and my sewing machine. I often imagine magical things taking place in the woods that sit behind our house.
5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″, commercial [...]
Mask
That was the theme for this month’s Out of the Box (my creativity group) challenge.
This was my first attempt at a face. Creating a face is absolutely terrifying for someone who doesn’t draw. I figured it was time I get over myself on that one and give it a whirl.
I used the hand [...]
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