Any Zentanglers out there??? I've thought about buying Suzanne McNeill's books but I hate to buy something without knowing its worth it. So, does anyone have her books? Are they worth buying? Has anyone used it on fabric? Like I need another obsession :roll:

Susan

I play around with it, but so far only pen and paper. I've got too many quilt projects in line right now.

I really REALLY enjoy Zentangles. If you google "zentangles" you will have lots of images from which to draw inspiration. I was asked to design a playing card for a game called Tichu. The card I was to design was the '9 of Stars'. I use zentangles in the design.

Interesting idea! Her books are fairly reasonable on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Zentangle-Basi.../dp/157421327X

Well, this board never disappoints! I learned something new again today!

Ohhh, Quiltzilla ... I LOVE the card deck design

Susan

Fun and very addicting!!!

I bought the book and didn't really think it was worth it. I've been doing it since junior high school just didn't know it had a name!

I don't understand the reference to Zentangles and books by Suzanne McNeill

Looks like fun!

Zentagles is something like structured doodling. If you doodle a lot, you probably already do something like it. This is just a name someone gave to it. Zen + tangles.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-100204-1.htm follow this thread...

Me too! Never heard of a Zentangle before.

Zentangling has been popular in the art quilt world for quite awhile now. There's a free download article on how to do it from Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. http://www.quiltingdaily.com/media/p/17250.aspx

There's also an article on zentangle quilting in the current issue of Quilting Arts as well as a lot of info online about how to incorporate it into quilts either through surface design, machine quilting or fusible appliqué. I love it, but I've been doodling like that since forever.

Me too...doodling like that since I was a kid. But, I have gotten some new inspirations! Love zentangle-ing!

A professional doll artist who is on one of my doll lists is expermenting with this method on her dolls. Her name is Patti LaValley

Wow, that's awesome!

Susan

Love the designs in the book but was reluctant to buy it when I saw that it had less than 20 pages. Finally got one of the books at a reduced price. Just couldn't pay full price for it but had to have it!

Our guild is having Pat Ferguson come in and do a Zentangles presentation / trunk show this month and a full workshop the next day.

Pat also has a Zentangles workbook. Just google Pat Ferguson quilts and you can see what she has; don't know how it compares to Susan McNeil.

Not my cuppa tea but I'm looking forward to the presentation!