My first art quilt.
 

I have just completed a thread art class on craftsy. I am not artistic, but followed along with the instructor, learning so very much.

I'm not sure when I had so much fun with a new project. I am now ready to strike out on my own with my own photo and see how things go.

Hope you enjoy.

Beautiful. BrendaK

Looks great :)

Great job!!

Very nice job.

It is so beautiful. Those eyes, just one of the marvelous things I noticed.

That is awesome, great job! Such great depth and expression. Let us see "you" when it's finished.

It's beautiful! You did a great job!

Oh, yes you are "artistic"! You have a wonderful eye for color and did a marvelous job. Can't wait to see your next project.

That is awesome. You did a wonderful job.

Wow! You did this with a Craftsy class? It's excellent!

What do you mean not artistic! Wonderful job!

Awesome job!

Wow, that's nice.

You did a great job. Have more fun!

Great job.

The girl with the pearl earring....very nice!

Beautiful work.. I'm also from Sask. about 2 1/2 hours from Saskatoon.

Stunning!!! Thanks for showing it.

Great project. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

oh !!! that is so pretty !!!

Wow, what a great "first" art quilt can't wait to see more of your work. Which class did you take???

I think you've done a wonderful job with this piece. Congratulations. And yes they ARE so much Fun. I think we put more of ourselves into the art quilts because they are our own creations.
MaryKatherine

Your Crafty instructor should be very excited with what you have accomplished with this course. Nice art quilt.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful work of art with us. Can not wait to see your next one!

Come join us on the Art quilt thread in the challenge section. We have fun over there.

Aileen, you are a lot more artistic than you knew, because that is amazing work and turned out beautiful!

beautiful art quilt!!!!!

Terrific, I think you can put aside your comment "I'm not an artist"! Great work.

Great job! It looks lovely. Hope to see more of your art.

beautiful job

Wow!! You did great!Can't wait to see how your next one turns out!!

you definitely have talent

Beautiful. Great job.

Beautiful work!

Awesome!!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for your encouragement. It feels as though my quilting journey has taken a new direction. I started some art type quilts to learn free motion quilting, and I am having so much fun learning the different aspects of making art quilts. I just can hardly wait to start my next project, which will a portrait of my honorary granddaughter on her grade 8 grad. I hope it turns out good enough for me to give it to her.

Someone asked what class at Craftsy. It was Thread Art by Loa Jenkins. She walks you right through the entire process. In all honesty I did not know if I would like the process, so I did not invest in the colored pencils. Well I did sort of. I used the Laurentian pencil crayons from the toy box in my home. I did purchase the textile medium and the blending pencil. I also did not have heavy interfacing to stabilize so didn't use. As Lola promised, the piece was wavy, so when all the stitching was done, I ironed on two layers of heavy interfacing to flatten the piece, and all the excess I gathered into the sleeve of the blouse. It makes it somewhat three dimentional, which is what I was going for in the first place (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

I hope Gwen who lives in Saskatchewan will send me a private e-mail so we can connect. It is always good to meet other quilters in the area. You learn something new from every quilter you ever meet.

Thanks again for your kind words of encouragement. Onward and upward with this new quilting direction I seem to be taking.

amh

WOW!!! You are inspiring me to try some art quilts. Just beautiful.

Oh my, it is lovely!