Creative Prompt #115: Flight

Glad to have you playing along!

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.

The Creative Prompt Project has a Flickr Group, which you can join and to which you can post your responses. Have fun and link to your responses! Ask a friend to join, too! You can respond to the prompts together. I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

Take flight

In flight

Kelly Rae Roberts blog

cheap flight deals

book flights

Microsoft Flight

flights of inspiration

track departing flights

Wright Brothers

Charles Lindbergh

transatlantic flight

dynamics of flight

The Art of Flight

Flight 93

Angel’s Flight

take flight

Flight of the Conchords

human flight

bird in flight

flight patterns

maiden flight

flight attendants

space flight

Definition: –noun 1. the act, manner, or power of flying. 2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball. 3. a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.

Block-a-Long #14: 9 Patch Foundation

9 Patch Foundation #14
9 Patch Foundation #14

HAH! Fooled you! I just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Really, the blog was busy yesterday with the Primal Green information. Priorities, you know.

But, we are back in the Block-a-Long saddle. Thenewest block, which I named 9 Patch Foundation is a very similar block to the 9 Patch and the 9 Patch Go Round. Can you see how they relate to each other? Can you see that they are the same type of grid?

If you saved some strips or patches from either of those blocks, you can use them for this block. If you are brand new, I am providing the directions for your convenience.

9 Patch Foundation Rotary Cutting Directions

Please post blocks you make to the Block-a-Long Flickr Group, or on your blog with a  link in the comments section below.

Last Week for Primal Green

Primal Green Postcard
Primal Green Postcard

Did you go and see the show? This is the last week to see it. Primal Green is a show of environmental art quilts at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library.

The Wallace Stegner Environmental Center is one of the special collections at the Main Branch and, after a year of work with the Library, CQFA has over 20 quilts and other fiber art on display. The quilts all have an environmental theme. The show will hang until this coming Saturday July 30 and be available to viewers during the Library’s normal open hours. Don’t wait until the last minute! Oops! It is the last minute. Go TODAY!

Primal Green, the art quilt exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library, has some information on the Green Stacks portion of the SFPL website. Hope you can see the show.

Hope you can stop by and see it. Check the library’s website for hours.

Creative Prompt #114

Philly's Magic Gardens - detailPhilly's Magic Gardens - detail
Philly's Magic Gardens - detail

Yes, I am mixing it up a bit. What are you inspired to make from this photo of a detail of Philly’s Magic Gardens? I posted more photos a few days ago.

Have you done them all? Have you done a significant number or some? Any?

 

Did you add links to your art? Contributed to the Flickr Group? Have fun and link to your responses! Ask a friend to join, too! You can do the prompts together.

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

Block-a-Long #13: Top Columns

Top Columns #13
Top Columns #13

This block is similar to #10, the 9 patch Go Round. The sizes are very similar to the 9 patch. Use the Top Columns #13 Directions to make this block and post your results to your blog or the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr Group with a link in the comments section.

I designed these blocks so they would look complicated once put together, but they are easy enough to make quickly and you can use them as leaders and enders.

Sketching #110: Beckon

Response #110
Response #110

Yes, I am back in the saddle, too. I am working on the last few prompts from before the break, but back in the saddle.

This one is different from my normal style of response. I got a bug in my ear to do it this way after looking at some Zentangles, so voila’! I responded in a Zentangly kind of style.

One very exciting element of this photo that I noticed when I was processing the picture was the quality of the pen line. Oooh la la! I really like the way the line looks. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you will see the line. You will also be able to see the detail of my inexpert drawing, which will hopefully encourage you to just respond. The pen I used is one that I use regularly for writing. It is a Pilot G-2 07.

Creative Prompt #113: Stem

Have you done them all? Have you done a significant number or some? Any?

Did you add links to your art? Contributed to the Flickr Group? Have fun and link to your responses! Ask a friend to join, too! You can do the prompts together.

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

stem cell

flower stem

starting point, basis

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition

The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork. (Wikipedia)

organic skincare company

stop or reduce, as in flow or tide

stems of words

stemming

Definition: 1. the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis. 2.the stalk that supports a leaf, flower, or fruit. 3. the main body of that portion of a tree, shrub, or other plant which is above ground; trunk; stalk. (I really like #1, especially ascending axis…)

Stars for San Bruno – More Stars Needed

Sandy's Stars
Sandy's Stars

Want to contribute? I could use some more blocks.

Friendship Stars and Sawtooth Stars are both easy and relatively fast to make.

All star blocks are welcome!

Block background: dark blue
Block design: Yellow star (any pattern, technique, eg. embroidery, painting, silkscreen, etc)
Block size: 8? finished (8.5? unfinished) or smaller (we will work with any size)
Remember to sign your block!

Creative Prompt #112: Heat

The heat is on in many parts of my area while we are socked in with fog. In an homage to the heat of summer, heat is the word.

The heat is on

race heat

Miami Heat

in the heat of the moment

Heat, a movie from 1995, directed by Michael Mann

sweat

Heat may be defined as energy in transit from a high temperature object to a lower temperature object. An object does not possess “heat”; the appropriate term for the microscopic energy in an object is internal energy. The internal energy may be increased by transferring energy to the object from a higher temperature (hotter) object – this is properly called heating.

extreme heat

heating and cooling systems

Lickin’ the Heat

turn up the heat

when the heat rises

put the heat on

Help Desk software

dry heat

“If it ain’t the heat; it’s the humilty” — Yogi Berra

heat safety

“Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.” – Dalai Lama

rising heat

feel the heat

“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” (widely attributed to Harry Truman)

summer heat

heat relief

heat transfers

commercial heat press

Beat the summer heat

desert heat

Havin’ a Heat Wave [a tropical heat wave] – Marilyn Monroe

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. Are you already a member? I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

Block-a-long #12: Split 3 Rail Fence

Split 3 Rail Fence #12
Split 3 Rail Fence #12

This block is very similar to last week’s block, 3 Rail Fence. It is a good example of how easy it is to design blocks. I split the top rail and, voila’, a new block. Directions for Split 3 Rail Fence are available.

If you have made one of the blocks, put a link to a picture of your block in the comments section below. I would love to see them.

Lovey Blocks

 

Lovey block #1
Lovey block #1

Kristen emailed me, and a few friends, to ask for Lovey blocks for a mutual friend who needed some quilty hugs. I spent an hour or so yesterday making these 6″ Sawtooth Stars for the quilt. Ever since I saw how many of these little stars TFQ could churn out, they are my go to pattern for donation blocks.

These blocks are small and I know it takes a lot to make even a lap/wrap around quilt, so I may make some more. As I was looking at the blocks on the design wall, I was also looking at my Sampler blocks and wondering how some small Double Four Patches would look in the same fabrics? Stay tuned.

Lovey block #2
Lovey block #2
Lovey block #3
Lovey block #3

 

 

 

 

 

This little project gave me the opportunity to work with orange. Not sure why orange popped into my head when Kristen said ‘bright’, but I think it works. I was really pleased that I stopped being lazy and pulled down my bin of orange. Orange isn’t associated with a gender, necessarily, and this was a good opportunity to get reacquainted with some really nice fabrics. The cool thing is that I also cut some pieces of the fabrics for the FOTY 2011, so I can see them in that piece when these blocks go off to be in the Lovey.

Yes, it was one more thing to do on my long list of things to do, but it was also a good little project to warm me up for some concentrated sewing this weekend.

 

Creative Prompt #111: Forward

Ok, gang, I am doing my part by posting prompts. Please do your part by responding to them.

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. Are you already a member? I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

Pay it Forward

Moving forward

Forward motion

Acting forward

Forward motion

Leaning forward

Forward movement

Push forward

SF Forward

Forward thinking

Step forward

sports position “forward”

Case goes forward

looking forward

Fast forward

the opposite of backward

forward to a friend

email forward

forwarding address

Flash Forward (TV show)

Please Pull Forward
Please Pull Forward

Definition:

1 a : near, being at, or belonging to the forepart b : situated in advance
2 a : strongly inclined : ready b : lacking modesty or reserve : brash
3 : notably advanced or developed : precocious
4 : moving, tending, or leading toward a position in front; also : moving toward an opponent’s goal
5 a : advocating an advanced policy in the direction of what is considered progress b : extreme, radical
6: of, relating to, or getting ready for the future <forward buying of produce>
for·ward·ly adverb
for·ward·ness noun

CPP Vacation is Over

The CPP will return tomorrow. Today is the last day to enter for prizes. The prizes I have will further inspire your creativity. Did you do your responses so you can be in the drawing?

Rules: Anyone who posts a response to any of the prompts between May 27 and the post for prompt #111 will be entered for a prize. You can post in the Flickr group and/or on the post for the prompt to which you are responding. Yes, I know the end of school and vacation time have kicked your butts, but it is time for creativity. 5 minutes a week is all I ask. I reserve the right to change the rules if I feel I need to do so.

If you do a response to any prompt (there are 110), you will be entered into the drawing. Anyone who gets a friend to do a response will get two entries. You have some drawing friends, right? Poets? Mixed media artist friends? Thread painters? Photographers? No creative endeavor will be excluded. Sign them up. BTW, all rules are subject to change at my discretion.

As a reminder: these will not be quilt related prizes, but creativity related prizes.

 

Angela’s Kona Challenge

Angela's Kona Challenge Top
Angela's Kona Challenge Top

Angela is a new friend from the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild. I have mentioned her a couple of times in conjunction with those meetings. She is the one that turned me on to the New Handmade book.

Angela participated in the Kona Challenge. She agonized and really worked hard on her design. I love her quilt. It shows her hard work and came out really well.  Her agony paid off.

She wasn’t able to make this quilt from one charm pack. She bought extra fabric (don’t you think that is Robert Kaufman’s whole idea?). She played around with the pieces, drew designs, carried them around, cut and rearranged until she had something that was fabulous. It worked.

Angela's Kona Challenge Quilt Back
Angela's Kona Challenge Quilt Back

Even the back is fabulous.

I want this quilt.